Morgan Singer, 27
Managing director at Ripco
Growing up in Melville on Long Island, Morgan Singer knew a few things. She wanted to work in New York City, but she didn’t want a 9-to-5 desk job. She also knew that becoming a retail specialist bringing fashion outlets and international brands to New York would help her shape the landscape of a city she loved. Her role at Ripco has helped her realize those ambitions.
Singer sees herself as someone with the pulse of the market and who’s worked with a broad array of retail clients, including tenants and owners ranging from local mom-and-pops to high-profile institutional owners.
Her first deal — signing a lease for an AT&T outlet on behalf of Empire State Realty Trust — led to her longest-running business relationship. But she’s also dealt with a variety of brands, both national and international. She has signed leases for Ralph Lauren, Mango and Sur La Table, and worked as a lead market strategist for Chinese fast-fashion brand Urban Revivo, helping it break into the country with its first U.S. store, a 30,000-square-foot location at 515 Broadway, before handling its national expansion.
“I find it very cool to work with brands that I love, and that I wear,” Singer said.
These experiences just earned her election as the chair of the Real Estate Board of New York’s Next Gen in Retail Committee.
Singer has also headed up Millennium Partners’ portfolio on the Upper West Side, helping lease more than 120,000 square feet. Deals include a 30,000-square-foot deal with NYU Langone, a 40,000-square-foot lease with the New York City School Construction Authority, and a deal with Mango in which she represented both tenant and landlord.
“I really think that I have a very creative perspective on things, and I’m able to move away from sort of the traditional real estate thinking,” she said, “and come up with some outside-of-the-box thoughts.”
