Global sustainability through products and practices

 

 

 

Leanne Tobias


Leanne Tobias is founder and principal of Malachite LLC, a new venture that promotes sustainable or green real estate investment. Leanne has spoken on green real estate investment for the United Nations, the U.S. Green Building Council, the Urban Land Institute and others, and is a principal author of ULI’s authoritative Green Office Buildings: A Practical Guide to Development. Leanne was previously Managing Director of the Multi-Employer Property Trust, a $3.2 billion commercial real estate equity fund. She headed the real estate operations of the AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust and directed programs for capital markets and institutional lenders at the Mortgage Bankers Association. She also has consulted on real estate finance issues for the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the City of New York and private clients. Leanne holds an MBA from Wharton Business School and a Master’s of Public Affairs degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.