Transwestern

Biography

TRANSWESTERN ROLE

Emily Nicoll serves at the City Leader for Transwestern’s Minneapolis office and is responsible for growing operations, elevating client services, attracting new talent and creating new business opportunities. With more than 20 years of experience, her expertise includes opportunity analysis and diagnosis, team assembly, strategy development and execution, and elevating and innovating client services. Emily cultivates lasting relationships with colleagues and clients alike, connecting through her practice of generous listening while maintaining a tenacious focus on authenticity and integrity. She is a member of Transwestern’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Prior to joining Transwestern, Emily was a Senior Vice President at CBRE in the Occupier Services Group, where she focused on providing strategic and transactional support for corporate tenants. This involved working with clients across their portfolios to identify and capture unique market opportunities and helping to proactively craft value-add solutions for their real estate needs. Emily represented high-profile clients such as Cargill, Dorsey & Whitney, Northwestern Mutual, WPP, and the YMCA of the North.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION / RECOGNITION

  • LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) – Accredited Professional
  • Minnesota Commercial Real Estate Women (MNCREW) – Board of Directors 2010 – 2013, President 2012
  • Minnesota Commercial Association of Realtors (MNCAR)
  • Alzheimer’s Association –Board of Directors 2018 – present, Board Chair 2020, Executive Committee for Walk to End Alzheimer’s
  • Children’s Theatre Company – Curtain Call Ball Committee, Business and the Arts Luncheon
  • Milkweed Editions – Board of Directors 2018 – 2023
  • Bisnow’s 2023 Minneapolis’s Women Leading Real Estate
  • Twin Cities Magazine’s 2020 Notable Women in Commercial Real Estate
  • Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Honoree – 2017
  • MNCAR – Office Transaction of the Year (Sleep Number HQ) - 2016
  • MNCREW Leadership Award – 2014
  • MNCREW Member of the Year – 2012

EDUCATION

Emily received her BA in Creative Writing and Theology from Denison University.