NEW YORK, N.Y., Feb. 27, 2008  In recognition of the economic power of woman-owned businesses, JRT Realty Group, Inc., has been named the recipient of four awards from DiversityBusiness.com, the nations leading multicultural Web site. JRT, the United States' largest woman-owned and certified commercial real estate services firm, is ranked as a Top 100 Woman-Owned, Diversity-Owned and Small Business in New York and is among the Top 500 Woman-Owned Businesses in America.

In addition to demonstrating strong sales revenues, honorees are selected based on their advocacy for the advancement of businesses owned by females. "Women businesses and consumers are a growing force in the U.S. economy and a force to be reckoned with," said Kenton Clarke, chief operating officer of Computer Consulting Associates International, founder of DiversityBusiness.com. "These are the new leaders in America." Statistically, diversity-owned businesses contribute over $1.4 trillion in sales to the U.S. economy.

Established in 1996, JRT Realty provides leasing and asset management services for more than 15 million square feet of office and industrial space. The firm's specialty focus is on assisting leading corporations and government entities in fulfilling their supplier diversity goals through commercial real estate assignments.

"As a service-oriented industry, commercial real estate firms like JRT are satisfying supplier diversity initiatives as best-in-class providers who reflect a corporation's employee and/or consumer base," said Jodi Pulice, JRT's founder and president. "Commercial real estate assignments contribute significantly toward achieving supplier diversity goals by providing a tangible outcome and the expenditure of significant procurement dollars in the form of a property purchase, disposition or lease agreement."