Catherine Leap is the Vice President of Property Management Services for Newmark in the Pacific Northwest – encompassing the Oregon and Washington markets. In this role, she provides strategic management guidance to the company’s property management operations and teams in the Pacific Northwest. Leap is dedicated to implementing best practices, policies, and procedures that will maximize the value of this clients’ real estate assets. Additionally, Leap is responsible for business development in the region, aiming to maximize growth and profitability.
Before joining Newmark, Leap was the Senior General Manager at Urban Renaissance Group, providing oversight of operations of Columbia Center and F5 Tower – two CBD Class A Office assets in Seattle totaling 2.5 million square feet.
Leap also served as Kennedy Wilson’s Senior Managing Director for the Pacific Northwest region from 2014-2022, as well as its Regional Director of Operations for the Midwest region. In these roles, she was responsible for stabilizing assets as well as growing the region’s portfolio of properties.
Leap has over 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate management and brokerage industry. In addition to her experience in Seattle metro, Leap has managed five million rentable square feet of Class A office properties in Chicago’s CBD, as well as three million rentable square feet of office and industrial properties in the Dallas metro area.
Leap served as CREW Seattle’s President in 2021 and served six years on the Board, including three years on the Executive Committee. She also served three years on the Communications and Editorial Committee for CREW Network and was elected to the 2021 CREW Network Nominating Committee. She served as Seattle BOMA’s TOBY Pacific Northwest regional judge in 2016, 2017, and 2023 and as an international judge in 2017.
Professional Affiliations and Achievements
- Member, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Seattle, Los Angeles & Chicago
- Member, Building Owners and Managers Association BOMA
- Member, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
- Member, Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
- Member, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
- National Leadership Award, Kennedy Wilson (2021)
- World Conference Recognition Award, CBRE
- Real Estate Manager of the Year Award, CBRE
Education
Leap earned Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Indiana University.