Author: Betsy Kim
The Woman of Mission Federal Credit Union: Lisa Chappell
As vice president of corporate facilities, Lisa Chappell is responsible for managing a multi-million-dollar, 350,000-square-foot real estate portfolio of more than 31 retail branch locations and two corporate offices.
Read more: http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/September-2018/Celebrating-Women-Profiles-2018/
Author: Jennifer Chung Klam
As director of real estate for wireless chipmaking giant Qualcomm Inc., Wendy Lanahan oversees about 70 properties, comprising 6 million square feet of commercial space in the United States and Canada…..
Author: Jennifer Chung Klam
Growing up in Manitoba, Canada, Fox built forts with her siblings, and this early interest in building and design eventually led to a career as a designer 26 years ago, when she launched Facility Solutions Design Group…..
Author: Kelsi Maree Borland
The most recent San Diego CREW meeting invited industry leaders to show off the newest technologies changing their business.
With a degree in landscape architecture from California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, Hilton knew she wanted to be in the industry. So when an opportunity came up with Heaviland Landscape Management, she took it — even though it was in business development and sales rather than design….
Author: Andrea Papagianis-Camacho
Author: Andrea Papagianis-Camacho
As San Diego's iconic landmarks continue to evolve, many lessons can be learned from large-scale development projects on government-owned lands that are shaping the city's diverse communities.
Read more: https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/345517-lessons-learned-from-liberty-station-seaport-village
Author: Carrie Rossenfeld
Bringing in legacy members to help mentor and support newer and younger members is a goal of CREW San Diego, incoming president Bree Wong, with SWS Engineering, tells GlobeSt.com. The San Diego chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women, which is dedicated to promoting, educating and supporting professionals in the field of commercial real estate, recently named its 2018 board of directors.
Tiffany English a member of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) San Diego, has become the first individual from an architectural design firm to join the national CREW Network board of directors. CREW Network is the industry’s premier business networking organization, with chapters in North America and Europe, dedicated to influencing the success of the commercial real estate industry by advancing the achievements of women.
Read more: http://www.sandiegometro.com/2017/12/daily-business-report-dec-15-2017/
In light of the recent hurricane's, CREW San Diego is hopeful our members and our community will work to initiate emergency preparedness for their homes and businesses.
The below FEMA publication is an excellent resource guide that has been designed to help the citizens of this nation learn how to protect themselves and their families against all types of hazards.
Author: Kelsey E. Ingram
Everyone grumbles when it comes to moving desks at the office—stacks of papers, photos, and knickknacks all have to find their way from one area to another. Why can’t everything stay as is? As Illumina’s Jenny Durbin explains, each employee’s placement is a carefully considered piece in a puzzle to optimize company performance.
Read more: http://americanbuildersquarterly.com/2017/illumina-jenny-durbin/
After earning a law degree from Loyola Law School, Miramontes fully intended to practice law. But once she began working with her mother, an industry veteran in commercial real estate, her career took off fast. She was named Rookie of the Year by her company just a few years after starting as a runner.
As it turns out, a background in law has helped Miramontes develop a successful career as a real estate broker.
"I have a good perspective on contract negotiations," she said. "I can understand where the attorneys are coming from, but I also understand from a broker or deal perspective what could be set aside and what really needs to be negotiated."
Today, Miramontes leads JLL's Southern California multifamily team in San Diego and Orange counties and the Inland Empire. She represents institutional and private clients in the valuation, marketing and disposition of multifamily properties and development land. She has completed $1.6 billion in multifamily transactions, representing more than 13,000 units of multifamily housing.
While limited land and a constrained pipeline present a challenge to the county's housing needs, Miramontes said those factors are driving the fundamentals of the market, which she said will remain strong this year.
Miramontes and her team will be taking Broadstone Coronado on the Bay to the market in June. The remodeled, 549-unit apartment complex is located on the waterfront of Coronado Island.
"It's a great core-plus opportunity in a highly sought-after submarket in San Diego that underwent renovation and has great fundamentals," she said. She is also working on an upcoming development opportunity for the mixed-use Courthouse Commons. San Diego County is looking for a developer to re-envision and redevelop three city blocks downtown.
