CRE's Inflection Point: How Tenants & Landlords Can Thrive Today, with Newmark's President of Leasing Liz Hart

Liz Hart is President of Leasing for Newmark’s operating businesses in the U.S. and Canada, where she drives the strategy of the firm’s leasing platform, leads talent development and recruitment, and helps integrate technology to deliver better outcomes for clients. She also serves on Newmark’s Executive Committee, reporting directly to CEO Barry Gosin. With more than 20 years at Newmark, Liz has completed close to 35M square feet of transactions valued at over $4.2 billion. She has consistently ranked among the firm’s top producers and was a regular Top Five Producer in Newmark’s San Francisco office. Her experience spans advising technology companies from startups to Fortune 50 giants, repositioning large-scale developments that have reshaped skylines, and leading Newmark’s Technology & Innovation Practice Group to help landlords and tenants in the TAMI/TMT sectors create spaces that attract and retain talent.

(01:16) - State of the Office Market: Shrinking Supply & Turning Point
(05:05) - How to Approach Office Leasing in 2025
(13:45) - Talent, Culture & Competitive Advantage
(15:49) - Data-Driven Leasing & Advisory: Automation vs. Augmentation
(18:07) - Feature: CREtech - Join CREtech New York 2025 on Oct 21-22 for the largest Real Estate Meetings program. Qualified Real Estate pros get free full event pass plus up to $800 in travel and hotel costs.
(19:39) - Brand Building in Commercial Real Estate
(24:32) - Flex Space vs. Traditional Leasing 
(27:00) - End-to-End Platform: Evolving the Leasing Function
(29:02) - In-House vs. Outsourcing Tech & Data
(29:41) - Data Sharing & Antitrust: The RealPage Settlement
(31:31) - Collaboration Superpower: Steve Jobs

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➡️ CREtech: Join CREtech New York 2025 on Oct 21-22 for the largest real estate meetings program. Qualified real estate professionals get free full event pass plus up to $800 in travel and hotel costs. Must own or manage 1K+ resi units, or 1M SF of CRE to qualify.

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