Zachary Greene

Biografía: Zachary Greene Director of Commercial Properties MassDevelopment Boston, MA Zach Greene is the Director of Commercial Properties in the Real Estate Department at MassDevelopment. He has been actively involved in all of the Agency's real estate dealings, and has been a leader in the largest and most complex deals evaluated and undertaken during his tenure. MassDevelopment is the Massachusetts’ public economic development and real estate development agency. The Agency’s real estate activities include consulting to cities and towns regarding underutilized or distressed publicly- or privately-owned properties; planning for downtown and district real estate and economic development and revitalization; development of surplus Federal, state, county, and municipal properties; due diligence on dozens of properties each year in support of MassDevelopment real estate deals or those by other parties; and tenanting and otherwise managing the real estate assets in its portfolio. Zach is an expert commercial real estate analyst and appraiser who has evaluated dozens prospective real estate deals with MassDevelopment, and has followed at least one (1550 Main in Springfield, MA) through the entire development process. All of these deals involved distressed properties in economically challenged cities. His current responsibilities include oversight of the agency’s varied commercial property portfolio which includes Class A, downtown office buildings, lab/flex space, and a state owned fish pier. Prior to his public sector real estate career, Mr. Greene was a commercial real estate appraiser with Byrne McKinney and Associates in Boston. Projects included the appraisal and analysis of more than $1.5 billion of real estate located throughout New England, including over 10,000 existing and proposed apartment and condominium units and 5 million square feet of Class A & B office space. In addition to valuation assignments Mr. Greene worked with the firm’s principles on consulting assignments covering existing and proposed large-scale developments throughout New England. Mr. Greene holds a BA degree in Economics from Brandeis University. Updated October 2013