2025 Women in CRE: Preeti Mirani, NYC Management

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? One of my most rewarding projects has been leasing space to tenants, seeing their businesses thrive, and later renegotiating lease extensions. Helping build that success — and earning word-of-mouth referrals — reflects

2025 Women in CRE: Cara Cronin, Cronin & Cronin Law Firm

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? I recently negotiated a settlement for an extremely over-assessed property which was also a major taxpayer in the respective municipality. I utilized a detailed and complex analysis which required several different approaches

2025 Women in CRE: Michele Pincus, Esq., H2M architects + engineers

What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? The ability to bring your own unique experience and perspective is important. My legal background in zoning and land use has been invaluable in managing our Real Estate Market and delivering results to AEC industry clients.

2025 Women in CRE: Lindsay Ornstein, OPEN Impact Real Estate

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? Helping Zeta Charter Schools secure their first permanent home at 425 Westchester was one of the most meaningful deals of my career. It marked the beginning of a decade-long partnership supporting one of NYC’s fastest-growing charter networks.

2025 Women in CRE: Mia Abdou, RM Friedland

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? One of my most rewarding deals was representing the landlord in an 8,400 s/f lease to Interborough Developmental and Consultation Center in Brooklyn. This space enabled them to expand vital mental health and developmental

2025 Women in CRE: Maureen Doheny, AmTrust Title Insurance Company

What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? dAdaptability is essential. The real estate and title insurance industries are constantly evolving due to changes in technology, regulations, and client expectations. Being able to embrace change, learn new skills,

Proprietary preferred equity advantages Structuring smart deals: How Arbor’s preferred equity supports capital efficiency in today’s multifamily market - by Jean-Laurent Pouliot

Providing competitive current and accrual pay rate structures is essential for any multifamily preferred equity product. In today’s capital-constrained market, Arbor Realty Trust’s Proprietary Preferred Equity

From bonus to breakthrough: What the OBBB means for real estate tax strategy - by Sandy Klein

The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), signed into law July 4, 2025, ushers in significant tax reform provisions that impact many aspects of U.S. tax policy. For the real estate industry, the bill brings both relief and opportunities. From a permanent QOZ regime to powerful depreciation tools, this

2025 mid year forecast - by Michael Packman

As we find ourselves in the third quarter of 2025, there continues to be some uncertainty in parts of the real estate market. However, as we are a little over two quarters into the current presidential term, valuations seem to have stabilized in most asset classes despite higher capital costs

Bracing for impact: NYC property taxes and the uncertain road ahead - by Peter Blond

Each year, starting around Labor Day, we typically receive a slew of requests for budgetary guidance regarding what may happen in January to real estate tax assessments citywide. While there is always a blindfold and a dart nature to the process, imagine predicting the future with a Zohran