Spotlights
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 For the restoration of Columbia University’s Low Plaza, I analyzed historical documents to depict the unique visible pattern utilizing brick pavers in various bonds and replacing concrete with limestone pavers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.
2025 Women in CRE: Joanna Choinska, Foxy Management
What advice would you give to a woman considering a career in commercial real estate? Commercial real estate is a rewarding career — so go for it! It’s a relationship-driven industry, so build your network one genuine connection at a time. Don’t put all your energy into befriending the top leaders.
2025 Women in CRE: Kabaye Liku, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? It’s hard to choose a single project as the most rewarding, especially when my work involves a diverse group of clients and projects. One that stands out is when I advised Blackstone, as lender, on its $1.8 billion financing for the construction of The Spiral
2025 Women in CRE: Genessy Jaramillo, BKREA
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? Understanding sacrifice and the balance between risk and reward is key. In most CRE roles, success and even stability rarely come quickly. The ability to stay disciplined, resilient, and committed while others opt for a more predictable path
