Troutman Pepper Locke’s Allie Apple and Virginia Stitzer Winners of 2026 Connect CRE Women in Real Estate Awards

ATLANTA and RICHMOND – Troutman Pepper Locke partners Allie Apple and Virginia Stitzer have been chosen by Connect CRE as recipients of the 2026 Women in Real Estate Awards, recognizing women in commercial real estate who stand out for their professional excellence and inspirational leadership.

Apple, member of the firm’s Construction Practice Group, negotiates and drafts construction, design, engineering, and supplier contracts for owners, developers, contractors, and suppliers on a wide range of commercial projects. She advises clients throughout the lifecycle of a project, from procurement and contracting through construction and closeout, and handles dispute resolution for these types of commercial construction projects. Apple also negotiates construction agreements and handles dispute resolution for solar and wind energy projects, and represents several community improvement districts across metro Atlanta. Her recent matters include advising a leading global technology company on multibillion-dollar AI data center construction contracts and negotiating construction and engineering agreements nationwide for a leading national railroad company. Read Apple’s Women in Real Estate profile.

Stitzer, leader of the firm’s Multifamily Housing Finance Practice Group, counsels mortgage banking clients in the origination, sale, and servicing of loan transactions sold to secondary-market investors, primarily Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. She regularly represents lenders originating loans under Fannie Mae’s Delegated Underwriting and Servicing product line and Freddie Mac’s Capital Markets Execution program and has significant experience with the full range of agency loan products, including student housing, Delaware statutory trusts, and affordability programs. Under Stitzer’s leadership, the practice group handles over 3,000 transactions annually, and in 2025, the group closed transactions totaling more than $90 billion in loan value. Her recent matters include closing a pool of loans exceeding $325 million to finance a Virginia multifamily development for a Fortune 100 financial institution, and a half-billion-dollar portfolio financing for student housing communities for a national commercial real estate investment firm. Read Stitzer’s Women in Real Estate profile.

Apple and Stitzer are also active mentors within the firm, supporting the development of junior attorneys and women rising in the real estate and construction industries.

Troutman Pepper Locke’s national Real Estate and Construction Practice Groups help clients navigate their most complex real estate and construction matters. Clients include owners, developers, and financiers of some of the largest projects across the country in both the private and public sectors, spanning airport terminals, high-rises, commercial office buildings, warehouse spaces, universities, medical buildings, stadia, and wind and solar energy-related projects. Both practices have been nationally recognized by leading industry authorities, including Chambers, Legal 500, and Best Law Firms®, among others.

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