2012 CREW San Diego Board Announcement

Congratulations to the 2012 Board of Directors!

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CREW San Diego Members Visit Washington, D.C. for CREW Network Convention & Marketplace

Anne Benge, Amber Mauer, Kellie Hill, Tiffany English, Angela Rauzi and Allison Beall from CREW San Diego were of 1,000 leading women in commercial real estate from throughout North America who attended the 2011 CREW Network Convention & Marketplace in Washington, D.C. September 14-17.

Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial columnist for The New York Times and an award winning journalist and author, gave a  keynote address at the convention along with Norah O’Donnell, Chief White House Correspondent for CBS News, principal substitute anchor for Face the Nation, who also give an address at the conference.
Additional featured speakers included:

• Sheila Johnson, CEO of Salamander Hospitality, LLC and a founding partner of BET (Black Entertainment Television)
• Diane Swonk, senior managing director/chief economist, Mesirow Financial
• Linda Rabbitt, Founder, chairman and CEO, *rand construction corporation

Additionally, in partnership with Cassidy Turley, CREW Network launched the pilot of its newly developed Bridging the C-suite Gap Executive Mentoring Program, which pairs CREW Network members on track to become C-Suite executives with senior executive-level women mentors. The program is designed to advance more women into the upper most levels of commercial real estate firms.

View Kellie Hill's article on this year's CREW Network Convention published in the San Diego Daily Transcript by clicking here.

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CREW Network Announcements

At the convention, CREW Network announced 2011 YTD accomplishments:

• CREW Network will release its next whitepaper by end of 2011 titled “Success & Satisfaction of Women in C.R.E. & Retaining Exceptional Leaders”. CREW San Diego members will be able to view this through CREWBiz
• Chapters can now earn Gold Standard certification, a playbook will be released before the end of the year.
• A Programs Playbook will also be released, to share best practices with all chapters on taking programs to the next level
• CREW Foundation: Committed to assisting CREW Network raising the $1,000,000 endowment by 2012
• 34 Chapters have committed to donating proceeds to CREW Foundation from a chapter event – CREW San Diego’s top two fundraisers, the Annual Golf Tournament and Annual Wine Tasting both benefit CREW Foundation
• 21 UCREW programs were held nation-wide this year to give college-age women the chance to meet with commercial real estate professionals to discuss entering and becoming successful in the industry
• 20 CREW Careers™ programs were held nation-wide this year to educate high-school girls about opportunities in commercial real estate

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San Diego Students Awarded National Scholarships from CREW Network

At the convention, CREW Network awarded $100,000 in scholarships to women pursuing university-level educations that will lead to a career in commercial real estate, and honored the best transactions and women in commercial real estate with its 2011 CREW Network Impact and Achievement of Excellence Awards.
Of 10 recipients throughout the country, two of these women were from San Diego.

Congratulations to 2011-2012 Scholarship winners:

Alison Roach (San Diego State University, Real Estate Major)
Kelly Ness (University of San Diego, Real Estate and Marketing Major)

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SDBJ Women Who Mean Business Awards  Congratulations to the CREW San Diego members who were nominated for the 2011 San Diego Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business Awards.
Anne Benge	Tiffany English	Judy Hoffman
Principal Unisource Solutions	Director of Interior Architecture & Design Ware Malcomb	Chief of Corporate Operations & Principal Trigild

At the awards ceremony on November 17th, Anne Benge was named one of 2011’s Women Who Mean Business. A past president of CREW San Diego, Anne has served on numerous CREW Commitees and also received the Networker of the Year award.

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Annual Wine Tasting Event at 57 Degrees

Thank you to everyone who attended the CREW Annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction! The event benefits CREW Foundation, the philanthropic arm of CREW Network. It was a great night of wine tasting from all over the world, bidding on amazing gift baskets and meeting new commercial real estate colleagues. Jill Hogan, of West Coast Retail Management and the events committee did a wonderful job and we all look forward to next  year’s event!
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2011 Members Holiday Party and Awards

Thank  you to all who attended the CREW San Diego Holiday Party, held at the University Club atop Symphony Towers on Monday December 5th. Prior to the party, Annual Sponsors were invited to a champagne reception as thanks for their support ofthe organization.
Annual Member Award Recipients include:

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Sponsor Spotlight

Kilroy Realty Corporation

Kilroy Realty Corporation is a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust REIT) traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “KRC”. The company is focused on coastal suburban office and industrial projects on the west coast. Kilroy, headquarted in Los Angeles, owns property in the Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego markets. San Diego is the largest region for the company with approximately 5.5 million square feet owned and managed.

KRC is a member of CREW because we recognize the value of the organization as a source of real estate industry information and for the excellent networking opportunities it provides.

We are currently in the entitlement phase of a new project, One Paseo, located at the corner of El Camino Real and Del Mar Heights Road that we are excited to share some information on. One Paseo is poised to become the dominant mixed-use project of its kind, a trendsetter that demonstrates a better way to do mixed-use projects with an equal balance of Office employment uses, residential options, retail and food amenities and hospitality.  One Paseo will occupy an enviable position in San Diego as the region’s most desirable place to live, work and shop, featuring trusted brands with the excitement of new discoveries.

From a retail perspective One Paseo can be best categorized as a hybrid between a community shopping center and a lifestyle center, therefore creating a “Community Lifestyle Center”, which includes upscale specialty stores with a variety of food options plus, convenience and general merchandise. A Community Lifestyle Center as its retail element reflects an enticing mix of successful project themes that target its discerning customer base like no other development.  Today’s new realities demand family-friendly, sustainable developments, and One Paseo is the answer. 

Connecting San Diego’s rich cultural heritage and the region’s bright future, One Paseo blends and the expansive Main Plaza (approximately the size of Del Mar’s Powerhouse Park) and usable open space of over 4.3 acres overall with a viable commercial mixed-use project.  Kilroy Realty is proud to develop high-quality projects, which blend office workers and residents from One Paseo into a sophisticated client base for culinary adventures, great shopping choices, the latest fashions and family entertainment.  One Paseo is a welcome makeover for the shopping center of the 21st century as it blends seamlessly into an active mixed use environment to bring a Main Street to Carmel Valley.

Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial

Cassidy Turley provides regional commercial real estate services with local San Diego market leader Cassidy Turley BRE commercial. Cassidy Turley is a leading commercial real estate services provider with 3,200 professionals in 60 offices nationwide. The company represents a wide range of clients - from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, from local non-profits to major institutions. The firm completed transactions valued at $17 billion in 2010, manages 430 million square feet on behalf of private, institutional and corporate clients and supports over 25,000 domestic corporate services locations. Cassidy Turley serves owners, investors and occupiers with a full spectrum of integrated commercial real estate services including capital markets, tenant representation, corporate services, project leasing, property management, project and development services, and research and consulting. In 2010, the firm enhanced its global service delivery outside of North America through its partnership with GVA.

Locally, Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial’s dominant market presence includes more than 160 professionals and staff in five San Diego County offices and recorded nearly $1.2 billion in transactions in 2010. Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial specializes in all commercial property types including office, industrial, investment, life sciences, medical, retail, multi-family, restaurant/fast food and land.

For more information about Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial, please call 858.546.5400 or visit www.brecommercial.com

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Luncheon Programs will be held from 11:30 – 1:00 p.m.
Sheraton La Jolla (formerly La Jolla Radisson),
3299 Holiday Court, San Diego, CA 92122

Event Dates and Locations Subject to Change.
Please visit www.crewsandiego.org for more information or to RSVP.

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