NAIOP South Florida Announces Finalists for 2016 Awards of Excellence; Award winners will be honored February 25 at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six

  

Caroline Fleischer

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - NAIOP South Florida, a Commercial Real Estate Development Organization, has announced the finalists for its 2016 Awards of Excellence, which will take place on Thursday, February 25 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. in the Panorama ballroom at Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six, 2301 S.E. 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale.

The Awards of Excellence recognize individuals and organizations whose achievements have contributed to the local commercial real estate industry, benefitted the regional business environment and facilitated economic growth.

Jules Morgan

"Our judges spent hours carefully reviewing and debating this year's entries to determine the finalists," said NAIOP Executive Director Jules Morgan. "We look forward to celebrating these extraordinary commercial real estate professionals and firms, all of which are deserving of winning in their respective categories."

Award categories and finalists include:

Industrial Lease Transaction of the Year

Miami International Tradeport, BTS for Ansaldo Breda, Inc/Hitachi Rail USA, represented by Liberty Property Trust

Cooper General, represented by State Street Realty

Industrial Sale of the Year

AFCEE, LLC represented by State Street Realty

Alliance Building represented by Cushman & Wakefield

Bridge Point Marina Mile facilitated by JLL and Cushman & Wakefield

Centergate at Gratigny represented by CBRE

North Miami Business Park represented by Marcus & Millichap

Show Management Industrial Center facilitated by CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield

Industrial Broker of the Year

George Pino of State Street Realty

Stephanie Rodriguez of Duke Realty

Michael Silver of CBRE

Office Lease Transaction of the Year

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. represented by Cushman & Wakefield

Plantation Pointe / Magic Leap facilitated by Cushman & Wakefield and Torburn Partners

Simply Healthcare facilitated by Flagler Corporate Center and Colliers International South Florida

Uniform Advantage represented by JLL's Tenant Representation Team

Office Sale of the Year

777 Brickell Avenue (SunTrust Tower) represented by CBRE

2100 W. Cypress Creek Road represented by Stiles

Stephanie Rodriguez

Coconut Grove Office Portfolio represented by Marcus & Millichap

Northern Trust Bank Building represented by Marcus & Millichap

Phillips Point represented by HFF

Office Broker of the Year

Norm Adams of Stiles

Michael Fay of Avison Young

Caroline Fleischer of Cushman & Wakefield

Alfie Hamilton of Colliers International South Florida

Douglas Mandel of Marcus & Millichap

Team Broker of the Year

CBRE South Florida Capital Markets Team featuring Apone, Avalos, Carranza-Alvarez, Chick, Chilgren, Foschini, Julian, Lee, Lobon and Minaya

Cushman & Wakefield featuring Blunk, Glaria and Oswald

Cushman & Wakefield's South Florida Industrial Team featuring Etner, Metzger, McAllister and Thomson

JLL featuring Gallart and Loschiavo

State Street Realty Brokerage Team featuring Lyden and Pino

Rookie Broker of the Year

Brian Cabielles of State Street Realty

Brad Dinneen of Stiles

Lauren Gallart of JLL

Renovation / Rehab Project of the Year

Plantation Point represented by Torburn Partners

SunTrust International Center represented by Crocker Partners

The Landings at MIA represented by CBRE

University Place at City Center represented by Butters Realty and Management and Bristol Group

Lauren Gallart

 

Creative Deal Maker of the Year

Rodrigo Azpurua of Riviera Point Development Group for the Professional Center at Riviera Point

Julie Berry of Stiles for the Lauderdale Marine Center

Butters Realty and Management and Bristol Group for the Hillsboro Technology Center

Steve Hyatt of Berger Commercial Realty for the Alliance Residential Company

Economic Impact of the Year

Alliance Building represented by Cushman & Wakefield

Plantation Pointe / Magic Leap represented by Cushman & Wakefield and Torburn Partners

Project of the Year

Miramar Park of Commerce represented by Sunbeam Properties

Pembroke Park A represented by Duke Realty

Professional Center at Riviera Point represented by Riviera Point Development Group

Julie Berry

Developer of the Year

Butters Construction & Development

Duke Realty

Flagler Global Logistics

Gibson Development Partners

Finalists and winners of the Developing Leader of the Year and Member of the Year categories will be announced during the ceremony.

  

Douglas Eagon

The recipient of the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award is Douglas Eagon, president of Stiles Corporation, whose contributions to the South Florida real estate community and to NAIOP merit the same recognition awarded to Armando Codina, Edmund Ansin and Terry Stiles in previous years. Terry Stiles will present Eagon with this year's award.

Tickets are $150 for NAIOP members and $175 for non-members. Table sponsorships are $1,500. To register, please visit http://www.naiopsfl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.details&content_id=101.

For more information, visit www.naiopsfl.org,, email jules.morgan@naiopsfl.org or call 954-990-5116.

NAIOP is a commercial real estate development organization. It provides strong advocacy, education and business networking opportunities and connects its members through a powerful North American network.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Lexi Robinson

lrobinson@piersongrant.com