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wbjournal.com | April 29, 2024 | Worcester Business Journal 27 Get the Care, Clarity, and Confidence Your Business Deserves. FidelityBankOnline.com | 800.581.5363 Get more from your banking relationship with small business solutions from Fidelity Bank. Our BusinessWorx checking accounts help you manage your cash flow, plus you can easily accept electronic payments for your business with our convenient merchant services. Clarity. Confidence. Today, as our esteemed leader, David McLaren stands among the top influencers in our local community, we want to take a moment to ex- press our heartfelt appreciation. Thank you, Dave, for your inspiring leadership, for believing in our potential, and for making McLaren not just a workplace but a second home. Your dedication to excellence, your passion for helping others, and your unwavering support have truly made a positive difference in each of our lives. As we celebrate this remarkable achievement, we stand united in gratitude and admiration for the remarkable leader you are. With deepest appreciation, Your Team at McLaren & Associates CPAs, PC 508-842-0459 www.dmclarencpa.com Celebrating Excellence: A Thank You to David McLaren R E A L E S T A T E P O W E R 1 0 0 Michael Jacobs Managing principal NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs, in Worcester Employees: 34 Residence: Charlton College: Assumption University Once a director of operations in the high-tech sector, a chance encounter with NAI Glickman Kovago Founder Jim Glickman set Jacobs in a different direction. Since 2003, he has risen up the ranks to become one of the most important figures in the Central Massachusetts real estate industry. Now, as the managing partner of the firm, he plays a pivotal role in facilitating the real estate transactions at the beating heart of the local economy. Jacob's fingerprints are all over Central Massachusetts, but he has played a partic- ularly important role in the redevelopment of Worcester's Canal District in the wake of the construction of the $160-million Polar Park baseball stadium. He was an inte- gral part of the $3-million property deal for the City of Worcester to sell the former Cove Music Hall site to Boston-based developer Churchill James, allowing for the construction of e Cove, a seven-story luxury mixed-use development overlooking the ballpark, as well as the $4.5-million sale of the former Table Talk Pie factory site, which moved the long-time Worcester manufacturer to a different area of the city to make way for the planned construction of the Table Talk Los affordable and mar- ket-rate apartment development. As the Canal District continues its transformation, Jacobs will be a key figure in deciding what types of businesses move into a neigh- borhood defined by its eclectic mix of entrepreneurs. Jacobs' local success hasn't gone unnoticed, as he's been the preferred broker in Central Massachusetts for Rhode Island-based CVS Health and Framingham-based Cumberland Farms. In March, he was named as the chair of the 2024 NAI Global Leadership Board, a group of top professionals who provide proactive leadership for the firm's 300+ offices around the world. - E.C.