Since joining NAI Platform, Felton McLaughlin has focused on the office and investment markets in the Capital Region. Areas of focus have been the city of Albany, where he is on the board of the Downtown Albany Business Improvement District, and surrounding suburbs like Colonie where he was Chairman of the Colonie Business Council for two years. As a private investor owning investment properties in Albany’s Center Square neighborhood, he has also focused on investment properties. A member of CCIM since 2013, he also serves as an officer on the Board of Directors of the Commercial and Industrial Real Estate Brokers of the Capital Region (CIREB). Before joining Platform, he was a partner in a Capital Region real estate investment group. Portfolio properties included multi-family and commercial properties in Albany and Saratoga counties. Because of his background with technology start-ups, he has also been an investor in High Peaks Venture Partners, and the newly formed Al-Tech Technology Acceleration Fund, all Capital District investment groups dedicated to funding start-up companies in the region. Prior to his move to the Capital Region, Felton spent 15 years in and around New York City working in the technology industry with start-up companies supplying investment-oriented databases and software to Wall Street securities firms. While at Multex.com (now part of Reuters), he helped launch a real-time equity research service for investment managers which grew into a $100 million business. Prior to Multex, he worked at Thomson Financial and on Wall Street at Shearson Lehman Brothers.Clients served:Christian Brothers Academy/LaSalle InstituteCrown Castle, Inc.Linium, Inc.Maxim Healthcare ServicesMaximus, Inc.Navistar, Inc.NY Conference of MayorsO'Connell & AronowitzOmni Development, Inc.Reed Elsevier, Inc.Riverview CenterRose & KiernanSolutionSet, Inc.Suburban Energy ServicesTransWorld Entertainment Corp.Wells Fargo AdvisorsWinn Development Cos.