Jennifer Litwak, co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization Housing on Merit, is a national leader in affordable housing and community development. Implementing innovative ways to address the housing affordability crisis across multiple U.S. markets, she has led the charge to close over $475 million in multifamily acquisitions and create 4,674 affordable housing units across California, Ohio, South Carolina and Washington, D.C….Read More

Under Alexis Volen’s leadership as chief operating officer, CIRE Equity has outperformed the market each year. The company’s success and growth to $500 million of retail, office, industrial and multifamily investments is in part a reflection of Volen’s ability to manage company assets and grow a high-performing team….Read More

Jennifer Whitelaw, senior consultant at TW2, as recognized by GlobeSt Real Estate Forum as a Woman of Influence in the Marketing/Communications Professional category.

Misty Moore, managing director at JLL, was recognized by GlobeSt Real Estate Forum as a Woman of Influence in the Mentor category.

Bre’an Fox, principal and senior designer at FS Design Group, was recognized by GlobeSt Real Estate Forum as a Woman of Influence in the Mentor category.

Jeana Renger, executive vice president at Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects, was recognized by GlobeSt Real Estate Forum as a Woman of Influence in the Architect/Design Professional category.

Tiffany English, principal at ware malcomb, was recognized by GlobeSt Real Estate Forum as a Woman of Influence in the Architect/Design Professional category.

By Kelsi Maree Borland

The pandemic could change the idea of the first-one-in, last-one-out hard work mentality of the office. Office experts at a virtual CREW San Diego event poised the question of how office culture will change under a hybrid work structure….Read More

By Kelsi Maree Borland

Tackling the challenge of implicit bias is integral to improving the diversity in the commercial real estate challenges. A recent panel at a CREW San Diego event discussed the issue of implicit bias in the workplace and ways to correct it….Read More

The office market has become the most controversial asset class in commercial real estate, according to Spencer Levy, chairman of Americas research and senior economic advisor for CBRE, who recently spoke at a CREW San Diego virtual event….Read More

The apartment market has bifurcated during the pandemic with some markets showing resilience and improving fundamentals, and others showing severe distress. It isn’t random; there is a clear patter: urban markets are hurting and suburban markets are thriving. Spencer Levy, chairman of Americas research and senior economic advisor for CBRE, called the dynamic the tale of two worlds at a recent virtual CREW San Diego event….Read More

“2021 will be better than 2020,” promised Spencer Levy, chairman of Americas research and senior economic advisor for CBRE at a virtual CREW San Diego event this week. In the conversation, Levy gave a bird’s eye view of economic expectations for the year….Read More

San Diego is looking into making regulatory changes in response to the coronavirus pandemic. At a recent virtual discussion for CREW San Diego, Alyssa Muto, deputy director of environmental policy and public space in the planning department at the City of San Diego, who also has experience at the county level, said that she is working with the city now to develop a new mobility department to focus on a variety of new issues and needs that have emerged during the pandemic…..Read More

The coronavirus pandemic is sure to change the world we once new, including our public spaces. Many people are talking about the post pandemic world, but at a recent CREW San Diego event Christopher Bittner of OBR Architecture said that there won’t be a post-pandemic world…..Read More

Outdoor retail and dining areas could be here to stay, according to panelists at a recent CREW San Diego event, which analyzed the lasting effects of the pandemic…..Read More

A panel in October at a CREW San Diego event discussed all of the real estate-related propositions on the ballot, and said that Prop 21 would distort rental markets and hurt landlords by instilling a rent increase tax of 5%+CPI…..Read More

“Efforts to undo Prop 13 have been tried since it passed,” said Craig Benedetto of California Strategies at a recent CREW San Diego event. The event discussed the upcoming ballot measures that would impact the commercial real estate market, and of course, Prop 15 was front-and-center…..Read More

Come election day, San Diego voters will decide on a local measure that could support the development of affordable housing. Measure A is a $900 million housing bond funded through increased homeowner property taxes. If passed, it would fund the construction of up to 7,500 units in affordable units for the homeless or those at risk of being homeless. To pass, the measure will need approval from two-thirds of voters. At a recent CREW San Diego event, speakers discussed the measure…..Read More

“They’re back,” said one of the speakers at a recent CREW San Diego event about the rent control ballot measures that seem to keep coming.…Read More

As the executive director at non-profit Housing on Merit, Jennifer Litwak has overseen the development of 2,700 affordable housing units and has helped under-resourced residents find permanent homes. Litwak launched the non-profit in 2011 with one staff member. Today, she has a team of 15 and has closed more than $322 million in multifamily acquisitions…. Read More