Chris is leading our growing and talented team to live our credo: Honesty, Respect, Hard Work, and Excellent Customer Service.
For the past 20 years, Chris has been a commercial real estate developer, consultant, and broker bringing together teams of investors, landowners, and business owners. He has provided expert counseling in a range of technical areas, including buying and selling commercial real estate, development management, solar, wastewater, business planning, financial modeling, land use permitting, contract negotiation, team building, and government relations.
In his community, Chris initiated the Town of Sandwich’s development of a new Comprehensive Plan and led the formation of the Sandwich Economic Initiative Corporation. He served on the board of the Bourne Financial Development Corporation, the Cape Cod Canal Region Chamber of Commerce, and as a consultant to the Falmouth EDIC. He is a graduate and former board member of the Community Leadership Institute. The Sandwich Chamber of Commerce awarded Chris the 2009 Merrell Award for Community Service. Chris received the Certified Commercial Investment Manager (CCIM) designation in 2006.
After graduating from Vassar College with a degree in Cognitive Science, Chris had a successful twelve year career as an actor and singer in New York, performing on Broadway and in national and international touring productions. Transitioning into the business world, he was on the leadership team for a multi-national computer graphics conversion at investment bank UBS and then started the interactive services department for a mid-sized Madison Avenue advertising agency. After arriving on Cape Cod in 2004, Chris focused on commercial real estate while his wife Courtenay Harrington-Bailey, also a performer, founded Dramafun! – a highly successful children’s theater company. They live in Sandwich, MA and have two children – Ethan, a musician living in Brooklyn, and Sophie, now a senior in college.
Rob Chamberlain oversees the finances of New England Cold Storage and is an active participant in strategic decision-making for the company.
Mr. Chamberlain is a lawyer and entrepreneur who has spent decades developing and managing commercial real estate properties as well as starting and operating a diverse number of businesses. He currently holds positions with several business and civic organizations: Vice-President of Finance, Executive Board of the Cape Cod & Islands Council of the Boy Scouts of America (past President), Corporator of The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank and Trustee of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. He is a past associate member of the Town of Dennis Board of Appeals, past member of the Southeastern Regional Committee of the Judicial Nominating Council, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Chairman, 1998 – 2002) and Past Master of Mount Horeb Lodge, South Dennis, Massachusetts.
Mr. Chamberlain graduated from Duke University and Boston College School of Law. He is the current managing partner of Chamberlain Law Group LLP where he represents clients in a wide variety of litigation and business matters including acquiring, operating and selling business and commercial properties and related financing.