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Blue Sky Center

Blue Sky Center

Blue Sky Center is a 1.3 million square-foot, world-class office and innovation campus spanning 158 acres at the intersection of four major regional arteries in Burlington, MA. Built to institutional standards, the campus features contemporary architecture, high-end finishes, and robust infrastructure, attracting a diverse mix of tenants—from multinational technology firms to cutting-edge life science and R&D companies—drawn to its highly accessible suburban setting and emphasis on service, quality, and long-term growth.

A recent multi-million-dollar amenity center transformation reimagined 32,000 sf of shared space. Updates to the expansive community lounge, dining facilities and coffee bar, flexible meeting areas, mezzanine gaming suite, and a 7,700 sf fitness center reinforced the world-class wellness- and collaboration-focused campus experience.

 

Speakers and Panels

Matthew Godoff

Matthew Godoff

EVP

Synergy Investments

Matthew Godoff

EVP

Synergy Investments

As Executive Vice President and a member of the firm’s Executive Leadership Team, Matt manages and oversees Synergy’s investment team who focus on working with the firm’s current joint venture partners to create and implement strategic business plans for owned and acquired assets including leasing, capital improvements and redevelopment initiatives as well as the recommendation, coordination and execution of acquisitions, dispositions, and refinance transactions. Matt is also responsible for the cultivation and sourcing of new equity capital partnerships and investment opportunities, including existing relationship management and oversight of the firm’s institutional equity partners.

Prior to joining Synergy, Matt worked at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, formally Grubb & Ellis Company, where he built a successful practice specializing in Downtown Boston leasing, representing both landlords and tenants. He received both local and national recognition as one of the company’s top rising stars as well as one of the most respected commercial advisers within the Boston market.

Matt is a graduate of Rollins College & the Brooks School. At Rollins, Matt received a degree in Political Science and Business. Matt has been very active within Boston’s commercial real estate and philanthropic communities. He is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and currently serves on the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties’ (NAIOP) Program Committee (Massachusetts Chapter) and a member of the Greater Boston Real Estate’s Commercial Brokers Association (GBREB-CBA). Matt also currently is co-chair of the Facilities Committee at The Meadowbrook School of Weston and a member of the Executive Committee of the Brooks School Alumni Board. Matt is also a past president of The Business Associates Club and a former co-chair of NAIOP’s Developing Leaders Executive Committee.

Fireside Chat: The Workplace For Tomorrow From The Occupier's Perspective

Hear Directly From Tenants On Their Space Needs

Paul Grasso
Tenant

Paul Grasso

Senior Corporate Real Estate, Facilities

Systems & Technology Research

Nick Svencer
Tenant

Nick Svencer

General Manager

Pramand

Matthew Malatesta
Moderator

Matthew Malatesta

Senior Managing Director

Newmark

Investing in Modernizing Office Assets To Attract Tenants

Crosby Nordblom

Crosby Nordblom

EVP

Nordblom

Kris Galletta

Kris Galletta

President, investments

Paradigm Properties

Gable Clarke

Gable Clarke

President of Interior Design, Partner

SGA

Rose Conti

Rose Conti

VP

Lee Kennedy Company

Colleen Wallace
Moderator

Colleen Wallace

Strategic Accounts Director

Interface

Kris Galletta

President, investments

Paradigm Properties

Kris joined Paradigm in 2024. He focuses on defining and implementing Paradigm’s investment strategy and expanding the firm’s capital relationships. Among previous roles, he was Chief Investment Officer at Nordblom Company, focused on commercial investments and was a Partner at Alcion Ventures, a Boston-based real estate private equity firm, where he was responsible for developing JV relationships, executing on new investments, and asset management of value-add assets spanning several major US and Canadian cities. Kris is a member of NAIOP and ULI, participating on the ULI Boston Management Committee, as well as a Trustee of the Winchester Affordable Housing Trust. He holds a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Gable Clarke

President of Interior Design, Partner

SGA

An equal majority owner of SGA, Gable leads the firm’s interior design practice and HR department. Gable is responsible for interior design project oversight, client relations, business development, mentoring and firm leadership, and is keenly focused on enhancing SGA’s culture and promoting employee engagement.

Over the course of her 20+ year career, she has developed a reputation as an ambassador for the industry and a nurturer of talent. Gable is an NCIDQ certified interior designer, a LEED accredited professional and a Certified Generations Trainer.

Gable’s focus on cultivating trust and meaningful collaboration informs her relationships both internally and externally. In recent years Gable has continued to receive prestigious honors, such as the Leadership Award of Excellence from IIDA New England and inclusion in the Boston Real Estate Times’ list of 10 Outstanding Women in Commercial Real Estate. Furthermore, the growth of SGA’s interior design practice under her supervision led to the firm’s designation as one of Interior Design’s 2022 Top 100 Giants of Design.

Gable holds a Master of Science in Interior Design from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Arts in communications from Milligan College in Tennessee.

