Most books by real estate executives, even legendary ones, tend to be tedious affairs of interest mainly to their families and friends. That’s not the case with “From the Bronx to the Boardroom: Lessons from a Life in Commercial Real Estate” by CBRE global brokerage head Stephen B. Siegel. (Regalo Press.)

The sparkling memoir, written with Laura Rowley, is an anecdotal romp through Siegel’s dealmaking career.

The amusing and sometimes emotional episodes play out against the backdrop of the commercial brokerage world’s evolution from the days when a desktop “wheel the size of a gristmill” contained cards on “every building in New York” to the 21 Century’s computerized data bases.

CBRE global brokerage head Stephen B. Siegel negotiated game-changing leases and property sales Downtown, i

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