On this episode of “How’s Biz?”, Gary Marsh sits down with NAI Global’s Senior Vice President of Capital Markets, Gisella Haidar. Gisella has worked in Commercial Real Estate for over a decade, first at C-III Realty Services in Dallas, then ultimately transitioning to NAI Global several years after it was acquired by C-III. Gisella has had a year marked by several notable achievements, including earning a Master’s of Science in Real Estate Development from NYU and being named one of Trepp’s Future CRE Leaders to Watch. Tune in to hear more about Gisella’s story.
Gisella Haidar and her family emigrated from Bueno Aires, Argentina to the U.S. when she was 16—originally to a small town near Dallas, TX, where she finished high school, and then went on to Texas Christian University in nearby Ft. Worth. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics with a concentration in Mathematics. In 2012, she was hired by C-III Realty Services in Dallas as an analyst.
It was a challenging period for the commercial real estate industry and C-III Realty Services was active at the time with the disposition of CMBS loans that had defaulted. It was also around the time that C-III Capital Partners acquired NAI Global, and shortly afterward, the two entities merged its Capital Markets sales divisions. In 2015, Gisella was transferred to New York to work with the NAI Global Capital Markets team, and she still does, reporting to Arthur Milston and Alex Waddey.
As a team, the group specializes in asset and portfolio investment sales and dispositions, Gisella is instrumental in preparing financial modeling and underwriting commercial properties before the group takes them to market.
Like many in the CRE industry, Gisella had not planned for a career in the business, yet shortly after starting with C-III Realty Services, instantly loved what she did. Her learning curve, however, has been quite intentional. During the podcast, she named some of her mentors as well as some of the groups she has gone through mentorship programs with, including ULI (Urban Land Institute and ICSC (formerly International Council of Shopping Centers).
Gisella recently earned a Master’s Degree in Real Estate Development from New York University, and most of her courses were taught by Adjunct Professors, where she learned real-world lessons on the development process. Her formal education, she said during the podcast, can only enhance her performance with NAI Global.
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