Spotlights
2025 Women in CRE: Pallavi Shrivastava, Arcadis
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? Over my 20-year career, a standout project was a Workplace Strategy initiative for a technology client’s India HQ. It was so rewarding to collaborate with a visionary leader who set high standards, pushing us to elevate workplace strategy at every stage.
2025 Women in CRE: Krystyna Blakeslee, Gibson Dunn
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? While there are many rewarding aspects within my career, the most rewarding would have to be the fact that the team has chosen to work with me, move firms with me, and have the trust in me to know I have their best interests at heart.
2025 Women in CRE: Ilana Ettinger, North Bridge
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 working on North Bridge’s $1 billion partnership with The Carlyle Group last year. This transaction not only accelerated North Bridge’s growth but also elevated the profile of C-PACE from a niche financing
2025 Women in CRE: Amy Nemetz, King & Spalding LLP
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? Representing the owners of the Hotel Chelsea has been a highly rewarding project. It’s a unique property with a rich history that the owners have sought to retain while making the hotel an experience available to everyone.
2025 Women in CRE: Carin McDonald, CMM Strategic Communications
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? While CMM Strategic Communications handles a diverse portfolio of projects for our commercial real estate clients, some of my most rewarding professional experiences were as an in-house PR manager for an acute-care hospital.
2025 Women in CRE: Erin Flynn, Cooper Robertson
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? As someone who has always believed deeply in the importance of community and the public realm, I feel fortunate that as an architect I’ve been able to devote the majority of my career to museum and cultural sector projects.
2025 Women in CRE: Kristen Anderson, AIA, Hoffmann Architects + Engineers
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? For the restoration of Columbia University’s Low Plaza, I analyzed historical documents to depict the unique visible pattern utilizing brick pavers in various bonds and replacing concrete with limestone pavers
2025 Women in CRE: Amy Staats, Katz & Associates
If you could change one thing about the CRE industry, what would it be and why?If I could improve one thing, it would be to bring more consistency and fairness to how brokers are compensated. Timely payment for services rendered shows respect for the value we bring.
2025 Women in CRE: Saemi Lee, Vocon
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? While it’s impossible to choose the most rewarding project from so many valuable collaborations, one that stands out is the repositioning of 11+15 East 26th St. for Rockrose. With Vocon
2025 Women in CRE: Sue Villarosa, Anchin
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? Since starting my career in commercial real estate in 2014, one of the most rewarding projects I’ve been involved in was a large-scale estate tax compliance engagement for a client with significant real estate investments.
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