Women of Influence

"There was this fear that technology would make the broker go away. The opposite is true," says Camille Renshaw in this exclusive interview.

"It's so valuable for young professionals to learn everything they can about all aspects of the business, but that can't happen without questions and curiosity," says Wendy Rogers of LPA Design Studios.

"My colleague once told me that I should 'always perform the job I wanted, and the job that I had,'" says Yudi Fernández Kim of Schwartz Media Strategies.

The question of performance, along with the store sales and occupancy, were among the many topics we discussed with retail heavy hitters in advance of the big ICSC - Here, We Go. 2021 conference in Las Vegas this December.

Tenants have more power, so smart negotiation is critical for property managers.

Colliers' DEI program raises awareness, boosts fairness and expands opportunity while leveraging 'stronger together' for corporate benefit.

"Be your authentic self. Life is too long to do something you do not enjoy. Pick the occupation which you would do even if you were paid nothing," says Pui Wong, principal at Cypress Capital Group.

Here are our picks of 50 top professionals in the commercial real estate sector who are under 40.