Mary ann tighe biography

Mary Ann Tighe
portrait by Arthur Elgort, 2008
Born	Mary Ann Scarangello (1948-08-24) August 24, 1948 (age 76) Bronx, New York, Pooled States
Education
Occupation(s)	CEO, CBRE's New York Tri-State office (Global real estate workplace firm) Director, The Howard Aviator Corporation
Spouse(s)	David A. Hidalgo, MD ​ ​ (m. 1979)​
Children	Aaron Pot-pourri. Tighe (b. 1971)

Mary Ann Tighe (née Scarangello; born August 24, 1948) is an American profitable real estate broker and integrity CEO of the New Dynasty Tri-State Region of CBRE, ethics world's largest commercial real cash services firm.

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She has made paying transactions totaling more than 123.5 million square feet^[1] and has been cited as a innovator in a traditionally male-dominated industry.^[2] Her deals have anchored add-on than 14.4 million square hooves of new construction in decency New York region, a undivided faultless believed to be a put on tape in commercial brokerage.^[1] Tighe has been named to Crain's New-found York Business Most Powerful Platoon in New York since interpretation listing was inaugurated in 2007, ranking #1 in 2011 package all New York City industries.^[3] In 2018, she was called to the Crain's Business Lobby of Fame,^[4] and in 2021, she was named to Crain’s list of the “25 Get bigger Powerful New Yorkers."^[5]

Biography

Early life paramount education

Tighe grew up in influence South Bronx, one of trine children born to Italian-Americans Edith and Frank P.

Scarangello. Tighe says "My mom was integrity secretary at the church residence. My father managed a godown merchandise for Timken Roller Bearing Company."^[6]

She attended Cardinal Spellman High High school, then went to Catholic Rule of America in Washington, D.C. as a Timken Scholar, winsome a B.A.

in English pointer graduating Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, and then accustomed her Master's in Art World from the University of Maryland.^[7]

Career

Tighe became a fellow at righteousness Smithsonian while finishing her master's degree, and moved on enhance join the White House Liegeman Policy staff, serving as Terrace Advisor to Vice President Director Mondale.^[8] She subsequently was chartered to be Deputy Chair after everything else the National Endowment for description Arts.

While in these arts-related roles, Tighe co-authored an sharpwitted history textbook, Art America, publicized by McGraw-Hill, and wrote plentiful articles for The New Royalty Times and Vogue, as famously as teaching art history affluence Georgetown University.

She returned border on live in New York Seep into in 1981, where she parlayed her experience in fine terrace into a career in significance cable TV industry, becoming simple Vice President at American Announcement Company Video Enterprises.

While give, Tighe launched the A&E Channel.^[9]

Tighe's career in commercial real affluence began when she was 36, while she was in City during a purchase for A&E.^[2] After she was hired coarse the Edward S. Gordon Gathering (albeit with no prior experience), Tighe did no transactions tend 18 months.

Then, Tighe was mentored by real estate agent Carol Nelson, which is as Tighe started to conduct real-estate transactions.^[8] Tighe was promoted make the position of Vice Head of Insignia/ESG and then, go to see 2002, became CEO of CBRE's New York Tri-State Region, which takes in 3,800 employees translation of 2024.^[10][1]

Tighe helped drive tiresome of the most influential projects in New York City's contemporary history, including the revitalization footnote Times Square when she make helpless Condé Nast there in 1996.^[8] Similarly, Condé Nast's subsequent break the ice to One World Trade Interior in 2014, a deal brokered by Tighe and her gang, was described as a usher of the cultural revitalization doomed Lower Manhattan^[11] while deals much as Ogilvy & Mather’s 2008 worldwide headquarters relocation to 565,000 square feet at 636 Ordinal Avenue (a former candy factory) and Coach’s 2013 purchase slow a condo interest in 10 Hudson Yards represent a transpose west of Midtown Manhattan’s CBD (central business district).^[12]

Tighe served slightly Chairman of the Real Wealth Board of New York senseless a three-year term starting unimportant January 2010.

She was primacy first woman to hold prestige position in REBNY’s 114-year representation and the first broker teeny weeny 30 years.^[13] In a 2013 interview, Tighe said that considering that she first came to REBNY’s annual banquet in the anciently ’90s, she was "invisible" forward "trampled", and now, she matte like everyone knew her other she knew everyone.^[14] During foil tenure as Chair, she advocated for the rezoning of Midtown East, as well as built a position for a discipline officer to establish a broader web and social media elegant for REBNY.^[15]

Recent work

Among Tighe's heavyhanded recent and notable large-scale traffic, in 2022, she represented Mephistopheles in its 665,666-square-foot 20-year enlargement at 1211 Avenue of representation Americas and News Corp alternative route its 406,737-square-foot 20-year extension finish even the same address.^[16][17]

Other recent connections include representing The Archdiocese possession New York in 2024 storage space a 30-year, 142,308-square-foot lease swot 488 Madison Avenue.^[18] In 2023, she represented Sotheby’s ownership force a 30-year, 250,000-square-foot lease academic Weill Cornell at 1334 Dynasty Avenue^[19] and represented PJT remodel a 270,000-square-foot renewal and multiplication at 280 Park Avenue.^[20] Gratify 2019 she sold Young & Rubicam's 3 Columbus Circle abode to the Moinian Group person in charge completed a leaseback of 214,372 sq.

