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2025 Women in CRE: Kimberly Barresi, Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman LLP
August 26, 2025
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? A large part of my practice is SBA financing. During the pandemic, the CARES Act carried a huge benefit, with the SBA making loan payments for eligible loans. In some instances, borrowers saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in loan payments
Why Long Island City’s “One LIC” rezoning could hurt property values - by Cole Kinney Leonhard...
August 26, 2025
The recent “One LIC” rezoning proposal — a sweeping land-use change aimed at boosting housing production in Long Island City — has sparked growing concern among property owners, as all upzoned sites will be subject to Mandatory Inclusionary
2025 Women in CRE: Samantha Karni, Brach Eichler LLC
August 26, 2025
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? The most rewarding deal of my career was leading a $1.2 billion acquisition involving nearly 300 multifamily properties across 10 states. It was a complex, high-stakes project that demanded nonstop coordination, organization, and problem-solving.
2025 Women in CRE: Diana Roman, Romer Debbas LLP
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? I believe that one of my most important and essential skills is my attention to detail and multitasking. In real estate, there are a lot of moving parts, and it is so important that you can jump from one deal to another without missing a beat.
2025 Women in CRE: Catya Craig, Romer Debbas LLP
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? Attention to detail is essential, as it ensures accuracy and timeliness in every deal. Strong communication skills are also key for coordinating parties and clearly summarizing legal issues.
2025 Women in CRE: Carmen Pagan, Romer Debbas LLP
August 26, 2025
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? I represented a lender in a $2.8 billion NYC acquisition loan, financing one of the city’s largest affordable housing projects with 236 units for low-income families.
2025 Women in CRE: Catherine Azevedo, Romer Debbas LLP
August 26, 2025
If you could change one thing about the CRE industry, what would it be and why? I would advocate for greater diversity at decision-making levels. Too often, those controlling capital share similar backgrounds, limaiting perspectives and the communities funded.
2025 Women in CRE: Leslie Feifer, Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP
August 26, 2025
If you could change one thing about the CRE industry, what would it be and why? Working in CRE today requires maintaining a delicate balance between managing realistic time frames and promised time frames. Oftentimes when deals come in clients want to move ahead at rapid speed without completing necessary due diligence because they
2025 Women in CRE: Anna Berger, Trayd
August 26, 2025
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? It’s not one deal — it’s the hundreds of back offices we’ve transformed across the real estate and construction industry. Helping companies modernize how they handle payroll and compliance has
2025 Women in CRE: Caitlin Kean, Brand Groupies
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? Storytelling is essential. Specifically, being able to tell stories that go deeper than just the company or the projects themselves - spotlighting the people whose vision, skill, and passion bring them to life.
Park and Zalta of Platinum Commercial represent Kim’s Bap in 2,500 s/f lease at 496 6th Ave.
August 26, 2025
Manhattan, NY Kim’s Bap, a modern revival of Korea’s beloved kimbap house, is coming to New York City’s Greenwich Village and will be opening its first outpost in the U.S. at 496 6th Ave., according to exclusive listing
2025 Women in CRE: Kimberly Zar Bloorian, KLOUD Real Estate Marketing
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? I think adaptability is key in CRE right now. The market moves fast. Rates change, investor needs shift, and new tools pop up all the time but if you can stay flexible, spot opportunities early,
IREON Insights: Potential opportunities and benefits to taxpayers from recent IRS cutbacks - by Rich...
August 26, 2025
Recent budget and staffing reductions at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), particularly under the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiatives in 2025, have reshaped the agency’s operations. With workforce cuts ranging
2025 Women in CRE: Sarah Berman, The Berman Group
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? Hard work and passion are the two things that will never be replaced in commercial real estate. AI and technology will help us do our jobs but passion and I love for what you do will never be replaced.
2025 Women in CRE: Ingrid Manevitz, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? The ability to become a truly trusted advisor to your clients is crucial in today’s competitive legal market. Developing strong client relationships takes time and hard work.
2025 Women in CRE: Kathy Younkins, Younkins & Schecter LLP
August 26, 2025
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? In 29 years, we’ve worked on many rewarding projects. Recently, our work has included six amazing commercial-to-residential conversions for Vanbarton Group. Starting with the groundbreaking 180 Water St. conversion in 2014,
2025 Women in CRE: Nancy Erardi, NYCAN Builders
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? An essential skill for successfully running a construction firm today is adaptive leadership - the ability to lead effectively through constant change, uncertainty, and complexity.
2025 Women in CRE: Niamh Henry, Reidy Contracting Group
August 26, 2025
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? One of the most rewarding projects I’ve worked on was leading the pre-construction phase for a prestigious luxury client’s high-end office fit-out. It was the first major project I managed from start to finish,
2025 Women in CRE: Leyann Pena, Reidy Contracting Group
August 26, 2025
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? I think a willingness to learn is one of the most important qualities you can have. In construction, so much of what you know comes from being on the job; asking questions, jumping in to help, and picking up tips
Kelleher, Lebor, Marks and Cosentino of TerraCRG close $3.325 million sale of 5,518 s/f mixed-use bu...
August 26, 2025
Brooklyn, NY TerraCRG has brokered the sale of 233 South 3rd St., a 5,518 s/f vacant, mixed-use building in Williamsburg for $3.325 million on July 1, 2025. The deal was exclusively brokered by Michael Kelleher, Daniel Lebor, Dan Marks and Matt
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