Bio
Danet Linares is Executive Vice Chairman of Blanca Commercial Real Estate, Inc., the leading independently owned commercial real estate services firm in Florida, and has 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry.
Ms. Linares is an integral part of the Blanca CRE team having joined the firm at its inception. She leads the leasing of several significant office projects such as Miami Central, 1450 Brickell, The Plaza Coral Gables, 396 Alhambra, The Main Las Olas, Royal Palm Office Park, and Converge, to name a few. She has served as an advisor in several of South Florida’s largest real estate transactions including the Miami Herald’s relocation to Doral, White & Case’s Miami office, the Florida offices of Lydecker Diaz, as well as the Knight Foundation, the Miami Foundation, Goodwill Industries, University of Miami, Aterian Investment Partners, and Endeavor Miami. Since joining the firm, Danet has played a key role in the strategy development and leasing of more than 7 million square feet of office lease transactions throughout South Florida on behalf of owners and businesses.
Prior to joining Blanca Commercial Real Estate, Ms. Linares served as Senior Vice President at Foram Group and Vice President for Blue Capital where she led the leasing and marketing strategy for Miami Tower. Ms. Linares also held the position of Senior Leasing Manager at Shorenstein where she led the leasing driving occupancy to 97% for the tallest Class A office tower in Florida comprising 1.2 million square feet, Southeast Financial Center.
Ms. Linares attended St. John’s University in New York. She is an active leader in the South Florida community and fluent in Spanish.