Spotlights

2020 Women in RE: Andrea Tsoukalas Curto, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

What recent project, transaction or accomplishment are you most proud of? I am most proud of my involvement in FDT’s Women’s Initiative. I am one of three founding female partners on the firm’s executive leadership team.

2020 Women in RE: Mindy Stern, Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP

What is one characteristic that you believe every woman in business should possess?
The ability to be a great leader. In a recent New York Times Op-Ed, Thomas Friedman recounted his conversation with teacher and friend Dov Seidman, founder and

2020 Women in RE: Samia Farah, Greiner-Maltz Investment Properties

What recent project, transaction or accomplishment are you most proud of?
The sale of 87-80 Parsons Blvd. proved to be a challenge for me, as the broker. The building had been turned into a single user, three-story office building with

2020 Women in RE: Shallini Mehra, Meridian Investment Sales

What was your favorite job and what did you learn from it?
My favorite job is my current job selling investment properties, which I’ve been doing for 18 years. It’s transactional and I love meeting and

2020 Women in RE: Julia Wachter, Kramer Levin

What recent project, transaction or accomplishment are you most proud of?
Recently, I assisted my firm’s client GID Development Group in launching condominium closings at Waterline Sq., a development encompassing three residential towers,

2020 Women in RE: JoAnn Potrzuski Cassidy, Julie & Co Realty

What is one characteristic that you believe every woman in business should possess? 
Every woman in business should learn to be confident in who they are and with the choices they make. Early in my career, I was lucky to work for two businesswomen who

2020 Women in RE: Meigan Serle, Kramer Levin

What recent project, transaction or accomplishment are you most proud of?
I am most proud of my work on Hudson Yards. The Related Cos. and Oxford Properties are essentially building a city-within-a-city, much of it above a working rail

2020 Women in RE: Mia Abdou, RM Friedland

What recent project, transaction or accomplishment are you most proud of?
I am most proud of a recent transaction I completed for placement of a non-profit agency, a House on Beekman in the South Bronx.

2020 Women in RE: Nina Roket, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

What recent project, transaction or accomplishment are you most proud of?
The real estate landscape has essentially transformed overnight with the onset of COVID-19 and I have been guiding and counseling clients on the complex and rapidly evolving

2020 Women in RE: Kathleen Deegan Dickson, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

What recent project, transaction or accomplishment are you most proud of? I am proud of my role in bringing a 50-unit affordable rental apartment complex to the North Fork of Long Island. The Town of Southold, and the