High-Profile Celebrates 25 Years!

Twenty-five years!! What monumental changes our world has gone through in that short time. Back then, the personal computer was in its infancy. To get the paper published in those first years, we literally cut and pasted news and photos for galleys to be delivered to the printer. We thought we were just about the top of the ladder when we were able to lay out a whole issue on a disk. The possibility of publishing on the web was so far-fetched that nobody gave it any consideration ... except our founder, Michael Barnes. He saw the potential before anyone else and he acted on it! Thanks to his vision, High-Profile was then, and still is, created by an incredible team from all over New England, all working remotely.

We have seen real estate companies come and go, small companies expand to become major players in the market, major companies close after years of successful operation, and companies merge and companies split. New developments, whether in big cities or small towns, were always interesting to our readers, and real estate association news was of enormous importance. We have reported on them all.

One of our first advertisers, American Plumbing & Heating, who advertised in our very first issue, still holds a spot on the inside cover. And here we are, all these years later, publishing both print and digital issues each month.

The last 10 years in commercial real estate are reported to be among the most transformative the industry has ever seen. It is reflected in the contents of our publication. Publisher Anastasia Barnes has done a splendid job adhering to our original principle of keeping the information interesting, accurate and up to date, and we’re not saying that because she is our youngest granddaughter.