2019 Women in Building Services: Jennifer Carey. JLC Environmental Consultants

Name: Jennifer Carey

Title: CEO

Company Name: JLC Environmental Consultants

How many years have you been in your current field? 31

List up to three CRE organizations that you are currently a member of: 

• CREW New York, 
• Women Builders Council, 
• Professional Women in Construction

What was your greatest professional achievement or most notable project in the last 12 months? 

JLC was chosen as the environmental consultant for a large commercial office building restacking project for a prominent entertainment company. This project had several challenges, but the biggest challenge of all involved working successfully with worried employees of the company. Our goal was to a ensure safe work environment for those working near or affected by the construction. One of our objectives was to monitor and minimize pollutant emissions from entering occupied staff areas. This required dealing with the unionized work force and reps from OSHA and other governmental agencies. This type of project highlights the importance of developing strong communication channels among the various parties on a project from the director of real estate on the west coast to the union workforce to the facilities director. It was crucial for the client to, “report the news, not be the news.”

What trend(s) do you predict to dominate your industry in 2019?

Industrial properties are still very much in demand and the clean up and reuse of these and other brownfields sites are important. Opportunity zones are also very hot right now as an investment vechicle - especially since over ½ of the sites chosen to be OZ’s in NY state are in and around the NYC area.

Which of your philanthropic endeavors are you most proud of?

As a past chair of the CREW Network Foundation, which supports scholarships for deserving students who are in a real estate related field of study. I loved giving back to the industry and to the young people who are the future of our industry