Not So Lonely At The Top: Why Miami Real Estate Is ‘Very Much Ahead’ On Elevating Women Leaders When Julia Tuttle convinced Henry Flagler to extend his Florida railroad down to her large citrus farm on Biscayne Bay, she was not only the first person to see the value in the place that would become the city of Miami, she also became — and remains — the only woman credited with founding a major U.S. city. More than 120 years later, Miami is flourishing beyond Tuttle’s wildest dreams. Last year, the Financial Times called it “the most important city in America” as corporate wealth, and the real estate industry’s attention, has migrated from New York, California and Chicago. But Miami commercial real estate isn’t important just because it’s uncommonly successful, but also because it is uncommonly diverse, especially at the highest levels of business, local industry leaders say. Some of the country's most important female CRE leaders work in the Magic City. 
“South Florida is very much ahead of a lot of other markets,” said Stephanie Rodriguez, Colliers’ national director of industrial services, who lives in Miami. “I think that women rising to leadership roles in that area is just representative of the landscape of the region. It’s a cultural melting pot,…  Read the full story here. | | |
