Professional Expertise:
As Vice President in JLL's Manhattan office, Lauren Calandriello is a key player in the market's leading brokerage team specializing in Nonprofit, Education, and Government sectors. With over a decade of experience, she has successfully executed major leasing assignments for diverse clients across New York City's five boroughs, as well as nationally and globally.
Lauren's expertise spans the entire real estate lifecycle, from strategic planning and site selection to financial analysis and closing. She crafts tailored, data-driven solutions for a wide range of client needs, including strategy, acquisitions, relocations, lease renewals, expansions, dispositions, consolidations, and cost reductions. Her approach is characterized by thorough due diligence, creative problem-solving, and a deep understanding of the market, unique space, financial, reporting, and accounting needs of specialty clients. Lauren's comprehensive methodology often uncovers hidden value opportunities, ensuring clients' real estate goals are met through thoughtful preparation and meticulous execution.
Her proficiency in managing complex portfolios was further honed while overseeing advisory services for over 10 million square feet of property transactions in NYC for the Department of Citywide Agency Services (DCAS) and through her global account management and strategy execution of 5 million square feet for Fanatics, Inc. Additionally, Lauren has completed major office leasing assignments for clients in diverse sectors including: Coinbase, Kaufman Astoria Studios, United Nations Federal Credit Union, USI Insurance Services, Wellington Management Company among others.
Awards, Achievements and Activities
Awards/Achievements:
- City & State NY 40 under 40 for Real Estate and Construction
- Top Women in Real Estate by New York Real Estate Journal
- 2018 Real Estate Board of New York’s Most Promising Commercial Salesperson of the Year i.e. “Rookie Award”. The award recognizes high professional achievement and significant contributions to the firm’s success by an individual with less than five years’ experience. The award is earned by one individual across the entire industry each year.
- Commercial Observer’s Top Young Professional’s in Leasing and Sales i.e. “30 under 30”
- Schneps Media, Queen’s Power Women in Business
Activities:
- Young Men’s/Women’s Real Estate Association (YM/WREA)
- Chairman, 2022
- Vice Chairman, 2021
- Membership Chair, 2020
- Real Estate Board of NY (REBNY)
- SheBuilds Committee, women-led, women-focused group of Rebuilding Together NYC
Education:
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, BA Communication & Psychology
- John Cabot University Guarini Campus, Rome, Italy
Specialties
- Nonprofits & Associations
- Education
- Healthcare
- Government
- Financial Services
- Professional Services
Notable Experience
- DCAS 1.5M | Multiple Transactions, account management
- Fanatics 600K | Multiple Transactions, account management
- UNFCU 88K | Multiple Transactions
- Kaufman Astoria Studios 90K | Lease
- Savanna 100K | Multiple Transactions
- Wellington Management 71K | Lease
- Coinbase 67K | Lease
- USI Insurance Services 21K | Lease
