Spotlights

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: AnaTracey Hawkins, Richter+Ratner

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2017?  Creating a strategic plan to improve our organizational health and offer further…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Nora Swanson, AKF Group

What trends are you seeing so far this year in your field? The integration of consumer technology, connected devices, data integration, data analytics, and proactive response to this data – collectively known as the Internet of Things – will continue to…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Yue Zhao, Leslie E. Robertson Associates

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2017?  My greatest professional achievement in 2017 is to see the building I have designed being constructed. While touring the construction site, I felt resonated with the…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Michele Boddewyn, Boddewyn Gaynor Architects, d.p.c.

What was your most notable project 2017? RXR Realty Corp. selected Boddewyn Gaynor Architects (BGA) to implement a 34,000 s/f space for Lionsgate/Starz, the studio behind “La La Land,” the “Hunger Games” and “Outlander.” BGA was tasked with

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Archana Tembulkar, OTJ Architects

What trends are you seeing so far this year in your field? There is a continuation in the shift to open work space. We are also seeing a greater acceptance of vibrant color accents in the workplace and a renewed focus on…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Yasmeen Shamsuddin, FXCollaborative

When I am not working, I am…  Likely running around, literally. I love running, both racing and training, which provides many…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Megan Przywara, Crafted Interiors Design + Build LLC

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2017?  I left the security of my well-paying commercial architecture job at the end of 2016 after much discussion & debate with my husband. He owned a construction business and was…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Susannah Gilbard Zweighaft, AKF Lighting Design

When I am not working I am… Still whole-heartedly involved with lighting. Architecture and lighting go hand and hand and cannot flourish without each other…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Laura Bennett-Hourigan, AKF

What trends are you seeing so far this year in your field? Cantilevered buildings. As is well known, the New York City landscape is finite, and spare buildable space is rare. As such, developers have turned towards…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Bolanle Williams-Olley, Mancini Duffy

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2017?  I’m most proud of my decision to come on board and run the finance group at Mancini Duffy. This was a critical decision for me because, at the time…