On The Hot Seat  Piecing together the puzzling array of state
property  Peter O'Connor, chief of development for the state's
transportation agencies. Peter O'Connor, chief of development
for the state's transportation agencies. (Suzanne Kreiter/ Globe
Staff) By Casey Ross Globe Staff / October 4, 2009  E-mail this
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Print|   • Reprints|   • | Text size +  Peter O’Connor might
have the toughest real estate job in Boston. As chief of
development for the state’s transportation agencies, he must
coordinate the redevelopment of scores of state-owned parcels
from Boston to the Berkshires. To do so, he must weave through a
maze of competing political interests and constituencies, all
while dealing with fluctuations in the economy. He sat down with
Globe reporter Casey Ross to discuss his recent appointment to
the position and the challenges that lie ahead.  Why take this
on? It involves dealing wi