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Posted: May 10, 2010
Women from YM/WREA discuss their careers: Lindsay Ornstein
Name: Lindsay Ornstein
Title: Principal
Company/firm: Centric Real Estate Advisors
Years with company/firm: 3
Years in field: 8
Years in real estate industry: 8
Address: 10 E 53rd Street, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10022
Telephone: 516-509-4046
Email: [email protected]
URL: www.centricrea.com
Responsibilities include: Tenant rep brokerage services, firm operations
Real estate organizations / affiliations: YMWREA Board of Governors, Israel Bonds Cabinet Member
What was the best decision that you made in the last year?
The Centric team made a decision to grow our business lines to include principal activities/investment advisory. We are currently working with investment companies to assess acquisition opportunities in the market.
What obstacles have you overcome to get where you are today?
Leaving the security and platform of a big firm like Staubach to open our own boutique tenant rep firm was certainly a big risk. We have learned, however, that our success and client satisfaction is driven by our high level of expertise, detail to client service and focus on bottom line savings. Savvy clients seem to value our experience and the results we achieve for them rather than a big brand name.
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