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Common Ground: Gender Equality

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A Conversation with Commercial Observer’s Robyn Reiss

By Common Ground: Gender Equality, Trailblazers: Pioneering Women in Real Estate

Here’s the latest feature in our Common Ground campaign for Gender Equality. All this year, we’re saluting women who are blazing trails in commercial real estate and related fields, paving the way for others to follow. Here’s to every achievement earned, every milestone passed, and every glass ceiling shattered! We had a great conversation with Robyn Reiss, Executive Director of Commercial Observer, the authority on commercial real estate leasing, financing, deals and culture.

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Robyn Reiss

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Ellen Israel of JRT Realty: A Common Ground Conversation

By Common Ground: Gender Equality, Trailblazers: Pioneering Women in Real Estate

A Common Ground Conversation with Ellen Israel

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Ellen Israel

We’re pleased to present the latest in our Common Ground campaign for Gender Equality, with a salute to Ellen Israel, Executive Managing Director at JRT Realty – and a true pioneer in commercial real estate! We’re proud to shine a spotlight this year on so many trailblazers like Ellen; women who have paved the way for others to follow. Here’s to every achievement earned, every milestone passed, and every glass ceiling shattered! Read More

Giovanna Pergola: Blazing a Trail for Women in Real Estate

By Common Ground: Gender Equality, Residential Real Estate Marketing, Trailblazers: Pioneering Women in Real Estate

A Common Ground Conversation with Giovanna Pergola

Our Common Ground campaign for Gender Equality continues! Here, we salute another pioneering woman in real estate: Giovanna Pergola! We’re proud to shine a spotlight on so many trailblazers in the field. These women have paved the way for others to follow. Here’s to every achievement earned, every milestone passed, and every glass ceiling shattered!

GIOVANNA PERGOLA, Strategic Account Director – Metrostudy, a Hanley Wood Company

Giovanna has over 15 years of experience in real estate, with a specialization in new construction. As Strategic Account Director for Metrostudy, a Hanley Wood Company, she works closely with major national accounts, developing and maintaining client relationships with C‐Level executives, and working with them to provide solutions that meet their needs and improve their business processes. Over the years, she has honed her skills and expertise in the real estate sector across a wide range of critical areas including: business development, strategic planning, operations management, team building, marketing strategies, budgets, sales, product and pricing analysis, project management, contract negotiation, training and more. Read More

A Conversation with Roxanne Donovan, President of Great Ink

By Common Ground: Gender Equality, CRE Marketing, Trailblazers: Pioneering Women in Real Estate

HERE’S TO ANOTHER TRAILBLAZER…

We continue our Common Ground campaign for Gender Equality, as we salute the women of real estate! There are so many pioneers in the field; women who have blazed the way for others to follow. We’re proud to shine a spotlight on them. Here’s to every achievement earned, every milestone passed, and every glass ceiling shattered!

ROXANNE DONOVAN, President – Great Ink Communications

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Roxanne Donovan, President – Great Ink

Ms. Donovan is President of Great Ink, one of the country’s leading real estate-focused public relations firms, a business she founded in 1992. Her firm represents the full spectrum of the industry—commercial, residential, finance, legal, construction, design, advisory, information services, and trade organizations in New York and nationally. Read More

A Conversation with Onay Payne, Equity Partner at Clarion Partners

By Common Ground: Gender Equality, CRE Marketing, Trailblazers: Pioneering Women in Real Estate

Here’s to the Trailblazers!

Our Common Ground campaign for Gender Equality salutes the women of real estate. There are so many pioneers in the field, blazing the way for others to follow. We’re proud to spotlight just a few of them. So here’s to every achievement earned, every milestone passed, and every glass ceiling shattered.

ONAY PAYNE, Portfolio Manager 

Clarion Partners

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Ms. Payne is an equity partner at Clarion Partners and a portfolio manager for private equity real estate investments in the U.S. and Mexico. In June 2013, Ms. Payne was honored by the Robert Toigo Foundation as one if its “40 Under 40.” In addition, she was recognized as one of Real Estate Forum Magazine’s “Women of Influence 2010.” Ms. Payne has co-authored research articles published in industry periodicals, including The Industrial Real Estate Letter and Inmobiliare Magazine. Read More

Adrienne Albert: A Common Ground Conversation with the CEO of The Marketing Directors

By Common Ground: Gender Equality, New Home Marketing, Residential Real Estate Marketing, Trailblazers: Pioneering Women in Real Estate

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As part of our Common Ground campaign for Gender Equality, Pace proudly salutes the women of real estate! Here’s to every achievement earned, every milestone passed, and every glass ceiling shattered.

Pace Blog_Common Ground_Adrienne AlbertADRIENNE ALBERT, CEO – The Marketing Directors

Adrienne Albert is nationally recognized as one of the foremost marketing and sales experts in residential real estate. With her firm, The Marketing Directors, Ms. Albert has been personally responsible for the marketing and sales of over $30 billion in residential sales. Read More

Mary Ann Tighe: A Trailblazer in Commercial Real Estate

By Common Ground: Gender Equality, CRE Marketing, Trailblazers: Pioneering Women in Real Estate

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As part of our Common Ground campaign for Gender Equality, Pace proudly salutes the women of real estate! Here’s to every achievement earned, every milestone passed, and every glass ceiling shattered.

Pace Common Ground Blog_Mary Ann Tighe_Headshot_Jan2017MARY ANN TIGHE, CEO–CBRE NY Tri-State Region

Mary Ann Tighe is a true trailblazer: an American commercial real estate broker and CEO of the New York Tri-State Region of CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm. The Wall Street Journal has written, “(There is) an exceedingly small club of women who have managed to move to the top of the brokerage business. That club’s most prominent member is Mary Ann Tighe.” Read More

Women in Commercial Real Estate, Circa 2017

By Common Ground: Gender Equality, Food for Thought

Pace Blog_2017It’s 2017. We have a new president, a new administration, a new Congress. We’ve started a completely new chapter in our nation’s history. We’ll leave it to others to speculate and pontificate about where we go from here and how this new leadership will impact various issues in our land. We’re not a political agency and this is not an issue-oriented blog! But this year at Pace, we are dedicating time and resources to explore one issue in particular – Gender Equality  (particularly in the real estate sector) – as part of our parent company’s Common Ground initiative. Read More