2025 Women in CRE: Nina Roket, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? I represented the owner of a large retail complex in Las Vegas in the acquisition, and I was selected by my client to lead and represent him in all of his leases at the large complex. Even though I was based in New York,

2025 Women in CRE: Tina Gagliano, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP

What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? With technology and social media, there’s so much content to digest for CRE lawyers. While they’re incredible tools to keep informed, it also means (ideally) one should be utilizing all of that information.

2025 Women in CRE: Emily Lettieri, Connect Commercial Real Estate

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? I lead Connect Media’s Conference division and have organized hundreds of events nationwide but Connect LA in June 2025 was a true career highlight. With 600 commercial real estate leaders, policymakers, and officials gathered in one room

2025 Women in CRE: Aria Marino, M&T Realty Capital Corporation

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? The most rewarding project I’ve worked on is our Strategic Alliance with Marcus & Millichap. Collaborating with broker correspondents has offered deep insight into how strong partnerships can thrive in challenging markets.

2025 Women in CRE: Kasia Mickowska, Shawmut Design and Construction

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? My transition from commercial to healthcare construction five years ago was deeply rewarding. Working in occupied hospital environments, navigating active patient areas with complex logistics and phasing, allowed me to see firsthand how our work positively impacts patients and clinical staff.

2025 Women in CRE: Shannon Bahnsen, Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein, LLP

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? My practice includes negotiating commercial leases on behalf of landlords and tenants for high-end properties, including retail, restaurant, office, industrial and other commercial properties located in New York and across the United States.

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

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

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

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

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,