CHICAGO—Last Friday morning, more than 130 women from allsectors of the commercial real estate business filled a largemeeting room at the Four Seasons Hotel and tookadvantage of an opportunity rare in the male-dominated industry:the chance to network with other women. Lively talk filled the roomas attendees made new friendships and connections.
GE Capital Real Estate hosted the morningevent, which included an earlier session on building a personal andprofessional brand, and later an interview by DebbieRiley, the company's capital markets leader, ofLori Healey, the current chief executive officerof Tur Partners and former chief of staff toMayor Richard M. Daley.
“We recently had an event like this in Tokyo,” KristyHeuberger, Midwest region manager and one of the hosts,told GlobeSt.com. “We thought it was a huge success and wanted torecreate that in Chicago, and it's been double the energy anddouble the numbers. We have women from 70 companies out here whowork in all different functions.”
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
