Women in Commercial Real Estate 2005 honorees.--Best Property Manager-- Marilyn Acerra General Manager Douglas Emmett & Company Marilyn Acerra has been a leader in the field of commercial real estate locally for more than 30 years. She first entered the field of commercial property management as a young mother working for Trizec in the mid-70s. After managing Sherman Oaks' Valley Executive Towers for 18 years, she was asked in 2002 by Douglas Emmett & Company to be the General Manager of the prestigious Warner Center. With five high rise towers totaling more than 2 million square feet, four parking structures with nearly 7,000 spaces, a Marriott hotel, all sitting on 50 acres, the challenges are enormous. In her first two years as General Manager, Marilyn has overseen a complete renovation of one of the towers and innumerable capital projects. She has also presided over a quarter of a million square feet of newly leased office space, in a portfolio that stood at nearly 25 percent vacant when she came in. --Best Developer-- Valerie Draeger President Triliad Development When Valerie Draeger's previous employer, Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Development Company, left the west coast market in 1989, Draeger founded her own company, Triliad Development, Inc., and built her business on the basis of her previous work for companies such as Lockheed, Paramount Pictures, Lamco, and Litton. Since 1996, Draeger has developed twelve buildings encompassing 1,699,632 square feet of industrial and office space throughout the north Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. region and Ventura County. She has successfully developed buildings for a diverse spectrum of users ranging from Haas Automation Founded in 1983, Haas Automation is one of the largest machine tool builders in the World. Haas Automation manufactures CNC vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, rotary tables and 5C indexers. Haas Automation headquarters are in Oxnard, California. , The Cheesecake Factory, Medical Analysis Systems, and Rockwell Scientific. --Best Provider of Professional Services-- Deborah Feldman Partner Kulik Gottesman Mouton mouton lamb pelt made to resemble seal or beaver. & Siegel LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol Deborah Feldman is an experienced business attorney specializing in corporate and real estate transactions. She particularly enjoys providing advice and counsel to entrepreneurial and start-up businesses. In addition, she is on the Advisory Councils to the Dean and to the Center for Real Estate of California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an . A frequent speaker and writer on current issues on real estate, Feldman recently moderated a multi-disciplinary panel on Real Estate Exchanges. Among her most recent accomplishments is having been selected by this publication as one of the twenty-five Valley Women in Business. --Best Commercial Title Professional-- Tori Robinson Vice President Fidelity National Title Company Tori Robinson began in the real estate industry as an appraiser A person selected or appointed by a competent authority or an interested party to evaluate the financial worth of property. Appraisers are frequently appointed in probate and condemnation proceedings and are also used by banks and real estate concerns to determine the market and then mortgage broker. In 1989 she began her career in title insurance. In her years in the real estate industry since then, she has gained invaluable experience assisting her fellow industry members in expediting and closing the sale and financing of real property. Robinson's day-to-day business activities alone keep her on the leading edge of the commercial real estate industry. Additional involvement with related trade associations such as The American Industrial Real Estate Association (AIR), Commercial Real Estate Women of Los Angeles (CREW-LA), International Council of Shopping Centers The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is an international trade association of the shopping center industry. The organization, founded in 1957, has 65,000 members worldwide, which include shopping center owners, developers and managers, as well as other individuals, (ICSC ICSC International Council of Shopping Centers ICSC International Chemical Safety Cards ICSC International Civil Service Commission ICSC International Council of Shopping Centres ICSC International Catholic Stewardship Council ) and The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR SIOR Society of Industrial and Office Realtors SIOR Specialist, Industrial and Office Real estate ) serve to augment aug·ment v. aug·ment·ed, aug·ment·ing, aug·ments v.tr. 1. To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity: her extensive knowledge and keep her up to date with industry trends. --Best Contractor-- Raja Marhaba President MarTec Construction Raja Marhaba helped her husband Omar build their contracting business in 1988 and was forced to assume full responsibility for its operation in 1992 after Omar suffered an accident on a job site. She helped to save the business and in 1998 her husband gave her controlling interest controlling interest The ownership of a quantity of outstanding corporate stock sufficient to control the actions of the firm. Controlling interest often involves ownership of significantly less than 51% of a firm's outstanding stock because many owners fail in the company. Raja has grown her business to revenues over $1.5 million last year. In her tenure as President, Marhaba has not only increased revenue she has successfully become a certified See certification. procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. vendor and holds a contract with the LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) and the Department of Defense. --Best Asset Manager-- Karen Saitta Vice President & District Manager RREEF Management Company Karen Saitta oversees four million square feet of RREFF owned properties consisting of 16 properties with an aggregate value of $500 million. She handles all leasing activities, including tenet TENET. Which he holds. There are two ways of stating the tenure in an action of waste. The averment is either in the tenet and the tenuit; it has a reference to the time of the waste done, and not to the time of bringing the action. 