Penny Wickey, Principal and Managing Member, Saugatuck Commercial Real Estate LLC
Name: Penny Wickey
Title: Principal, Managing Member
Company: Saugatuck Commercial Real Estate LLC
Location: Westport, CT 06880
Birthplace and date: San Mateo, Calif., January, 1953
Family: Husband, Bob; kids: Emily (25), Sydney (22), George (18)
College: Smith College, BA; Cornell University, MBA
First job outside of real estate: Bank of Boston - Multinational Commercial Lending
First job in real estate or allied field: Tenant rep, local company
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Tenant and LL representation; investment and consulting
Hobbies: Baking, working out, sports events, reading
Favorite book: "House of Spirits," Isabella Allende
Favorite movie: "Dirty Dancing"
Key to success: Passionate, hunger, love of the game, never die; maintaining a code of ethics
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Professional athlete: baseball, football, ice hockey
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.