Spotlights

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Hope Knight, Greater Jamaica Development Corp.

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2017? As part of a highly competitive, statewide competition–known as the Downtown Revitalization Initiative–GJDC helped create a winning application securing $10 million of state investments for…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Nadine Cino, TygaTrax

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2017?  My greatest professional accomplishment was setting up a TygaTrax channel partner remotely to successfully implement TygaTrax on a…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Zoe Hutzler Natalicchio, Outsource Consultants, Inc.

If you have had a mentor in your career, who was it and what did they teach you?  Frederic Strauss of TPG Architecture. He taught me that it was ok to strive for more. That the confines of a ‘position’ did not…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Nancy Erardi, NYCAN Builders

If you have had a mentor in your career, who was it and what did they teach you?  My father was my mentor, he taught me many, many valuable lessons such as hard work pays off, but the one that I think of often is…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Christine Belson, KM Associates of New York

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2017? Last year, I was lucky enough to have chosen a placement to manage operations for a company who, after 20 years of doing business in the industry, realized there was a much broader focus than individual deadlines and a constant flow of business. They understood they were the…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Paola Bergonzi, Bohler Engineering

What was your most notable project 2017?  I am currently working on The Boulevard Project located on Hylan Blvd. in Staten Island. My team is working to transform…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Anne Cooleen, Clinton Management

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2017?  Over the last couple of years, Clinton Management has been positioned by Jeff Levine through Douglaston Development to experience significant growth. In 2017, we brought on-line a…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Lauren Novellano, EW Howell Construction Group

If you have had a mentor in your career, who was it and what did they teach you?  My father was a general superintendent for E.W. Howell, with the company for 37 years, and he was the reason I…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Francesca Loftus, hOM

What trends are you seeing so far this year in your field?  Within the amenities space, commercial has taken a huge leap forward. The number of players vying for contracts in the commercial amenities space grew vastly in 2017, surpassing…

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Husna Anwar, Bright Power

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2017?  I’m really proud of the work we’re accomplished for Settlement Housing Fund. Since I started at Bright Power, I’ve designed, managed, and am now overseeing the…