About Us
DEVELOPERS FIRST
is a consulting organization specializing in assisting clients with
commercial real estate development ventures. The company serves as a
vehicle to organize and deploy networked resources to meet the strategic
needs of its client real estate developers and project executives. It is a
sole proprietorship of Miller Blew, a well known Boston-based commercial
real estate advisor.
Successful real estate developers and project executives maintain
established relationships with a range of capable professionals,
contractors and brokers. Development teams are generally brought together
early in the development process, with contracts arranged by negotiation or by competition.
However, unless the new project is just like the last one, some pieces --
sometimes important ones -- will be missing. In our experience, missing
strategic pieces are often found in financial management; in technology; and
in creative marketing. Our experienced consultants, linked through Developers
First, can help fill these voids for our clients.
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Miller Blew |
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The proprietor of
Developers First, Miller represents property owners as strategic and
financial advisor. Miller is well known for creative physical and
financial solutions for commercial owners and developers. He has
over 30 years of experience in consulting, as an urban redeveloper and as principal of
operating companies in mortgage banking, development, and property management. He is widely published and has taught real estate subjects at
Yale School of Management and Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.
Miller has served as a real estate advisor to Harvard University and
numerous business and real estate councils and organizations.
He is a graduate of MIT and the Harvard Business School (George
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Norton Greenfeld |
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Norton R. Greenfeld is the
founder and CEO of Implements, Inc., a management consultancy to
companies in the areas of technology, market analysis, business
organization and growth. As a member of a Developers First team,
Norton is responsible for strategic planning and the use of
technology by our clients. Norton is an applied computer scientist
with proven success in leading small technology groups, managing
complex situations, and growing technically-oriented organizations.
He is a syndicated market researcher, IT industry analyst, and trade
publication columnist. He has started or helped start several
companies.
He currently teaches a course in management and entrepreneurship
at Babson College. Norton holds a B.S., an M.S., and a Ph.D. from
the California Institute of Technology.
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Carol Holliday |
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Carol Holliday is an
experienced market researcher and marketing consultaant. Carol has
over 20 years of experience directing marketing campaigns for a
mortgage banking company, as principal of a property management firm
and as a commercial real estate market researcher. As a mortgage
banking executive, she coordinated corporate marketing at national
owner conventions and coordinated ad agency and graphic design firms
in the fulfillment of extensive corporate image and identification
efforts. As VP Marketing for a real estate development firm, she
created audio/visual shows for tenant leasing. She was also
involved with lease negotiations with local, regional and national
tenants.
Prior to that, Carol directed a national public service
advertising campaign and numerous research contracts for a national
consulting firm. She has written extensively on a number of topics
that have been published by the U.S. Government, real estate
journals, and other publications.
Carol is a graduate of Smith College and Harvard University's
Kennedy School of Government.
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J. Michael Norton |
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J. Michael Norton is the
founder and CEO of Baystate Investment Advisors, a
Massachusetts-based registered investment advisor. Through his firm,
Michael is responsible for any professional service delivery for
Developers First individual clients and their professional advisors.
He has practiced professionally in the financial services industry
since 1980. A real estate developer himself, Mr. Norton possesses
unusually broad experience as an investment advisor, securities
registered representative, mortgage broker, life insurance agent and
income tax preparation, a unique combination of cross-disciplinary
technical skills. Along the way, Michael has earned the CFP, CLU,
and ChFC designations.
Michael attended the United States Naval Academy and completed
his education at Bentley College earning degrees in Accounting and
Economics. |
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John Marchiony |
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A creative marketing
consultant, John Marchiony is founder and CEO of Unicorn Strategic
Program Partners, LLC, and operates FourColorPostcards.com, a
specialist in precision direct mail marketing. As a consultant and
through his firm, John is responsible for supporting our clients'
marketing programs, communications and project identity development.
John has more than 15 years broad-based experience as a marketing
executive in multiple industries. In large and small organizations,
he has filled leadership roles in strategic event marketing,
Internet-based marketing, brand building and both consumer and
business-to-business marketing programs.
John is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
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