Not that unique?

Is it possible that because you are receiving a Central and Eastern European Lifetime Achievement Award that you are thinking about retiring? To be honest, I don't think so. - Theoretically I have been retired for years. Retirement is only a state of mind. When you are retired you do what you enjoy doing and certainly I enjoy business and I am fortunate to be able to do it at my own pace. Which achievement are you especially proud of? - As far as Europe is concerned, probably my proudest achievement is the unique renovation and preservation of the historical building originally built in 1720 that we did in St. Petersburg, Russia. We converted it into an office and retail product. The reason why I am so proud of it is because I still can not understand how I got it done Was it so difficult? - Yes. We had Russian, Turkish and Scandinavian contractors and the cultural committees in the city were very difficult to deal with, but were quite right