The Boulos Beat: A Commercial Real Estate Podcast

On this episode of The Boulos Beat , host Greg Boulos speaks with Dinah Minot , former TV, film producer and now Executive Director of Creative Portland . The nonprofit organization promotes the economy through the arts and elevates the artists, makers, and cultural institutions that make Portland one of a kind. Greg sits down with Dinah to discuss her 25+ years of experience as a producer in New...

On this installment of The Boulos Beat , we're thrilled to introduce our inaugural New Hampshire-centered episode. Join guest host Caitlin Burke as she sits down with Jay Bisognano , the visionary behind Torrington Properties , a real estate investment firm seizing opportunities in value-added investment, development, and management. Jay is also the founder and partner of Stonington Capital , a Bo...

On this episode of The Boulos Beat, host Greg Boulos speaks with Art Batson, Jr. of Lucas Tree Experts . Opened in 1926, Lucas Tree Experts is a third-generation business serving innovative vegetation management solutions to Maine and beyond. Art and Greg sit down to discuss Lucas Tree Experts, including its founding and current work. They also discuss how the Maine-based company switched from a r...

On this episode of The Boulos Beat , guest host Samantha Marinko speaks with Angela Stone, founder of Maine Needs . Maine Needs is a non-profit organization that strives to help individuals and families in Maine meet their basic material needs by providing donated clothing, hygiene products, household items, and other necessities.  Angela and Samantha sit down to discuss Angela’s journey from Main...

On this episode of The Boulos Beat , host Greg Boulos sits down with Liz Cotter-Schlax , President, and CEO of United Way of Southern Maine , and asks how the nonprofit mobilizes the community to tackle the biggest issues of the day. Greg and Liz discuss Liz’s work experience and journey to her executive position at United Way, starting with her early life in Waterville. They also talk about nonpr...

On this episode of The Boulos Beat, guest host Cameron Foster sits down with Laura Marston, owner of GoGo Refill to discuss its mission of helping people find joy in low-waste living. With locations in South Portland and Brunswick, GoGo Refill stocks durable and effective products and bulk home essentials consciously curated to lessen the need for harmful single-use plastics.    Along with GoGo Re...

On this episode of The Boulos Beat , host Greg Boulos sits down to speak with Imad Khalidi , CEO and president of Auto Europe , a large car rental wholesale company headquartered in Portland, Maine. Auto Europe is a leading car rental provider helping travelers in 180 countries find the best rental car. Greg and Imad discuss Imad’s journey to Camden, Maine from Jerusalem with only $500 in his pock...

On this episode of  The Boulos Beat , host Greg Boulos speaks with Kim Rogers , president of GL Rogers and Company, Inc. Founded in 1981, GL Rogers and Company is a real estate development and investment company focused on commercial projects in Maine and New Hampshire. Greg and Kim sit down to discuss Kim’s journey of taking over the family business a decade ago and his transition to commercial r...

On this episode of The Boulos Beat , guest host Jessica Estes , president, speaks with Megan Walton , CEO of Southern Maine Agency on Aging (SMAA) . SMAA is a non-profit organization that has served older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers in York and Cumberland counties for 50 years. Megan and Jessica sit down to discuss Megan’s journey from Seattle to Maine, her interest in t...

On this episode of The Boulos Beat, guest host Jon Rizzo , partner and broker, speaks with Greg Stewart , president of Jewett Construction Company.   Jewett Construction Co. is a fully integrated design-build construction company with a 51-year history in New England. Greg and Jon sit down to discuss Greg’s eight-year journey as the president of Jewett, his day-to-day operations, and the ideal cli...

On this episode of The Boulos Beat , guest host Cameron Foster , associate broker, speaks with Joan Denckla , regional vice president of care delivery at Groups Recover Together . Groups Recover Together is a company providing medication-assisted treatment to combat the opioid epidemic in the state of Maine and across the country. Joan and Cameron discuss Joan’s journey to Portland, ME from Chicag...

On this episode of The Boulos Beat , guest host Jessica Estes , president of The Boulos Company, sits down with Marie McCarthy , chief operating officer of L.L. Bean, Inc. L.L. Bean is a privately-held retail company founded and headquartered in Freeport, Maine. Marie and Jessica speak about how Marie got her starting position at L.L. Bean and her early-life journey. They also discuss L.L. Bean’s...

On this episode of The Boulos Beat , host Greg Boulos speaks with Cliff Miller (aka The King of Cannabis).  Cliff is the CEO of Millennial Equity, a real estate and private equity company Cliff founded in 2016. Cliff began developing cannabis real estate in 2017 when he and his partners decided to develop 10 acres in Auburn, Maine. Over the last eight years, Cliff has expanded to Michigan where he...

In this episode of The Boulos Beat , guest host Claire Richardson speaks with Rebecca Hatfield , president and CEO of Avesta Housing . Avesta Housing is northern New England’s largest non-profit affordable housing provider, with more than 100 properties and 40 municipalities throughout Maine and New Hampshire.  Rebecca and Claire sit down to discuss how she became the CEO and president of Avesta H...

In this episode of The Boulos Beat, host Greg Boulos speaks with Mike Bourque , the president, and CEO of MEMIC , short for Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company. MEMIC is a multi-state workers’ compensation carrier with assets over $1.6 billion.  Mike and Greg sit down to discuss how Mike came to be the second president and CEO of MEMIC and how his efforts help strategically position the comp...

In this episode of The Boulos Beat , we embark on a journey into the future. Over the last several years, Greg Boulos and our guest hosts have interviewed some of the state’s most insightful commercial real estate minds. They were asked to predict where they foresee the commercial real estate industry taking us over the next 10 to 20 years. In this special episode, we’ve collected those prediction...

Masthead Maine publishes five daily newspapers including the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Morning Sentinel, Kennebec Journal, Sun Journal, Times Record and 17 weeklies through its commercial printing facility in Portland.  Lisa and Greg sit down to talk about how Lisa is responsible for more than 400 employees, how she makes sure she runs a profitable business and the best and wors...

Dan is a highly respected commercial real estate broker with over four decades of experience, which all started from his continuous persistence that landed him a job in commercial real estate brokerage alongside the Boulos brothers. Dan and Greg sit down to discuss how Dan was in a New Jersey street gang, how he got started in the real estate business, and what it takes to become a real estate bro...

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On this episode of The Boulos Beat, Boulos Company Partner Tony McDonald guest-hosts for Greg Boulos as he interviews Joseph Wishcamper of The Wishcamper Companies, an affordable housing developer based here in Portland, Maine. Wishcamper entities own roughly 10,000 apartment units nationwide. Tony and Joe discuss Joe’s history growing up in a poverty-stricken West Texas community and how he found...

In this episode of the Boulos Beat podcast, host Greg Boulos speaks with Kevin French, chairman and CEO of Landry-French Construction. A 100% employee-owned company, Landry-French Construction is one of the leading commercial construction companies in New England. Founded in the depths of the Great Recession in 2010, Landry-French is still going strong more than ten years later. Having majored in...