Category: Spotlight Content

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

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

March 20, 2018
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.

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

March 20, 2018
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

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

March 20, 2018
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

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

March 20, 2018
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

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

March 20, 2018
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

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

March 20, 2018
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

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

March 20, 2018
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

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

March 20, 2018
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…
2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Anita Konfederak, Merritt Engineering

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Anita Konfederak, Merritt Engineering

March 20, 2018
What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2017?  I am being hired more and more often for peer reviews of other firms’ engineering reports and construction problems, and as an owner’s representative on large projects for project management and construction oversite. It is challenging work that requires…
2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Tripty Arya, Travtus

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Tripty Arya, Travtus

March 20, 2018
What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2017?  Building the first “digital” property manager called Adam. He talks, texts and helps coordinate your operations for…
2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Anita Konfederak, Merritt Engineering

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Anita Konfederak, Merritt Engineering

March 20, 2018
What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2017?  I am being hired more and more often for peer reviews of other firms’ engineering reports and construction problems, and as an owner’s representative on…
2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Marsha Robinson, Montroy Andersen DeMarco

2018 Women in Real Estate and Construction Services: Marsha Robinson, Montroy Andersen DeMarco

March 20, 2018
What was your most notable project in 2017? Among several commercial office fit-outs I have worked on last year as Job Captain, the New York City headquarters office of the World Economic Forum, a Geneva, Switzerland-based organization with the mission of improving…