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How a student of architecture used the pandemic to launch a woman-owned business
Before you move in, it’s good to have a little Floorplay. That was the big idea Pratt Institute School...
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“I had to be better, stronger, faster”: Basis CEO Tammy Jones talks strategies for more diversity in real estate
When Tammy Jones decided to launch her own business, she found a partner in her former client, the Manhattan development and investment firm JEMB...
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Industrious adds first female board member and eyes IPO
Flexible-office startup Industrious is moving closer to an initial public offering despite the perils of the coronavirus, which led...
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Has #MeToo changed real estate?
The sexual misconduct allegations against Richard Meier offer a telling case study for the #MeToo movement. In many ways, the mixed messages the case sent is indicative of how the movement has unfolded in...
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TRD revisits real estate’s diversity problem on International Women’s Day
For both Hollywood and NYC real estate, January marks the self-congratulatory awards season, when the most talented and highest-paid stars come together to put...
National Archive Issue
Women in the industry reflect on real estate’s glass ceiling
If ever there was a time to talk about sex and gender issues in New York City real estate,...
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Women are leading the way on rope-access inspections of New York building facades
If you look up, you might see a building inspector rappelling down your favorite skyscraper. Increasingly, inspection by rope,...
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In bizarre saga of Bo Dietl’s MeToo investigative platform, Douglas Elliman is apparently not a client
On Wednesday morning, an unexpected email hit the inboxes of New York media reporters. It said that Bo Dietl, the private eye and former...
Douglas Elliman to hold MeToo conference–and Bo Dietl will be part of it
UPDATED, February 20, at 2:15 p.m.: Douglas Elliman is launching a “MeToo investigation platform” created by recent mayoral hopeful...
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Female hardhats breaking barriers
Tierra Williams quickly discovered construction sites aren’t always welcoming places for women. Williams joined Trade Off, a Nassau County-based construction management firm, in 2015 after a year of unemployment. But last year she became...