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Tere Blanca

Founder, Chairman & CEO
(305) 577-8851
tere.blanca@blancacre.com

Tere Blanca is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Blanca Commercial Real Estate, Inc., the dominant Florida based commercial real estate services firm. She founded the firm in 2009 after identifying a need in the marketplace for a local advisory and brokerage firm built on a culture of giving clients a highly personalized approach to service. With Ms. Blanca’s vision, progressive leadership, and foundation of passion, care, and commitment to excellence, teams are purpose built and innovative strategies are customized to deliver powerful outcomes for the firm’s clients.
Blanca Commercial Real Estate now has a dynamic team of 46 top professionals that embrace a culture of excellence and collaboration. It is recognized as one of the top commercial real estate brokerage services companies in Florida, deeply rooted in the communities it serves. Closing more than 15 million square feet of sales and lease transactions since 2009, the firm has enjoyed a sustained market share annually for the past seven years of more than 30% of all closed office lease transactions in Miami-Dade County.
Throughout her career, Ms. Blanca has participated and led many notable lease transactions and new development projects from land acquisition to the master planning, design, construction, marketing, lease-up, and sale of office and mixed-use assets, including the successful leasing of more than 5.0 million square feet of Class A new office developments built in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale.
Clients of the firm include Nuveen Real Estate, PIMCO Prime Real Estate, Hines, Agave Holdings, Lincoln Property Company, EQ Office/Blackstone, Federal Realty Investment Trust, Shorenstein, Stiles, Terra, Related Group, BH Group, Healthcare Realty Trust, Amkin Real Estate, Rilea Group and the law firms of Stearns Weaver, Lydecker Diaz and White & Case, LLP; The Miami Foundation, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Miami Herald Media Company, Coastal Construction, Quirch Foods, Inc., Insigneo, Inktel Contact Center Solutions, DASI, Mexican Consulate, and the University of Miami, to name a few.
Prior to launching Blanca Commercial Real Estate, Ms. Blanca served for six years as Senior Managing Director for Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc., where she led the firm’s South Florida region, achieving significant revenue growth and increased profitability. Ms. Blanca also held the position of senior vice president at Codina Realty Services, Inc. ONCOR International where she was consistently among the top producers during her 14-year tenure. She resides in Miami with her husband, Javier Juncadella, and is the proud mother of two daughters, Isabella Ulloa, and Gabriela Ulloa. She enjoys spending time with her family, boating, cooking, meditation, and gratitude practices.


COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

  • Member of the Board of Directors of BankUnited
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of Miami Dade College
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Beacon Council
  • Member of the University of Miami’s Herbert School of Business Real Estate Advisory Council
  • Chair of Urban Land Institute (ULI) Southeast Florida & Caribbean District Council Advisory Board
  • Past Chair and current Member of the Board of Miami-Dade County’s official economic development agency, The Beacon Council
  • Member of the Board of Governors of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
  • Member of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Gold
  • Associate Member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Chapter
  • Member of Women Corporate Directors (WCD)
  • Past Member of the Board of Directors of The Miami Foundation
  • Past Chair of the Board of Directors of City Year Miami

 

SELECT AWARDS & RECOGNITION:

  • “Top 100 Leaders”, “Ultimate CEO” and “Most Influential Business Women”, South Florida Business Journal
  • “Power Leader of the Year”, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
  • “Women of Influence: Legends”, Real Estate Forum
  • “Top 25 Women in Real Estate”, Commercial Property Executive
  • “Successful Hispanic Women of the Year”, Camacol
  • “Philanthropist of the Year”, City Year Miami
  • Co Star “Power Broker”
  • NAIOP “Office Broker of the Year”
  • Top Dealmakers of the Year”, Daily Business
  • “Office Broker of the Year”, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

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