For nearly 70 years, Hobbs Brook Real Estate has been shaping the commercial real estate market with visionary, sustainable, dynamic working environments.
Our team functions as your trusted, strategic partner — leveraging our resources to optimize the environment and enhance the lives of people in the communities we serve.
Responsible for the development and implementation of Hobbs Brook Real Estate’s overall strategy, Peter manages the direct real estate investment activity of FM Global, a mutual insurance company, and HBRE’s parent company. HBRE is focused on the development, ownership, and operations of properties across asset classes nationally. Peter joined HBRE in 2022.
Prior to joining HBRE, Peter served as Senior Vice President and Regional Director for Rubenstein Partners, where he led investment activities in New England and in select Midwest Markets. His prior experience includes positions with firms including DRA Advisors, Archon Group (now Goldman Sachs Real Estate Asset Management), and Jones Lang LaSalle.
Peter graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.
Kerry Hawkins is the Senior Director of Asset Management for Hobbs Brook Real Estate, where she leads the development and implementation of investment strategies for the portfolio.
Prior to joining HBRE in 2023, Kerry held positions as the Senior Director of Life Science Investment Management at Greystar, and Senior Director of Capital Markets in JLL’s Boston office focused on life science investment sales and equity placement. She also previously spent 18 years at CBRE and Trammell Crow Company specializing in agency leasing and strategic asset repositioning for a variety of investors in office and life science assets. In her leasing career, she completed more than 1,100 transactions totaling more than 10.5 million square feet.
Kerry is actively involved in many industry organizations, including serving as President for CREW Boston, on the Board of Directors for NAIOP, the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for NAIOP MA, the Executive Committee for the DEI Collaborative, and a member of the Urban Land Institute and Commercial Brokers Association.
Kerry received her bachelor’s degree from Colby College in Government and Spanish and a certificate in Real Estate Finance from Boston University.
As our Director of Design and Construction, Bradley Caradoso is responsible for leading the design and project implementation process of new buildings and major renovations for Hobbs Brook Real Estate’s portfolio and FM Global offices worldwide, with a focus on delivering high quality, resilient and sustainable buildings that provide long term value to our tenants.
Prior to joining HBRE, Bradley held the roles of Healthcare Studio Sr. Project Architect at DiGiorgio Associates, and Healthcare Studio Sr. Associate at Margulies Perruzzi Architects. In both roles his work was focused on hospital inpatient additions and renovations throughout the Northeast.
Bradley earned his Bachelor of Architecture from Wentworth Institute of Technology and is a Registered Architect in the state of Massachusetts.
As Director of Operations and Property Management, Steve is an integral member of our Senior Leadership team. His 25+ years of commercial real estate experience in property management, leasing, capital projects, maintenance, acquisitions, and asset repositioning make him a great fit for HBRE. As a strategic and innovative leader, he will continue work to improve the high performance of property management and engineering functions with all real estate services at HBRE. Steve will continue to focus his efforts on the development and implementation of “best in class” real estate services for our tenants and all stakeholders across our organization.
Prior to joining HBRE in 2023, Steve was most recently the General Manager- City Lead for the Boston Market at Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Steve has also held Boston and New England Market Leadership positions for ABM, Synergy Investments and Grubb & Ellis. Steve earned his B.S in Business Administration (Finance) at the University of Colorado, Boulder and is a past President of the Boston Commercial Brokers Association. Steve has also received his BOMA Real Property Administrator (RPA) Certificate and is a current Boston BOMA Board of Director member.
Jerome is a seasoned commercial real estate professional with deep knowledge and experience in asset management, leasing, disposition, financing and joint venture transactions as well as property redevelopment and repositioning of complex office, industrial, life science, retail, parking and mixed-use commercial properties. In his role at Hobbs Brook Real Estate Jerome focuses on the asset management and leasing of a 5 million SF portfolio of properties located in the suburban markets surrounding Boston, Chicago, Atlanta and Providence.
Prior to joining HBRE, Jerome held several roles at National Development including Director of Acquisitions and Vice President of Asset Management where he was involved with multiple building portfolios and mixed-use properties in Boston’s CBD, Seaport/Fort Point and Charlestown neighborhoods as well as the Inner Suburban and surrounding Boston suburban markets.
Jerome received his BS from the University of New Hampshire and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Farms Prides Community Association.
Leyla joined Hobbs Brook Real Estate in 2018 as an assistant vice president, counsel, and served most recently as staff vice president, senior counsel.
In her current role as chief counsel, Leyla continues to manage the legal aspects of the organization’s 5,000,000 square foot office and life sciences commercial portfolio and oversees the acquisition, leasing and construction of 2 million square feet for the corporate portfolio of FM Global.
Prior to joining Hobbs Brook, Leyla held varying roles in the legal profession as in-house counsel and in private practice. Leyla has more than 20 years of legal experience with an extensive background in commercial real estate, including leasing, acquisitions, construction and development and corporate real estate matters.
Leyla holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Merrimack College and a Juris Doctor from New England Law. She is admitted to practice law in both Massachusetts and Connecticut.
With a focus on advancing the Hobbs-Brook Real Estate brand, Marge, an integral member of our team, manages the marketing strategy and communications for HBRE on both the corporate level and for the overall portfolio, including existing assets and future investments.
Marge works closely with every department at HRBE to satisfy their marketing goals. She joined the team in 2022 and has been working in marketing/communications for over ten years. Most recently she was the Marketing Manager for Needham based developer, Waterstone Properties Group, where she oversaw the marketing of the company’s 6 million SF retail portfolio.
Marge graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and minor in Communications from Catholic University in Washington DC.
An integral part of our team, Mirian is responsible for financial and consolidated reporting and property accounting including strategic management and oversight. Budgeting, internal controls, external auditing, development and project cost accounting, property accounting team management, recruitment, training, and staff development also fall under her authority. Additionally, Mirian leads the finance team’s initiatives focused on streamlining and enhancing financial analytics, performance measurement, and portfolio reporting.
Mirian has over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting, beginning in healthcare and moving into real estate 10 years ago. Prior to joining FM Global, Mirian managed the accounting team at a New England-based commercial real estate firm where she had six years of progressive experience. Mirian was responsible for the day-to-day property and cost accounting and was involved in acquisitions and dispositions, investment reporting, annual budgeting, and internal controls.
A member of the Massachusetts Society of CPA’s and the CREW Network, Mirian holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration, a Master’s in Accountancy, and is a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts.
