Jon Meshel, Project Manager-Development - CBL & Associates Properties
Name: Jon Meshel
Title: Project Manager - Development
Company: CBL & Associates Properties
Location: Waltham, Mass.
Birthplace and year: Boston, Mass., 1976
Family: Wife, Stephanie; daughter, Janie (15 months)
College: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
First job outside of real estate: Carpenter
First job in real estate or allied field: Assistant project manager, CBL
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Initiate and manage shopping center developments
Hobbies: Running, golf
Favorite book: "Friday Night Lights"
Favorite movie: "Braveheart"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Frederick Law Olmsted
Key to success: Mental organization
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Pilot
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.