Real Estate Forum - November/December 2009

Coming from a long line of real estate professionals, including parents that both worked at Cushman & Wakefield, Tara

Stacom was practically destined for the business. She even interned at C&W while still in high school.

“While experiencing my family’s involvement in the industry at a young age sparked my interest, my passion for commercial real estate didn’t come until I was living and breathing it myself,” Stacom says.

And live and breathe it she does. Stacom has been responsible for more than 35 million square feet of office transactions ranging from gross and net leases to synthetic and ground leases, build-to-suits and property acquisitions and dispositions during her career. Her clients include the Bank of New York, Remy Cointreau USA, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Colgate-Palmolive Co., SL Green and Blackstone.

So far this year, Stacom has handled three of the largest tenant rep transactions for new office space in Midtown Manhattan.

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They include Aetna’s 40,139-square-foot lease and Wells Fargo’s 44,716-square-foot deal at 100 Park Ave. and Marcum & Kliegman’s 67,152-square-foot lease at 750 Third Ave.

Besides consistently being one of C&W’s top-producing brokers, Stacom was the first and only woman in the firm’s history to achieve the number-one ranking worldwide. Her accomplishments have earned her a stellar reputation in the industry and a display case full of awards. In 2008, for instance, Stacom received Northwood University’s Distinguished Women’s Award in recognition of the enormous contribution she has made to communities, businesses, volunteer agencies and public and private sector services worldwide.

Stacom is actively involved in organizations that aid in the development of women, such as Girls Inc. Her commitment to learning led her to found and chair ire@l, a real estate program in the business college at Lehigh University, where she is a trustee. It now has an enrollment of over 200 students.

“For women embarking on their careers in commercial real estate, I would tell them it is a long-term commitment. It takes time to create and foster relationships, and client relationships are critical in this business,” Stacom says. “With what’s occurred in the economy, our business has changed. Women have a real opportunity to create value for clients in unique new ways.” ◆

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