FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NAIOP Awards of Excellence Recognizes Best and Brightest in Local Commercial Real Estate Community
Cleveland, May 8, 2024 —the Awards of Excellence presented by NAIOP Northern Ohio Chapter took place on Wednesday, May 8, at TRUSS Event Center. The annual event recognizes the best projects, developments, real estate transactions, and individual contributions in the commercial real estate (CRE) industry in Northern Ohio.
Over three hundred of the area’s top commercial real estate professionals attended the event. Demonstrating the high quality of work completed, and celebrating design, development and construction successes on various projects completed in 2023. The awards program was followed by a cocktail reception to celebrate the nominees, winners and to network with industry representatives.
Event sponsors were recognized and included Naming Rights Sponsors; Buckley King and Marous Brothers Construction. Intertek-PSI served as the Food Sponsor. Bar Sponsors (who offered signature drinks) were Brouse McDowell, Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate, HSB Architects + Engineers and The Kleingers Group. We’re grateful for Properties Magazine who served as Media Sponsor as well as Bronze Sponsors Fortney & Wygandt, Inc. and Langan. Many thanks to these generous companies and individuals for their continued support.
Event Co-Chairs who worked tirelessly over the last year were Erin Ryan of DLZ, David Thal of Weber Murphy Fox and Amy Whitacre of First American Title Insurance Company. Special thanks to Tracey Nichols of Project Management Consultants, retired, who was an amazing event emcee.
Below is a listing of the celebrated winners of each category.
- Buckley King Broker of the Year – Conor Coakley, Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate
- New Construction Project of the Year – Thermo Fisher Scientific – Mebane, Geis Construction
- New Construction Project of the Year – Flexjet Global Operations Center, Panzica Construction
- New Construction Honorable Mention – Ohio Facilities Construction Commission – Liberty Benton Local Schools PK-8, Gilbane Building Company
- New Construction Honorable Mention – Summa Health System Behavioral Health Pavilion, Turner Construction Company
- New Construction Honorable Mention – University Hospital Ahuja Medical Center Phase 2, Gilbane Building Company
- Construction Renovation Project of the Year – CrossCountry Mortgage Headquarters Renovation, Turner Construction Company
- Construction Renovation Honorable Mention – Benesch Key Tower, The Albert M. Higley Company
- Construction Renovation Honorable Mention – The City Club of Cleveland Relocation, Turner Construction Company
- Construction Renovation Honorable Mention – Cleveland Museum of Natural History Centennial Transformation, Panzica Construction
- Architectural Design Project of the Year – TREO Apartments, NORR
- Interior Design Project of the Year – Cleveland Foundation, Vocon
- Interior Design Project of the Year – TREO Apartments, NORR
- Developer of the Year – Geis Companies
- Development of the Year – TREO Apartments, Mavrek Inc.
- Landscape Project of the Year – Broadmoor School, CT Consultants
- Placemaking Project of the Year – Lorain County Community College Stocker Plaza Reimagined, Weber Murphy Fox
- Exterior Renovation Project of the Year – 1128 State, Weber Murphy Fox
- Interior Renovation Project of the Year – Fahrenheit, Vocon
- Rising Star of the Year – Claire Coyne McCoy, Newmark
- Marous Brothers Construction Transaction of the Year – Faber-Castell USA, Inc. Headquarters and Distribution Center, Joseph V. Barna, SIOR and George J. Pofok, CCIM, SIOR, Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate
- Investment Transaction of the Year – Cleveland Clinic Middleburg Heights Family Health Center, Spencer Pisczak, Premier Development Partners
- Industry Recognition – David P. O’Neill, Jr., Hanna Commercial Real Estate
- Lifetime Achievement – Joseph V. Barna, Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate Company
- President’s Award – Randy Ruttenberg, Fairmount Properties
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