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2016 Women in Real Estate: Catherine O’Toole

Catherine O’Toole, CBC Advisors Catherine O’Toole, CBC Advisors

Name: Catherine O’Toole

Title: Managing Principal

Company Name: CBC Advisors (Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors)

Email: [email protected]

Years in real estate: 13

Year Founded: 1998

URL: www.cbcadvisors.com

Twitter @cbcadvisors

Telephone: (212) 542-1500

How did you get your start in real estate?

I began my career with Tarter Stats O’Toole

What real estate associations or organizations are you a member of?

Retail Brokers Network

What recent project or transaction are you most proud of?

My proudest moment in commercial real estate has been serving as the exclusive leasing agent of 200,000 s/f of space at 250 West 39th St..

Who or what has been the strongest influence on your career and why?

My team. I work with the greatest professionals in the business.

What is the best advice you have received and who was it from?

“What worked yesterday, might work today, is obsolete tomorrow”

What was a significant milestone or achievement for your company?

CBC Advisors has led the Coldwell Banker Commercial brand as the largest and top performing global affiliate for the last 13 consecutive years. Over the past 3 years, the firm has grown significantly with 30 offices in primary and dynamic secondary markets throughout the United States and is now widely considered the fastest growing mid-size commercial real estate brokerage in the nation.

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