"I toyed with the idea of retiring and it lasted about twodays," Weinstein says. He adds that his mother and father are stillworking in their early 80s, so therefore he decided, "Fifty-eightis too young to retire."

"Forming Hannah Real Estate Investors is the natural progressionof my career," he says. "I'm at the point in my professional andpersonal life where I can choose to dedicate my time and financialresources to projects that I find interesting. My new firm willafford me the agility and freedom I have always found to becritical in turning opportunity into success."

Hannah Real Estate Investors currently has two projects inprogress, both of which are substantially pre-sold. In Stamford, heis helping to develop Mill River House, a luxury condominiumdevelopment in downtown Stamford. Construction on the $25-millionproject, located on a brownfield site that was home to anabandoned, automobile dealership, is scheduled to begin next month.The development, which is about 85% preleased, is a joint venturebetween Hannah Real Estate Investors and Paxton and Ray Kinol ofStamford.