Outside of the office, Gable serves on CoreNet New England’s Real Advantage committee and is involved in several charitable initiatives. She loves traveling but equally enjoys spending time in the backyard with her husband, kids and pet chickens.

Rose Conti

VP

Lee Kennedy Company

Rose Conti is Vice President of Interiors/Special Projects at Lee Kennedy Company and a seasoned construction professional with more than 40 years of industry experience. She holds an unrestricted Construction Supervisor License and OSHA 30 certification and is known for her unwavering commitment to client service, quality, and delivering projects on time and within budget. A passionate leader and advocate for women in construction, Rose is dedicated to mentoring and supporting the next generation in this traditionally male-dominated field.

She currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees at Wentworth Institute of Technology—her alma mater—and is the first woman to hold this role in the board’s history. Rose is also active on several Wentworth committees and serves on the Advisory Board of Professional Women in Construction. She is a mentor through both the AGC and PWC mentoring programs and a past president of NAWIC (National Association of Women in Construction). Rose lives in Burlington, Massachusetts with her husband, Ron, and enjoys golfing in her spare time.

Colleen Wallace

Moderator

Interface

Colleen E. Wallace, IIDA is a Strategic Accounts Director at Interface, who partners with organizations and design leaders to navigate what’s next across workplace environments. Drawing on a 20-year background in design leadership and client partnership, she brings a collaborative, insight‑driven approach to aligning business goals with meaningful, purpose-driven spaces. Known for connecting people and ideas, Colleen focuses on building trusted relationships and helping teams move forward with clarity and confidence.

Deal Activity, Tenant Demands & Its Impacts On Leasing Trends

Patrick Mulvihill

Patrick Mulvihill

SVP

BXP

Brian Antonellis

Brian Antonellis

Partner

North Colony Asset Management

Robert Griffin
Tenant

Robert Griffin

Director, Real Estate

Analog Devices

Jon Proffitt
Tenant

Jon Proffitt

VP Global Workplace

UKG

John Boyle III

John Boyle III

Executive Vice Chairman

Cushman & Wakefield

MinYoung Hong

MinYoung Hong

Project Architect

Fogarty Finger

Michael Rosen
Moderator

Michael Rosen

Shareholder

Ruberto, Israel & Weiner

Brian Antonellis

Partner

North Colony Asset Management

Brian is a native of Boston and graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. After graduation he joined PKF, P.C. a public accounting firm where he spent 9 years. Brian was a Supervising Senior Accountant at PKF where he was responsible for multiple audits including, but not limited to, real estate management companies, small nonprofits, multiple hotel properties and billion dollar distribution companies. He performed government compliance audits for United States Air Force bases in the U.S. and abroad. In March of 2013 Brian joined Mario’s team at Independencia Asset Management’s North East Division, where he managed all assets and acquisitions on the East Coast of the United States. During this time Brian was directly responsible for over $350 million in acquisitions which equates to approximately 2 million square feet. Brian also managed over 5 million square feet of office product with a total value of over $1 billion, and oversaw the disposition of $240 million in assets in the New England area.

John Boyle III

Executive Vice Chairman

Cushman & Wakefield

John Boyle is Executive Vice Chair of Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), one of the largest publicly traded commercial real estate services firms in the world, with over 58,000 employees. A nationally recognized industry leader in the field of Tenant Representation, John serves on the firm’s Global Advisory Board, one of the twelve

producers in the firm to do so. John leads the Tenant Representation Practice for Greater Boston. In 2023 John was recognized with the Company’s Inaugural “Visionary Award” named in honor of Cushman & Wakefield’s late

Chief Executive Officer, Joe Stettinius. John was honored for his “innovation, collaboration and his lasting results”. In 2022 as well as 2017, John was recognized as one of the Top Ten office producers in the world, for Cushman and Wakefield. In 2024, John was awarded Cushman & Wakefield’s National “Team Player” Award, for being the firms “Top Team Player” nationally for the firm. In 2017 Cushman & Wakefield’s Tenant Advisory Group (TAG), which is comprised of 800 occupier focused brokerage professionals, awarded John with the

Company’s inaugural “Outstanding Achievement Award”, for John’s “extraordinary contributions to his clients’ success and his effort within his community and with his colleagues.”

With over 38 years of commercial real estate experience, John has been involved in thousands of transactions with an aggregate value in the billions. John has had significant focus in the area of strategic global, multi-market, portfolio-wide representation, having completed transactions in most major US cities and with significant experience executing leases in India, China, Europe and other international markets. He is included in many publications including the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal and other publications.

Relative to his Boston market, John has received the Commercial Brokers Association of Massachusetts (CBA) Broker of the Year, “McCall Leadership Award,” an honor one can receive only once in a career, for demonstrating “the highest level of ethical standards and a career as an industry leader.” Additionally, John received CoreNet New England’s “Global Service Producer Award”, the highest honor a tenant advisor can receive in New England. John was elected President of the “CBA”, part of the oldest real estate association in the US, founded 1886, in 2012. No other broker advisor has received all three of these distinct Boston honors.

