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Posted: August 26, 2014
25 Year Anniversary Q&A: William O'Brien
Name: William O'Brien
Title: President
Company Name: M.C. O'Brien, Inc.
Year Founded: 1909
Years with Company: 25 Years
Years in real estate industry: 25 Years
Q: The approximate number of years you have been a subscriber and/or how the NYREJ has been a benefit to you and/or your business.
A: Since I entered the business in 1989: 25 Years.
Q: The approximate year you discovered the NYREJ and what business you were in at the time:
A: 1989, fresh out of college.
Q: Your most memorable "15 minutes of fame" in the NYREJ:
A: Probably the sale of The Seafarer's International Union in Sunset Park and The International Long Shoreman's Union in Carroll Gardens. Both in Brooklyn.
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