The Wall Street Journal has written, “(There is) an exceedingly small club of women who have managed to move to the top of the brokerage business. That club’s most prominent member is Mary Ann Tighe.” Crain’s New York Business has named Mary Ann the most powerful woman—across both the public and private sectors—in New York, and chose her for induction to the Crain’s Business Hall of Fame. Placing her at the top of its ranking of the City’s most powerful women, Crain’s observed, “Ms. Tighe has a history of…transforming the face of Manhattan.” During her remarkable career of more than four decades in commercial real estate, Mary Ann has been at the forefront of the transformation of New York’s skyline. She has played a catalytic role in the revitalization of Times Square, the rebuilding of Downtown after 9/11, the westward expansion of Midtown, as well as the rezoning that strengthened and renewed East Midtown. Mary Ann has conceived, structured and negotiated virtually every form of deal including ground leases, air rights acquisition and disposition, net and gross leases, government incentive packages, and a range of equity transfers from partnership and condominium interests... Read More
