KENT GONZALES
Vice President

Always a patriot, but a Bronco fan first.

WITH NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SINCE
2004

PRIOR EMPLOYMENT
Nordblom Company/Nordic Properties; Beacon Construction Company; Boston Redevelopment Authority

EDUCATION
B.A., Environmental Design, University of Colorado at Boulder; Master of Architecture, University of Colorado at Denver; Master of Science in Real Estate Development, MIT

RECENT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Specialize in large-scale mixed-use development and complex multi-jurisdictional permitting. Have been directly responsible for the development and/or permitting of over 10 million square feet of commercial, industrial, retail and residential space. Current projects include Station Landing (16 acres, 458 apartments, 75,000 s.f. of retail, 50,000 s.f. Boston Sports Club, 609-car garage expansion) and the Boston Herald redevelopment ($500 million mixed-use complex). Prior projects include Dunkin Donuts Northeast Distribution Center, the re-zoning and redevelopment of Hood Business Park and Solomon Pond Park.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
American Institute of Architects; Urban Land Institute

CHARITABLE AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Carlisle Planning Board; Carlisle Community Preservation Committee; Former trustee, Belmont Day School

FAVORITE SPARE TIME ACTIVITIES
Spending time with my family, summers in Boothbay Harbor Maine, watching my son play sports, reading

FACT PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW
My first job was as a taco-bender in a restaurant named the "Frito Bandito"

WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP
I don't want to grow up, but I thought I wanted to be an architect until I figured out the stuff they have to put up with, now I want to be a teacher in an architecture school.....if I ever grow up...