Name: Jill Lovatt
Title: Director of Retail Leasing
Company: Massey Knakal Realty Services
Location: 275 Madison Ave., New York, NY
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Ind.
Family: Husband, Ron and 2 grown daughters
College: Miami University and The University of Pennsylvania
First job outside of real estate: Manager of accounting and financial planning - division of Rockwell International
First job in real estate or allied field: Real estate appraiser
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Retail leasing broker
Hobbies: Distance running and cycling
Favorite book: "The Lady and the Panda"
Favorite movie: "Gone With The Wind"
Keys to success: Persistence and honesty
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Margaret Thatcher
If you had to choose another vocation, what would it be? Interior designer
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? I would like to say there was an outstanding transaction for me this past year but 2024 was more a culmination of long-term relationships, most of which continued to transact. Deals were smaller in many cases but we saw robust leasing both on the agency side as well as on the tenant side.