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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 commitment to excellence, teams are purpose-built, and innovative strategies are customized to deliver powerful outcomes for the firm’s clients while giving back to the communities it serves.

Blanca Commercial Real Estate now has a diverse team of more than 50 top-driven professionals across three offices in Southeast Florida. It is recognized as one of the top commercial real estate brokerage services firms in Florida and has sustained since 2016 a 30% market share of Class A and B office lease transactions in Miami, their home base.

Throughout her career, Ms. Blanca has participated and led many notable lease transactions and new development projects from land acquisition to master planning, design, construction, marketing, lease-up, and sale of office and mixed-use assets advising global and local investors, developers and companies requiring office and industrial space.

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 and is the proud mother of two daughters. She enjoys spending time with her family, boating, reading, cooking, and meditation practices.


LEADERSHIP:

  • Member, Board of Directors, BankUnited
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Miami Dade College
  • Member, Board of Directors, The Beacon Council
  • Member, Real Estate Advisory Council, University of Miami Herbert Business School
  • Immediate Past Chair & Current Member, Urban Land Institute (ULI), Southeast Florida & Caribbean District Council Advisory Board
  • Past Chair & Current Member, Board of Miami-Dade County’s official economic development agency, The Beacon Council
  • Member, Florida Council of 100
  • Member, Board of Governors, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Gold
  • Associate Member, YPO Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Chapter
  • Member, Women Corporate Directors (WCD)
  • Past Member, Board of Directors, The Miami Foundation
  • Past Chair, Board of Directors, 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
  • CoStar “Power Broker”
  • NAIOP “Office Broker of the Year”
  • “Top Dealmakers of the Year” – Daily Business Review
  • “Office Broker of the Year” – Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
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