Lewis of HRC honored by Real Estate New York

Renee Lewis, principal and a managing director of Hudson Realty Capital LLC, (HRC) has been named as one of the top "Women of Influence" in N.Y. commercial real estate for the second year in a row. She was among an elite group of 30 female professionals recently honored by Real Estate New York. As a principal and managing director of HRC, one of the nation's leading middle market institutional fund managers, Lewis is responsible for conducting and overseeing the due diligence process for all the firm's deals, including underwriting, market research, financials and analytics. As part of the firm's executive team, she also helps formulate long-term strategic planning and plays a key role in lender/investor relations. Based in New York City with offices in Florida and Maine, Hudson has more than $2 billion of assets under management and is a certified Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE). "Renee Lewis plays a major role in formulating Hudson's strategic planning and is credited with being a driving force behind our success," said Sanford Herrick, HRC's managing director and a founding member. "Her deal-analysis and risk mitigation has resulted in exceptional risk-adjusted returns and contributed toward establishing Hudson as the leading middle-market commercial real estate fund manager nationwide." Prior to joining Hudson in March 2006, Lewis was the founder and managing member of Questor, where she spearheaded due diligence and underwriting services for more than $30 billion in non-performing and performing real estate loans involving thousands of individual properties and real estate portfolios on behalf of institutional investors. In addition, she provided adjunct asset management services for FDIC loan contracts as well as real estate services to HUD, GSA and U.S. Army. Preceding the formation of Questor, Lewis was a marketing manager for Fleet Financial's RECOLL division. She also served as a chairperson and board member of Avesta Housing, Maine's largest not-for-profit affordable housing developer, where she successfully led the firm's restructuring. Throughout her entire career, Lewis has achieved notable success in an industry sector in which few women hold senior positions. At Hudson, nearly 50 percent of the investment professionals are women, including senior diligence and asset management staff. "Underwriting and asset management will continue to be key in this cycle, and professionals with experience in due diligence, workouts and asset management will continue to be in high demand," said Lewis. In addition to her professional accomplishments, Lewis is actively involved in several civic organizations. Past associations include serving as a president of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Southern Maine. A graduate of Duke University, Lewis is an acknowledged industry leader and sought-after guest lecturer for industry events and women-in-business organizations. She is a current and past member of various trade and professional organizations, including Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute, and has earned the CCIM designation.