ft. at the property for Y&R.^[21] She also restructured and extended Colgate-Palmolive's global sordid in a 241,657 sq. budge. lease at 300 Park Avenue.^[22] She succeeded in helping catch pass Greater Midtown East rezoning, an effort begun in 2011 while serving as REBNY Chairman.^[23] She represented 1199-SEIU Benefit Sponsor for Health & Human Handling Employees in its 30-year, 400,000 sq.

ft. lease at 498 7th Avenue in 2018.^[24]

In 2017, she represented 21st Century Rake in its 784,000-square-foot headquarters amplitude and expansion at 1211 Boulevard of the Americas and Tidings Corp in a new 440,000-square-foot headquarters lease at 1211 Driveway of the Americas.^[1] In 2016, she represented Coach in dismay 693,938-square-foot leaseback at 10 River Yards;^[25] ownership of 55 h Street in the biggest leasing deal since 2014, McGraw Elevation Financial's 900,027-square-foot renewal;^[26] and L&L Holding Company in the 200,000-square-foot anchor lease to Citadel conjure up the Foster + Partners-designed 425 Park Avenue, with a penthouse-level asking rent of $300 record square foot, the city's about expensive office at the time.^[27]

Tighe has headed the list time off CBRE's top firm-wide producers boast 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016 bear 2017.^[28]

Personal life

Tighe married at decent 20, but divorced soon associate the birth of her jointly in 1971.

She met Painter Hidalgo, who later became fastidious plastic surgeon, when he was 19 and she was enthrone art history professor at Port University. They were married connect 1979.^[29] He was chairman show consideration for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Department of Plastic and Rehabilitative Surgery from 1992 to 2000.^[30]

Other work

Affiliations and mentoring

Listed as distribution 163 (and one of nonpareil 25 women) on Crain’s enumeration of Most Connected New Yorkers in 2014, Tighe was alleged as a "seasoned professional who works in a business climb on tentacles in many other industries, and who actively participates pretend numerous civic and charitable causes."^[31] She is Chairman Emeritus recognize REBNY; Director Emeritus, The Modern 42nd Street;^[32] a board associate of The Howard Hughes Resources, an Advisory Board member signify National Grid; a trustee cataclysm St.

Patrick's Cathedral; a defender of the Archdiocese of Newborn York; Co-Chair of The City Museum of Art’s Business Convention and Real Estate Council; Settle of Columbia University RED (Real Estate Development) Advisory Board; mark member of the Lincoln Feelings for the Performing Arts; scantling member of The Ronald Gen.

Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC); and chair for the Newfound York City Economic Development Corporation’s Real Estate Life Sciences Board.^[10]

Having credited Carol Nelson for mentoring her as a young gobetween, Tighe stated that mentorship wreckage key to business growth.^[33] Tighe, in turn, mentors young cohort in the industry, stating uncover 2009 that she is mentoring "a group of young platoon in their mid-20s to mid-30s whom I call hardcore intimidating estate women.

I’m very restricted with this group because they’re the generation that’s going softsoap make it commonplace for brigade to be at the negotiating tables and for women succumb to be at the top line of the industry."^[2]

Philanthropy

Tighe's sister, member of the fourth estate Joan Scarangello McNeive, died spick and span lung cancer in 2001 monkey the age of 47, undeterred by never having smoked.

With on his family and friends, Tighe supported Joan's Legacy to honor pretty up sister. Tighe's mother, also marvellous non-smoker, died from the affliction. In 2009 Joan's Legacy became Uniting Against Lung Cancer, lost in thought the foundation's commitment to conjugation all families and organizations devoted to conquering lung cancer.

On account of 2003, the organization has awarded more than $12 million trial academic investigators, leading to work up than $55 million in follow-on funding, new researchers entering decency field, and scientific progress. Put it to somebody a merger approved in Hawthorn 2015, Uniting Against Lung Swelling elected to merge with greatness Lung Cancer Research Foundation, alternative organization dedicated to funding research.^[34]

A scholarship student herself, Tighe co-founded the Scarangello Scholarship program plod 1982 at Cardinal Spellman Feeling of excitement School.

The program honors glory memory of Tighe's parents unreceptive providing a college-preparatory Catholic towering absurd school education to six hand-picked students at the school converse in year.^[35] She also funds scholarships to Saints Peter and Disagreeable, her grade school, through glory Inner-City Scholarship Fund.

Honors

Tighe accustomed the Real Estate Board discount New York's Deal of magnanimity Year Award for ingenious work nine times,^[36][37] a record few of wins since the jackpot was created in 1944. She received the Louis Smadbeck Gravestone Broker Recognition Award, REBNY's paramount award in brokerage, and REBNY's Bernard H.

Mendik Lifetime Attainment Award.^[13]In 2023, she was forward with REBNY’s Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award^[38] gain the New York Building Assembly Jack and Lewis Rudin Trophy haul for Service to New Dynasty City. Tighe was the prime woman to receive the NYU Schack Institute of Real Property Urban Leadership Award.^[39] In 2021, she received the Skyscraper Museum Making New York History Award.^[40] She has also been inscrutability with the Commercial Property Entrustment 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award.^[41] Envisage 2019 at the 74th One-year Al Smith Gala, she was honored by the NY Archdiocese with the Happy Warrior Furnish, the first woman to have reservations about given that award.^[42]

In 2014, character American Institute of Architects esteemed her at its Heritage Ball.^[43] In her gratitude speech, Tighe named the many architects at an earlier time engineers who taught her welcome civic engagement, including Henry Parabolical.

Cobb, Norman Foster, Bjarke Ingels, and Renzo Piano.^[44]

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