Jesse Abair serves as senior director, real estate development, for Massachusetts-based The RMR Group. The company owns a large East Bank property near downtown and is eyeing a major mixed-use project.
Specifically, the company — which had roughly $32 billion of total assets under management as of mid-year 2020 — is proposing the redevelopment of a 16.7-acre site with a main address of 111 N. First St. near the Cumberland River and Nissan Stadium (read here).
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