2025 Women in CRE: Leyann Pena, Reidy Contracting Group

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

2025 Women in CRE: Anna Berger, Trayd

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: Leslie Feifer, Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP

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