The Institute of Real Estate Management® (IREM®) Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4 is proud to announce that the organization recently honored David Barrett, CPM®, ARM® with the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award. Barrett was presented with the award during a virtual ceremony held by the organization on December 2.

Barrett, the president of Clifton Management Co. Inc. and RCM Services, Inc., based in Allston, Massachusetts, has been involved with IREM for 20 years. He served as the 2014 President of the IREM Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4, and he currently serves on the Legislative and Public Policy Committee. Additionally, Barrett currently serves as the IREM Regional Vice President, and on the 2021 IREM Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4 Board of Directors.

Barrett has been a management executive in the Boston area for over 20 years. He holds an Unrestricted Constriction Supervisor License, Oil Burner Technician License, Home Improvement Contractor License, and Hoisting Equipment Operator License for the State of Massachusetts, as well as OSHA 10 and 30 certificates. Barrett is a Certified Pool Operator, Certified Lead Renovator, and has obtained dozens of trade certificates from technical institutes as well as holding management designations from both IREM and the Community Association Institute (CAI).

A resident of Salem, New Hampshire, Barrett also frequently shares lessons and best practices learned from his years of experience. He has written several articles for New England Real Estate Journal, Condo Media, and Condo Management Magazine. Additionally, he has been interviewed numerous times for New England Condominium magazine.

“David has meant so much to IREM, and especially to this chapter, for so long, that it is only fitting he should receive this Lifetime Achievement Award,” said Melissa Fish-Crane, 2021 president of IREM Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4 and principal and COO of the Peabody Companies. “He has been truly generous in sharing his knowledge, experience, and time with our industry for decades, and has been a strong advocate for housing throughout his career. It is our privilege to recognize his longstanding commitment in this way.”

About the Institute for Real Estate Management®, Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4

IREM® is an international institute for property and asset managers (headquartered in Chicago) providing complete knowledge to take on real estate management’s most dynamic challenges. For more than 85 years, IREM has been the world’s strongest voice for all things real estate management; today membership encompasses close to 20,000 leaders in commercial and residential management.

IREM Chapters are independently incorporated, organized groups working in partnership with IREM headquarters to advance the institute’s strategic initiatives and grow the real estate management profession. They offer local connection, continuous learning through IREM courses, networking via business or social events, and volunteer opportunities through chapter leadership and community outreach.

The Boston Metropolitan Chapter No. 4 was founded on May 4, 1938. The growth of the chapter has paralleled the expansion of the real estate industry and the property management profession in its region of influences, and is now the largest chapter of the organization. Melissa Fish-Crane serves as the chapter’s 2021 president. Offices are located at 202 Parke Avenue, Quincy, MA 02171. For more information, please call 617-436-7565, email iremboston@iremboston.com, or visit www.iremboston.org.