Lori Shabtai, Winick Realty Group Executive Vice President
Whitney Meyer Avison Young Senior Vice President Year joined: 2012 Managed 15 million square feet of office space for Broadway Partners.
Wesley Mittman LePatner Goldman Sachs Vice President Year joined: 2003 Chief operating officer of the real estate investment group within the alternative investments and manager selection group.
Alexis Michael Hines Director Year joined: 2007 Completed nearly $1 billion worth of dispositions between 2010 and 2012.
Sarah Mohr-Fabian Cushman & Wakefield Associate Director, Retail Year joined: 2007 Clients include The North Face, Anne Fontaine, Prada, Longchamp, Bottega Veneta, De Beers, Vilebrequin, Bonpoint and Jacadi.
Brielle Milano CBRE Associate Year joined: 2011 Completed the Wheel Program in November 2012, now works on Jedd Nero’s team in the global retail services division.
Stephanie Moore Tarter Stats O’Toole Agency and Leasing Representative Year joined: 2010 Specializes in office leasing in the Garment District, Noho and Soho.
Jennifer Morgan Kirkland & Ellis LLP Partner Year joined: 2003 Represented Anglo-Irish Bank in the sale of its $9.5 billion portfolio of U.S. real estate.
office property specialist. Corrine Murray CBRE Associate Year joined: 2009 Serves as a transaction coordinator for 295 Madison Avenue, 444 Madison Avenue and 511-541 West
Shari Natovitz Silverstein Properties Inc. Vice President, Risk Management Year joined: 2005 Provides leadership, direction and solutions for the risk management challenges of the World Trade
Melinda Miller Winick Realty Group Associate Director Year joined: 2012 Assigned to prestigious properties including The Moinian Group’s 100,000-square-foot Flagship on Fifth.
Beth Moore CBRE Director, Corporate Real Estate Year joined: 2010 Experienced in advising corporate occupiers on how to evolve their workplaces to support emerging trends.
Pamela Murphy CBRE Senior Vice President, Global Research Year joined: 2002 Responsible for overseeing U.S. Eastern and Central division research and serves as the U.S.
25th Street. Jaimee Nardiello Zetlin & De Chiara LLP Associate Principal Year joined: 2008 Named Rising Star of New York by SuperLawyers in 2012 and 2013.
Center development project. Michele Nicoletta Eastern Consolidated Associate Director Year joined: 2012 Previously worked on Wall Street and now focuses on institutionalgrade properties.
Lori Shabtai has worked in commercial real estate since 2005, when she joined retail specialists Winick Realty Group. But the native Long Islander has been surrounded by retail for most of her life. “My father was in the supermarket business. My siblings and I were basically required to help out at the store after school from the time we were 14 years old,” Ms. Shabtai said. “I grew up in retail.” Since moving to the city in 1978, Ms. Shabtai’s protean career has encompassed luxury apparel (at the avant-garde boutique Riding High), wholesale and jewelry. Each sector “taught me the importance of every square foot of space,” Ms. Shabtai said. She approached Jeff Winick seven years ago and found a natural fit at the firm he had founded. “I carved my own niche,” she said. “And I brought a marketing back-
ground to real estate.” Ms. Shabtai considers retail an optimal concentration for women. “We have an innate understanding of how retail functions. We’re the spenders and managers of the family,” Ms. Shabtai said. She keeps an eye on luxury tenants, and reports a solid return to form since the recession hit. “I deal with the world players in luxury,” Ms. Shabtai said. “And I find that New York has become a country, a universe and a destination unto [itself]. Is luxury back? Everything’s back in New York.” As for exceptional pockets of the white-hot local market, Ms. Shabtai looks north and west. Citing Columbia’s expansion and deals including Gary Barnett’s with Nordstrom, Ms. Shabtai says, “There’s an energy on the Upper West Side that’s incomparable to anything I’ve experienced.” —Billy Gray
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