2016 Real Estate Industry Leader Award:

MaryAnne Gilmartin

President & CEO of Forest Ratner Companies

18 Cornell University and the Baker a key role in managing the corporate Program in Real Estate are pleased to retention program, which worked with announce the 2016 Real Estate Industry companies considering relocation from Leader Award recipient: MaryAnne , including Bear Stearns, Gilmartin, President & CEO of Forest Morgan Stanley and Chase City Ratner Companies. MaryAnne’s Bank. Soon after, she joined the leadership in the real estate industry has Consulting Services group at Grubb & made a powerful and positive impact on Ellis Companies as Managing Director, society as a driving force behind several of advising corporations and developers on the highest-profle, largest-scale additions real estate and relocation needs. to the urban landscape of New York City. After moving to FCRC, Gilmartin made MaryAnne Gilmartin joined Forest City waves by locking down the New York Ratner Companies (FCRC) in 1994, and Times as the occupant for a choice site has led the company as President and CEO on 8th Avenue in Midtown West, where the since succeeding founder in namesake 52-foor skyscraper sits today. April 2013. Gilmartin has led some of New Among other projects, she subsequently York City’s most iconic projects, including negotiated and assembled the deal for 8 building in Manhattan, Spruce Street, a -designed 8 Spruce Street (New York by Gehry) in icon in the that was Lower Manhattan, and currently, the later the tallest residential building in North phases of the Barclays Center/Pacifc America at the time of its completion. Park development in Brooklyn. The complex mixed-use project MaryAnne Gilmartin Born in Queens, Gilmartin grew up in underwent intense pressure, as it was Woodstock, NY, and returned to the city constructed during the global fnancial to attend Fordham University, where she crisis, being one of the few projects still earned a scholarship. Working two jobs being built in Manhattan at the time. The during all four years was an early sign of building opened to broad acclaim, and the way in which GIlmartin thrives when stands as a benchmark for successful faces with challenges. mixed-use skyscrapers, incorporating Gilmartin began her real estate 904 residential apartments, a school, a development career as a New York hospital center, ample public space, and City Urban Fellow in 1986 at the Public street-level retail. Development Corporation, and later FCRC is currently in the process of served as Assistant Vice President developing the 22-acre Pacific Park for Commercial Development at the project, and the corporate co-location New York City Economic Development Bridge building at Cornell Tech’s new Corporation (EDC) during the Koch and campus on Roosevelt Island in New Dinkins administrations. She played York City. 19