Category: Spotlight Content
2025 Women in CRE: Kathy Younkins, Younkins & Schecter LLP
August 26, 2025
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? In 29 years, we’ve worked on many rewarding projects. Recently, our work has included six amazing commercial-to-residential conversions for Vanbarton Group. Starting with the groundbreaking 180 Water St. conversion in 2014,
2025 Women in CRE: Ingrid Manevitz, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? The ability to become a truly trusted advisor to your clients is crucial in today’s competitive legal market. Developing strong client relationships takes time and hard work.
2025 Women in CRE: Sarah Berman, The Berman Group
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? Hard work and passion are the two things that will never be replaced in commercial real estate. AI and technology will help us do our jobs but passion and I love for what you do will never be replaced.
2025 Women in CRE: Kimberly Zar Bloorian, KLOUD Real Estate Marketing
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? I think adaptability is key in CRE right now. The market moves fast. Rates change, investor needs shift, and new tools pop up all the time but if you can stay flexible, spot opportunities early,
2025 Women in CRE: Caitlin Kean, Brand Groupies
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? Storytelling is essential. Specifically, being able to tell stories that go deeper than just the company or the projects themselves - spotlighting the people whose vision, skill, and passion bring them to life.
2025 Women in CRE: Anna Berger, Trayd
August 26, 2025
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? It’s not one deal — it’s the hundreds of back offices we’ve transformed across the real estate and construction industry. Helping companies modernize how they handle payroll and compliance has
2025 Women in CRE: Leslie Feifer, Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP
August 26, 2025
If you could change one thing about the CRE industry, what would it be and why? Working in CRE today requires maintaining a delicate balance between managing realistic time frames and promised time frames. Oftentimes when deals come in clients want to move ahead at rapid speed without completing necessary due diligence because they
2025 Women in CRE: Catherine Azevedo, Romer Debbas LLP
August 26, 2025
If you could change one thing about the CRE industry, what would it be and why? I would advocate for greater diversity at decision-making levels. Too often, those controlling capital share similar backgrounds, limaiting perspectives and the communities funded.
2025 Women in CRE: Carmen Pagan, Romer Debbas LLP
August 26, 2025
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? I represented a lender in a $2.8 billion NYC acquisition loan, financing one of the city’s largest affordable housing projects with 236 units for low-income families.
2025 Women in CRE: Catya Craig, Romer Debbas LLP
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? Attention to detail is essential, as it ensures accuracy and timeliness in every deal. Strong communication skills are also key for coordinating parties and clearly summarizing legal issues.
2025 Women in CRE: Diana Roman, Romer Debbas LLP
August 26, 2025
What skill or quality do you believe is essential for success in your field today? I believe that one of my most important and essential skills is my attention to detail and multitasking. In real estate, there are a lot of moving parts, and it is so important that you can jump from one deal to another without missing a beat.
2025 Women in CRE: Samantha Karni, Brach Eichler LLC
August 26, 2025
What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? The most rewarding deal of my career was leading a $1.2 billion acquisition involving nearly 300 multifamily properties across 10 states. It was a complex, high-stakes project that demanded nonstop coordination, organization, and problem-solving.
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