2. improvements, and is also responsible for the management of properties, operations, and strategic direction. Since joining RREFF in 1992, she has been roundly round·ly adv. 1. In the form of a circle or sphere. 2. With full force or vigor; thoroughly: applauded roundly; was roundly criticized. considered by brokers, tenets and peers to be a dedicated and committed professional in her diversified role. Her expertise in her profession as it applies to her properties and investment clients is a key ingredient to her continued success. She is largely revered for being an inspiring task master and goal-oriented in her approach. --Best In-House Leasing Broker or Representative-- Gina Guarino Eskow Senior Leasing Agent Douglas Emmett & Company Gina Guarino Eskow's real estate career began in 1987 in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of where she worked as a commercial and residential property manager. Since moving to California in September of 1989 to pursue a real estate career on the West Coast, she has held various positions in the real estate industry ranging from Runner, Leasing Assistant, Facility Manager for a fine art and wine storage company, Director of Leasing and Marketing and finally to her current post as Senior Leasing Agent for Douglas Emmett and Company. Since joining Douglas Emmett and Company in early '99, Guarino Eskow has been involved with representing the company on their expansive real estate portfolio comprised of over 3 million square feet in Sherman Oaks and Encino of both office and retail buildings. She is the current President-Elect for CREW-LA and will be serving as President in 2006. --Best Multifamily Sales Broker-- Katherine Bergh Senior Investment Associate Marcus & Millichap Since obtaining her real estate license in 1980 and then her broker's license in 1984, Katherine Bergh has consistently been a multi-family top producer. As Senior Investment Associate for Marcus & Millichap, Bergh is a top multifamily product specialist, and is in direct communication and negotiations with institutional as well as local investors. Her remarkable knowledge of investor requirements and current market conditions has led to her having many articles published in the apartment marketplace. She has been a top Plaque Earner and National Award Winner with the firm years 2001, 2002 and 2003. She is currently a CCIM CCIM Certified Commercial Investment Member CCIM Centro Cultural Islámico de México CCIM Client Component Installation Manager (Microsoft) CCIM Comité Consultatif pour l'Informatique Médicale CCIM Command Computer Input Multiplexer candidate. --Best Commercial Broker--Office Leasing & Sales-- Cathy Scullin Senior Vice President NAI See Network Associates. Capital Commercial In the past five years, Cathy Scullin has leased approximately 500,000 square feet of space and sold approximately 1,000,000 square feet of commercial real estate. The vast majority of Scullin's transactions are in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. and her clients include many of the small businesses that comprise the Valley's thriving economy. Scullin is an expert in sales and valuation analysis with a recognized ability to critically evaluate properties for acquisition, determine a successful strategy for creating value, lease the space and/or market a property for disposition. In addition to her market knowledge and skills, Scullin has built a 27 year reputation for honesty, integrity and professionalism. --Industry Rising Star-- Lisa Hoshek Associate CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. NYSE: CBG is a multinational real estate corporation currently based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. On December 20, 2006, the corporation, also known as CBRE, completed acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. in a transaction valued at $2. Lisa Hoshek possesses a broad range of skills and services that help achieve the real estate goals of her clients. Her focus is to assist owners and users of commercial space with value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services that directly benefit their specific businesses. Hoshek's thorough and extensive knowledge of the greater San Fernando Valley real estate market has enabled her to participate in numerous aspects of the business. She has played a key role in acquisitions, dispositions, leases, build-to-suits and sales of commercial real estate with a total aggregate value in excess of $70 million. --Industry Trail Blazer-- Madeline Schwartz First Vice President CB Richard Ellis Madeline Schwartz has over 30 years of successful real estate experience. She started her real estate career with a small commercial real estate firm in 1974 and joined CB Richard Ellis in 1982. Schwartz has exclusively represented the development, sale and leasing of projects ranging from 30,000 to 275,000 square feet. She has also represented companies with requirements of 1,000 to 100,000 square feet. In recognition of her accomplishments, she became a member of the Colbert Coldwell Circle. |
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