Mary Ann Tighe Biography

(There is) an extraordinarily limited group of women who have managed to ascend to the top of the brokerage sector, writes the Wall Street Journal. Mary Ann Tighe is the most notable member of that club." Mary Ann has been named the most powerful woman in New York (in both the public and private sectors) by Crain's New York Business. "Ms. Tighe has a history of...transforming the face of Manhattan," Crain's said, putting her at the top of its list of the city's most influential women. Yes, she does. During her 27 years in the real estate market, Mary Ann Tighe has been at the vanguard of the reshaping of New York's cityscape, from the restoration of Times Square and the resuscitation of Downtown to the westward development of Midtown's central business district. Ground leases, air rights purchase and disposal, net and gross leases, government incentive packages, and a variety of equity transfers from partnership and condominium interests via fee simple sales have all been designed, organized, and negotiated by Mary Ann. Her agreements have underpinned more than 9.2 million square feet of a new building in the New York region, which is thought to be a record in commercial brokerage. CBRE has become New York's top firm under her leadership, outperforming all competitors in market share, revenue, and profitability. Mary Ann has won the Real Estate Board of New York's Deal of the Year honors for creative brokerage seven times. She earned the Bernard H. Mendik Lifetime Achievement Award and the Louis Smadbeck Memorial Broker Recognition Award, REBNY's top award in brokerage. Mary Ann was also given the Urban Leadership Award by the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, which she was the first woman to win. Most importantly, Mary Ann has maintained long-term connections with a variety of public and private enterprises as well as non-profit organizations, assisting them in developing and implementing real estate plans for large and small projects. The Archdiocese of New York, the China Institute, CIT, Coach, Condé Nast, Crain's, News Corp., The New York Times Company, and WPP Group are among her ongoing clients. Mary Ann was chosen Chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York in January 2010, the first woman to do so in the 114-year history of REBNY and the first broker in 30 years. Mary Ann started her real estate career as a broker at the Edward S. Gordon Company and worked her way up to Vice Chairman of Insignia/ESG, where she was consistently recognized as one of the firm's top performers. Prior to joining the real estate industry, Mary Ann worked for the American Broadcasting Companies as a Vice President, where she helped develop the A&E cable channel. Mary Ann was previously the Deputy Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Vice President Walter Mondale's Arts Advisor, and a staff member of the Smithsonian Institution. She is known nationwide for her knowledge of the arts.

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