Miramontes is a member of Commercial Real Estate Women (also known as CREW San Diego), the Urban Land Institute Women's Leadership Initiative Committee, JLL Women's Network, and the JLL Latino Employee Resource Network.
After a decade in commercial real estate finance, including as an associate with San Diego's BioMed Realty Trust, Glova said she did some soul-searching….
As the in-house legal counsel for real estate developer Bosa Development, Gosal sometimes can't help but notice she's the only woman in the boardroom. And at 29, she's also sometimes the youngest…..
Author: Anne Benge
Gina Champion-Cain, a well-known San Diego real estate developer, investor and restauranteur, surprised the audience at a recent Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) San Diego presentation by admitting to being a strong introvert. Who better than someone who finds "working a room" to be out of her comfort zone to advise others about a winning formula for business success?
As CEO of American National Investments, a retail, office and hospitality development firm, and owner of LuvSurf, a multi-faceted real estate, hospitality and branded merchandise company, Champion-Cain has created significant commercial and residential buildings as well as signature restaurants, a vacation rental business, a coffee roasting company, an apparel brand and more.
As the featured speaker at the CREW Legacy Member-exclusive event, Champion-Cain focused on the role of creativity as a pillar of her success. The mental exercises she experienced through her philosophy major at University of Michigan, she said, as well as with her studies in law school, has been far more useful to her in business than her MBA. Creative and critical thinking has helped her recognize what an opportunity could be rather than just taking it at face value.
Having a diverse educational background, or even one that's just different from many of your peers, can be leveraged as an advantage. She challenges those who work for her to come with solutions, not problems, and advised the audience to "start off the conversation with 'I have a solution' before you even say there is a problem."
Champion-Cain also recommended letting go of fear -- particularly -- the fear of failing. She told the audience that she always knew she would be able to make money, whether that required waitressing or developing a building. Confidence is there for the taking, and she said that self-confidence has been her most important asset in business. Don't succumb to peer pressure or self-doubt, she advised.
Seeking out the right mentors can also bolster your confidence and help gain a new perspective. When Champion-Cain once asked one of her mentors about leadership, he confided that the secret to his success was surrounding himself with people smarter than him.
He also told her to lead with what she knows. For example, his strength was in relationships rather than financials, sales or other aspects of business. Accordingly, he made sure to leverage his interpersonal skills to achieve the goals he had for the company.
For Champion-Cain, leveraging her creativity and curiosity has served her well and guided many business decisions. She wants to be excited about her investments, and knowing and caring about her business ventures has led to making sound investment decisions as well as gaining more control over her money than she might have through a conventional retirement account. "Know where your money is," she recommended.
Another part of her winning formula for business success? Hard work. "I've worked like a dog," she said. Her hard work has been well recognized with many achievement awards and even a "Gina Champion-Cain Day" reserved by a former San Diego mayor. CREW San Diego, along with many others San Diegans, is excited to see what Champion-Cain has in store for the future.
Anne Benge is CEO of Cultura and a CREW San Diego Legacy member.
CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) San Diego recently announced its 2017 board of directors, which will be led by Catherine Hughes, of Ware Malcomb, as president.
Other board members will be Lauren Slatinsky, of Pacific Building Group, as first vice president - membership; Hallie Putterman, of Bentley Mills, as second vice president -- sponsorship, Dawn Watson, of LevitZacks, as treasurer; Ariel Bedell, of The Loftin Firm, as secretary; Bre'an Fox, of FS Design Group, as director of education and programs; Bryal Wirth, of Heaviland, and Maura Young, of Pacific Rim Mechanical, as directors of marketing communications; Melissa Scofield, of the San Diego Business Journal, as director of special events; Wendy Lanahan, of Qualcomm, as a national delegate; Toni McMahon, of Fuscoe Engineering, as a foundation delegate and Jackie Isidore, of Johnson & Jennings, as past president.
Congratulations Debra Aitken, Jennifer Litwak and Toni McMahon!