Name: James Kimball, Jr., AIA
Title: President
Company: Phase Zero Design
Location: Boston, Hartford and Greenwich, Conn.
Birthplace and date: Somerville, Mass., 1961
Family: Wife, Traci; sons, Chris and Ben
College: University of Detroit
First job outside of real estate: Adjunct facility, Boston Architectural College
First job in real estate or allied field: Intern at RTKL Associates in Baltimore
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: Working hard to grow my new firm.
Hobbies: Reading, sketching and coin collecting
Favorite book: "1776" by David McCullough
Favorite movie: "The Patriot"
Person you most emulate (outside of family): Benjamin Franklin
Keys to success: Work hard and pay attention
If you had to choose a different profession; what would it be? Teacher
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? I would like to say there was an outstanding transaction for me this past year but 2024 was more a culmination of long-term relationships, most of which continued to transact. Deals were smaller in many cases but we saw robust leasing both on the agency side as well as on the tenant side.