Category: Spotlight Content

2025 Women in CRE: Barbara Champoux, Champoux Law Group PLLC

2025 Women in CRE: Barbara Champoux, Champoux Law Group PLLC

August 26, 2025

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? Representing the environmental response trust created in a high-profile bankruptcy to acquire, remediate and sell various brownfields sites across 14 states to achieve optimal job creation & generate economic opportunity in the communities hurt by the bankruptcy.

2025 Women in CRE: Cindy DeFronzo, Lane Office

2025 Women in CRE: Cindy DeFronzo, Lane Office

August 26, 2025

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? Condé Nast’s 2014 move into One World Trade Center stands out as my most rewarding project. As the first major tenant in the rebuilt tower, the project symbolized New York’s resilience in the aftermath of 9/11.

2025 Women in CRE: Samantha Pacheco, Reidy Contracting Group

2025 Women in CRE: Samantha Pacheco, Reidy Contracting Group

August 26, 2025

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? Some of my proudest moments are when I successfully close out the financial side of big jobs, like 149 Madison, Warner Bros., and 360 Park Ave. South. There were some of Reidy Contracting’s largest projects at the time of completion.

2025 Women in CRE: Katie Marciano, Reidy Contracting Group

2025 Women in CRE: Katie Marciano, Reidy Contracting Group

August 26, 2025

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? An office space at 1350 Avenue of the Americas was my most rewarding project to date. It was a dynamic build with unique features and a fast-paced schedule. Frequent changes required quick thinking and adaptability,

2025 Women in CRE: Leyann Pena, Reidy Contracting Group

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

2025 Women in CRE: Niamh Henry, Reidy Contracting Group

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: Nancy Erardi, NYCAN Builders

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: Kathy Younkins, Younkins & Schecter LLP

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: Ingrid Manevitz, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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: Sarah Berman, The Berman Group

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: Kimberly Zar Bloorian, KLOUD Real Estate Marketing

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,
2025 Women in CRE: Caitlin Kean, Brand Groupies

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.