ICSC Commerce + Communities Today featured Tanya Ragan, President of Wildcat Management, in its Winter 2023/2024 issue as part of a feature on women members who are blazing their own trails in commercial real estate. ICSC is the global trade association for the retail real estate industry, and its publication reaches developers, investors, and retail professionals across the country.
Key Highlights
- Featured in ICSC Commerce + Communities Today Winter 2023/2024 issue in the Women Members Blaze Their Own Trail feature
- ICSC is the global trade association for the retail real estate industry with more than 75,000 members in over 100 countries
- Ragan was recognized for her unconventional path and her work leading Wildcat Management’s urban redevelopment projects in downtown Dallas
- The feature highlights women in commercial real estate who have built careers on their own terms, often in sectors and markets dominated by men
- Ragan is one of the few independent women developers operating at scale in downtown Dallas, with projects spanning historic preservation, mixed-use development, and district revitalization
Why This Feature Matters
ICSC reaches a global audience of retail real estate professionals, which is a different audience than the Dallas-focused or Texas-focused publications that typically cover Ragan’s work. Being featured in a national trade publication extends her visibility to developers, investors, and retailers who are evaluating markets across the country, including Dallas.
The Women Members Blaze Their Own Trail framing also speaks directly to Ragan’s positioning as someone who built her career outside the conventional path, which is central to how she presents herself and how she connects with other women in the industry.
As Seen in ICSC Commerce + Communities Today
Founder and President of Wildcat Management, Tanya Ragan is a Dallas real estate developer, investor, and entrepreneur with twenty years developing some of North Texas’s most recognized neighborhoods. 2024 Texas Icon. Top 100 CRE Influencer. Co-author of Blaze Your Own Trail. She started in fashion, detoured through oil fields, built half of downtown Dallas, and has opinions about all three.