What challenges have you faced as a woman in commercial real estate? For women in project management, especially in traditionally male-dominated fields like engineering, unique challenges arise. These include overcoming biases and proving technical competence in environments
What recent project, transaction, or accomplishment are you most proud of? Professionally, I have had the honor of working with a number of multi-generational families transitioning their businesses to the next generation. I feel incredibly proud of the results I see
What recent project, transaction, or accomplishment are you most proud of? My accounting team has successfully completed the implementation of our new financial accounting and project management software at W.T. Kenney Co. This has been a significant project
What recent project, transaction, or accomplishment are you most proud of? I recently completed a multi-year project for a non-profit client in collaboration with one of my colleagues. We were initially hired to assist with owner-vendor coordination for their build-to-suit project
Once upon a time, industrial tenants were pariahs. They were outcasts. They were the bane of every industrial broker’s existence. LoopNet calls were never-ending, and bidding wars on class C space were a weekly occurrence. In that day, Amazon, marijuana, and self-storage conversions
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What is your vision for the future of women in commercial real estate? There have been many transactions in which I have been the only woman involved on any side. I hope in the future to see this to be more and more infrequent as more women enter the commercial real estate and legal fields.
What challenges have you faced as a woman in commercial real estate? Being a woman in a male-dominated industry can come with its challenges. The most frequent situation I have encountered is people assuming I am more junior than I am, or that I am the paralegal on a transaction instead of the attorney.
What recent project, transaction, or accomplishment are you most proud of? My team and I were honored to have played a key role in the expansion of Seasons Corner Market and their Shell-branded fueling facilities, for ten new locations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
