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The Hammersmith Group is a strategy
consulting firm that advises developers of historic,
luxury, and sustainable properties. The firm also
consults to city leaders on reviving their historic
downtowns. The firm's strategy is based on the belief
that historic preservation, open space, and heritage
assets can be powerful catalysts for economic development,
and that places with a strong sense of identity can
command premium pricing.
The Hammersmith Group is
a leader in marketing new developments. Our approach
is markedly different from the conventional marketing
approach in that we align individual elements (architectural
design, marketing, press, sales experience, and delivery
of the final units) for maximum strategic effect.
The firm and its client projects
have appeared in the Associated Press, BBC, Businessweek,
CNBC, CNN/Money, Dwell, Entrepreneur, Forbes,
Fortune, International Herald-Tribune, Los Angeles
Times,
MSNBC, Newsweek, NPR, Oprah, People,
USA Today, US News & World
Report, and the Wall Street Journal.
Constantine
A. Valhouli has served
as a principal of The Hammersmith Group since 2004,
where he leads both client engagements and research
on the intersection of real estate and technology.
His research has explored the Internet of Things,
networked objects, smart devices and intelligent
buildings, and spatial search.
His consulting has
focused on the costs and benefits of energy-efficiency
investments, as well as development
and disposition strategies for historic or significant
properties. His clients have included the largest
green projects in New England, one of the oldest
towns in America, the largest private landholders
in the first Urban National Park, and the governor
of Massachusetts.
He has written extensively about
the intersection of real estate and technology,
including a series
of white papers on the Internet of Things. His
work has appeared in several books, including Leadership
Lessons from the Civil War; in business journals
such as Developer and Urban Land;
and on the op-ed pages of Dwell, Fast Company,
Fortune, The Wall Street
Journal, and other publications.
Constantine
has spoken at industry events and at the State
Department, and he has guest lectured
at Columbia University, MIT, and New York University.
His white paper “Valuing green buildings” is
on the curriculum at Stanford University, and
has been cited in Deloitte’s 2009 Sustainable
Enterprise Report.
He previously served
as the Director of Strategy for a sustainable
real estate development company.
His career began in equity research of Morgan
Stanley.
He holds an MBA from Columbia Business
School, an MA in interactive technology from Georgetown
University’s
Communications, Culture, & Technology Program,
and a BA from Georgetown. He is a Charles G.
Koch Fellow in economics and public policy,
and holds
a Peter Agris Media Fellowship.
On the side,
he directed or produced three award-winning
documentary films which have
been featured in
Glamour, Time Out, New York magazine, New
York Times, Page
Six, Oprah, and People.
The Hammersmith Group is pleased
to announce a partnership with public
relations firm .
Gallego & Co.
is a boutique marketing communications firm focused
on strategy, image-building, public relations and
sales support for the real estate marketing industry.
Founded by Arthur Gallego, the former vice president
of communications for SHVO and a veteran marketing
executive with a background in corporate, hospitality,
media
and consumer work, Gallego & Co. has become a
sought-after marketing partner by commercial and
residential real estate marketers. The firm's signature
is an integrated approach that emphasizes corporate
strategy, brand development and consumer/buyer connection
through
all phases of the program, ultimately support the
development's sales goals. |
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