While studying accounting and real estate finance at Cal State Fullerton, it was a presentation done by some women in commercial real estate in Orange County that most affected the career path of Vera Ramos….Read More (subscription required)
By Thor Kamban Biberman
SANDAG chief economist Ray Major said it might take until 2026 for San Diego's economy to fully recover from the pandemic-driven recession. Major, who said there won't be a return to normal until a vaccine is available, delivered his warning during a CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Zoom meeting on Wednesday…. Read More (subscription required)
Reopening a business can put employers at legal risk. Speakers at CREW San Diego's recent webinar provided employers with tips to address and overcome risk. Adopting a "best defense is a good offense" strategy means employers must quickly navigate their legal challenges and put policies and procedures in place before reopening the workplace….. Read More
By Amy Tobia
A few short weeks ago, CREW San Diego members gathered for our diversity in leadership event, discussing how women can leverage their own abilities to advance gender equity and lead in commercial real estate and beyond….. Read More (subscription required)
When Catherine McCullough and her husband started their landscape architecture firm in 1999, she handled the bookkeeping, marketing and business operations while he handled the proposals. These days McCullough still wears many hats — and titles — but now she has help. The company employs 11 people at its San Diego and Bay Area offices….. Read More (subscription required)
At CREW San Diego's recent Economic Insights event , Jim Miller, a former senior economist with SANDAG, told the audience that San Diego is well positioned to be part of the next economic cycle — the “innovation cycle”….. Read More
Carlsbad attorney Ariel Bedell has been named president of CREW San Diego for 2020, the commercial real estate membership organization announced Friday….. Read More (subscription required)
Ariel Bedell has an eye for detail and an ability to cut through complex legal issues to hone in on the most important matters. That serves her well as a real estate attorney specializing in California's mobile home park industry….. Read More (subscription required)
Like many people with older relatives, the quality of senior housing is a personal one for Serrano, who just placed her grandmother into a senior facility six months ago….. Read More (subscription required)
Author: Rebecca Bodemann
Revolutionary. Innovative. Equalizing. Disruptive.
These buzzwords have been linked to blockchain technology, which some retailers use to streamline the process of bringing products to the market. Blockchain technology also has the potential to shake-up the commercial real estate industry. Read More
Author: Jennifer McEntee
Slatinsky is president of the San Diego chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW). She takes the reins at a time when CREW San Diego is drafting a strategic plan for the trade group's future that considers member retention, leadership succession, and how best to advance the work of local commercial real estate professionals…..
Author: Staff Report
Lauren Slatinsky, vice president at the workplace design firm Cultura, has been installed as the 2019 president of Commercial Real Estate Women of San Diego (CREW). Ariel Bedell, a partner with the real estate law firm The Loftin Firm, will serve as president-elect. Read More
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…..
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
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….