This series goes deep with some of the most compelling figures in commercial real estate: the deal-makers, the game-changers, the city-shapers and the larger-than-life personalities that keep CRE interesting. Mirastar CEO and co-founder Ekaterina Avdonina is used to times of uncertainty. Growing up in Kazakhstan just as the country gained independence from the disintegrating Soviet Union and the child of a Soviet military scientist, she learned that the world can change very quickly. That upbringing, which combined a love of science, maths and space, showed her that women can be leaders, too, and helped forge a career that led Avdonina first into real estate and then to logistics when the sector was not the cash cow that it is today. 
Following spells with GVA in Moscow and Dutch bank ING’s real estate lending team in the Netherlands, Avdonina co-founded European logistics specialist Delin Properties in 2010 before leaving to co-found Mirastar in 2019. Mirastar has a portfolio of standing assets and developments across six countries in Europe, including the UK, and… Read the full story here. | 
