Karen Rose is the Managing Director of Commercial Leasing for One World Trade Center. She is responsible for negotiations, leasing, marketing, and maintaining tenancy of the Western Hemisphere’s tallest building. Karen joined The Durst Organization in 2002 and worked with the midtown office leasing team for 10 years prior to focusing her efforts on The Durst Organization’s downtown 3 million square foot asset. She also oversees retail leasing at Durst’s Historic Front Street, and is on the in-house leasing teams for 733 Third Avenue, 114 West 47th Street, and the retail at Halletts Point. Throughout her tenure, she has worked to secure leases with such tenants as Bank of America, the Big East Conference, MGM, Ameriprise, Energy Capital Partners, and DAZN.

Karen has earned certificates in both Real Estate Finance and Property Management at New York University. A graduate of the University of Maryland, Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Hearing and Speech Science. She is a member of the Young Men’s/Women’s Real Estate Association and the Real Estate Board of New York. Passionate about giving back to higher education, Karen has guest lectured at Montana State University where she was the Spring 2024 Orser Executive Speaker, and is very active with the students at Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in an advisory capacity.