Continental Realty Corporation (CRC), a Baltimore-based real estate investment and management company which owns and operates a multifamily and shopping center real estate portfolio exceeding $3.5 billion, has announced the promotion of Haley Donato to Senior Vice President, Asset Management & Finance. Donato, who has worked for the company since 2012 and was formerly Vice President, Asset Management & Finance, will also join CRC’s Executive Committee. With this promotion, women represent a majority of CRC’s Executive Committee members.
Donato will continue to direct several key areas of the company. She oversees day-to-day operations of CRC’s Asset Management group, which is responsible for the financial performance of more than 90 properties situated throughout 10 states across the country, totaling more than 9,000 apartment homes and more than seven million square feet of space. She took over Insurance and Risk Management in 2021, overseeing the bidding, renewal, and complex insurance needs of a rapidly growing portfolio. In addition, she heads up the Finance division and originated CRC’s data science function.
“Haley’s work in data science alone has been priceless. Continental is deeply committed to data-driven decisions throughout the organization, and Haley and her team continue to discover unique actionable data sources that keep us on the cutting edge of real estate investment,” stated JM Schapiro, CRC’s Chief Executive Officer. “Haley is an impact player who has significantly strengthened and improved outcomes and operational efficiencies for several key areas of the company. She brings a perfect mix of strategic thinking and meticulous execution, consistently identifying processes in need of improvement and designing and rolling out the program to fix them. This has been critical to our unprecedented growth over the past ten years.”
Donato has more than 14 years of diversified financial and real estate experience, including her previous work at FirstBank in Denver, Colorado. She earned a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and International Business from Santa Clara University, and a Master of Science in Real Estate from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.
Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland and founded in 1960, CRC is a full-service commercial real estate and investment company focused on acquiring and operating retail and multifamily properties. The privately held firm owns and manages a diversified portfolio of retail centers consisting of more than seven million square feet of commercial space and over 9,000 apartment homes across 10 states, with a portfolio value exceeding $3.5 billion. For additional information, visit www.crcrealty.com.
