Real Estate Technology Expert Chase Broward Joins Robert Charles Lesser & Co.
ROCKVILLE, MD -- (August 14, 2001) -- Chase Broward, a noted real estate technology expert, has joined Robert Charles Lesser & Co. (RCLCo) as director of technology consulting. Broward will leverage more than 12 years of experience to oversee RCLCo's technology consulting services, offering technology integration opportunities for all phases of large-scale master-planned communities and mixed-use developments.
"Understanding the integration of real estate and technology is quickly becoming a critical success factor for our clients," said Gadi Kaufmann, RCLCo's managing director & CEO. "We are excited about being at the forefront of the field, and adding Chase to our team provides a significant service offering to our clients."
Broward co-produced the prototype for one of the nation's first neighborhood intranet products, Neighborware(TM), a software package that allows customers to provide an online network exclusively for the residents of their communities. It revolutionizes the way neighbors communicate with each other and with community developers, builders, property managers and Homeowner Associations (HOAs).
"I'm delighted to be able to join RCLCo's team of highly experienced and knowledgeable real estate advisors," said Broward. "They are a forward-looking firm with an impeccable reputation."
Broward, who will serve RCLCo's clients throughout the nation out of the firm's Atlanta office, is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the Homebuilder's Association of Metropolitan Atlanta and the Community Association Institute. He won the Home Automation Association's 2000 Award for the "Best Planned Community of the Year" for Summer Grove in Atlanta, and Neighborware was recognized as one of Builder Magazine's "20 Best Trade Secrets" for 1999. His technology articles have been published in Builder Magazine and Common Ground Magazine.
Robert Charles Lesser & Co. is one of the largest independent real estate advisory and valuation firms in the nation. With offices across the country, the firm completes engagements each year for regional, national and international real estate companies, corporations, financial institutions, institutional investors, private investors, municipalities and nonprofit organizations. The firm has experience in: for-sale residential, office, retail, industrial, hotel, rental apartment, resort, recreation, master-planned community and large-scale mixed-use development in cities and suburbs.