{"id":1004039827,"date":"2012-03-15T05:02:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T13:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004037508"},"modified":"2022-12-08T07:32:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T15:32:52","slug":"stars-to-watch-brian-oneill-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/stars-to-watch-brian-oneill-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars to Watch: Brian O&#039;Neill Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brian O\u2019Neill Jr., 25<br \/>\nSenior Project Manager<br \/>\nO\u2019Neill Properties Group<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2012\/03\/ONeill_Brian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004037449\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/030112-janelia-farm-research-campus-jll-management-wiki-user-matt-staley-150x150-50x50\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2012\/03\/030112-Janelia-Farm-Research-Campus-JLL-Management-wiki-user-Matt-Staley-150x150-50x50.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"50,50\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"030112-Janelia-Farm-Research-Campus-JLL-Management-wiki-user-Matt-Staley-150&#215;150-50&#215;50\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2012\/03\/030112-Janelia-Farm-Research-Campus-JLL-Management-wiki-user-Matt-Staley-150x150-50x50.jpg?w=50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2012\/03\/ONeill_Brian.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ONeill_Brian\" width=\"140\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1004037449\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian O\u2019Neill grew up attending open houses with his developer father and even interned in his office, but real estate was not his first love. High school jobs included working as an emergency medical technician, and while earning his bachelor\u2019s degree at Georgetown University he worked as an investigator for the Public Defender Service and became interested in justice enforcement. Then his father interceded, and O\u2019Neill agreed to try working for him.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neill was immediately assigned to a huge undertaking. Since acquiring a 453-acre parcel in Sayreville,  N.J.\u2014formerly occupied by National Lead Industries\u2014in October 2008, the brownfield redevelopment specialist has been working toward developing a $2 billion mixed-use project there to be named The Point. The 8 million-square-foot project will include a 3 million-square-foot mall and entertainment district, 2,000 residential units, 650,000 square feet of office space, high-end hotels and two luxury marinas (it sits on the Raritan River, at the intersection of the Garden State Parkway, Route 1 and Route 49).<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neill gradually assumed more responsibility for the project and now handles all aspects. Last June, he signed Bass Pro Shops as the first major anchor in phase I, which will commence construction this summer. At press time, he was anticipating a movie theater tenant, as well. The toughest challenge was convincing prospective tenants the project really was going to move forward, he said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely been a lot of work.\u201d But Dan Busch thinks he is up to it. \u201cHe\u2019s probably the smartest client I\u2019ve ever dealt with,\u201d observed the site\u2019s project manager, the principal for Maser Consulting P.A.<\/p>\n<p><em>Memorable Achievements:<\/em><strong> <\/strong>The team\u2019s signing of Bass Pro Shops to 200,000 square feet as the first anchor tenant.<\/p>\n<p><em>Goals:<\/em><strong> <\/strong>Keeping the company\u2019s projects moving forward, going on to the next one and continuing to build on that.<\/p>\n<p><em>What Others Say About Him: <\/em>Dan Busch, principal with Maser Consulting P.A. and the project manager for the 453-acre Sayreville, N.J., parcel that is destined to become The Point, termed O\u2019Neill the \u201csmartest client\u201d he has encountered in his 27 years in business\u2014despite his age\u2014and also praised his ability to work with political officials and to interpret and negotiate with contractors. <em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Greatest Challenges: <\/em>\u201cDevelopment is one big challenge! Coming out of college, I used to think I knew a little bit about real estate, and now I realize I know absolutely nothing. \u201cThere\u2019s no playbook you can read that\u2019ll tell you exactly what you need to do \u2026 in development. \u2026 There\u2019s always a new challenge that comes up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Best Advice Received: <\/em>The big theme in the company\u2019s office, handed down from his father, Brian O\u2019Neill Sr., is to \u201calways be persistent.\u201d Their mantra is \u201cCFM: constant forward motion.\u201d The No. 1 thing his father has taught him, personally, is, \u201cEven when things don\u2019t go your way, you\u2019ve got to keep pushing through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Advice to Others: <\/em>\u201cKeep pushing forward\u2014it\u2019ll get done.\u201d And \u201cit\u2019s never going to get done the way you think it\u2019ll get done, and nothing\u2019s ever the way you plan it.\u201d<em> \u2014Suzann Silverman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brian O\u2019Neill Jr., 25, Senior Project Manager, O\u2019Neill Properties Group<\/strong><br \/>\nBrian O\u2019Neill grew up attending open houses with his developer father and even interned in his office, but real estate was not his first love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1201,"featured_media":1004037396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21744],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004039827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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