Prior to Cushman & Wakefield (formerly DTZ), John was a Principal with Cassidy Turley, prior to that, John was a Founding Partner of FHO Partners which was later sold to Cassidy Turley before that, and John was a Principal of Trammell Crow Company.

Michael Rosen

Moderator

Ruberto, Israel & Weiner

Michael Dana Rosen is a shareholder of the firm and Chair of the firm’s Commercial Real Estate Group. He represents companies and individuals in the acquisition, development, sale, leasing and financing of complex commercial and residential real estate projects. Mr. Rosen represents borrowers and lenders in sophisticated commercial, real estate, and franchise related financing transactions.

Mr. Rosen's commercial real estate practice also includes advocacy before zoning and planning boards and other municipal agencies in a wide range of land use and regulatory matters. His experience includes representing telecommunications carriers before local boards in connection with the siting of wireless facilities and cellular towers. He also frequently assists real estate holding entities and family businesses on entity structure and formation, succession and estate planning and implementation.

Mr. Rosen's practice includes the representation of closely held business, providing contract, general corporate and business advice. He is also available to provide guidance to creditors, vendors and landlords in complex bankruptcy cases and commercial workouts. Mr. Rosen's business and educational background, as well as his work experience in the banking industry, provides clients with important insight and expertise into a wide range of financial and real estate issues. Michael Rosen was interviewed by Radio Entrepreneur on December 19, 2014 and recently presented at the National Retail Tenants Association (NRTA) on September 27-30, 2015 on the topic of SNDAs and Tenants Estoppels.

Why You Should Attend This 2026 Boston Office Event

What You'll Learn:

  • Which tenant industries are actively expanding their office footprints in Boston, and which continue to contract?

  • What types of office spaces are tenants prioritizing as teams more fully return to the workplace?

  • How are Boston landlords incorporating hospitality-level services to elevate the tenant experience and drive leasing decisions?

  • Which recent office leases are drawing attention across the local real estate community, and what ripple effects are they creating?

  • Are concession levels and tenant improvement packages beginning to stabilize, and what changes are expected heading into 2026?

  • What strategies are available to owners of Class B and C office buildings to better position assets for long-term competitiveness?

  • How has Boston’s office-to-residential tax abatement program influenced conversion feasibility and addressed elevated vacancy levels?

  • What insights are office investors sharing about current opportunities, and why do some remain bullish as others shift to different asset classes?

  • With leasing momentum improving toward the end of 2025, what additional factors are still needed to meaningfully reduce vacancy?

  • How are rising building trade and construction costs impacting renovation, repositioning, and conversion decisions?

How you'll do more business:

Enhance your business by understanding the market demands for office buildings and how investors and owners are angling to find long term value in Boston's office market. Hear from the top public and private office occupiers in the city as they speak on tenant demands and which design elements are leading to new lease commitments. 

Who You'll Meet: Network with a diverse group of industry leaders, including developers, financiers, urban planners, policymakers, and real estate experts. This event is a melting pot of ideas and strategies, fostering connections and collaborations in the Boston real estate market.

For questions regarding content, speaking, and sponsorship opportunities, please email our Event Producer, Joshua Piquion, at joshua.piquion@bisnow.com

To request disability-related accommodations, please contact audrey.sullivan@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Don't Miss: Artists For Humanity

Make sure to stop by the Artists For Humanity booth to experience incredible artwork from the nation’s leading nonprofit teen art and design organization. AFH empowers Boston and NYC teens through paid, hands-on creative work across art, design, and media - bringing fresh, impactful ideas to life!

Venue

Blue Sky Center
95 Blue Sky Dr
Burlington, MA 01803

 

Please reference the map of Blue Sky HERE for parking, entrances, and the event location. The event will take place in the Amenity Center, located between 75 and 95 Blue Sky (both addresses are searchable in Google Maps and Apple Maps). Enter via Middlesex Turnpike and follow the perimeter road to the designated parking area. From there, access the Amenity Center via the walkway located between the bocce and pickleball courts.

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Agenda

Time Activity
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Coffee, Breakfast & Networking
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
Fireside Chat: The Workplace For Tomorrow: The Occupier's Perspective

1.) Hear first hand from tenants in the market discuss what they look for in an office and how they utilize the workplace today.

1:30 PM
1:45 PM
Networking Break
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
Investing in Modernizing Office Assets To Attract Tenants

1.) Evaluate which amenity investments are producing measurable lift in tours, commitments and retention.
2.) Learn how owners are prioritizing capital upgrades to stay competitive in a selective market.

2:30 PM
3:15 PM
Deal Activity, Tenant Demands & Its Impacts On Leasing Trends

1.) Track how rents, concessions and tenant improvement expectations are moving by asset class.
2.) Assess how leasing performance by class is shaping valuations, underwriting and transaction appetite.

3:15 PM
3:30 PM
Post Event Networking

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