NAIOP Awards of Excellence 2026 Winners Announced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                           

NAIOP Awards of Excellence Recognizes Best and Brightest in Local Commercial Real Estate Community

Cleveland, May 13, 2026 —the Awards of Excellence presented by NAIOP Northern Ohio Chapter took place on Wednesday, May 13 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 2025.  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 Platinum Sponsor JTL Construction, Bar Sponsors (who offered signature drinks) were American Structurepoint, AODK Architecture, Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate and Vocon.  We’re grateful for “Properties Magazine” who served as Media Sponsor as well as Silver Sponsors Duffy + Duffy Cost Segregation and Haworth/RCF Group and Bronze Sponsors CBRE, CESO, First American Title Insurance Company and Weber Murphy Fox.  Many thanks to these generous companies and individuals for their continued support.  

Event Co-Chairs who worked tirelessly over the last year were Mike Konrad of American Structurepoint and David Thal of Weber Murphy Fox. Special thanks to Austin Love of Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate who was an amazing event emcee.

Below is a listing of the celebrated winners of each category.

  • New Construction Project of the Year – Honorable Mention: Skyline 776 Apartments, Cleveland Construction and St. Ignatius High School Expansion, Turner Construction Company.  Winner: The Davey Tree Expert Company SEED Campus, The Ruhlin Company
  • Construction Renovation Project of the Year – Honorable Mention: CBRE WP360, Higley Construction.  Winner: Cleveland Institute of Music Kulas Hall, Turner Construction Company
  • Architectural Design Project of the Year – Midtown Collaboration Center, Vocon
  • Interior Design Project of the Year – Kyocera AVX – New Facility, Weber Murphy Fox
  • Exterior Renovation Project of the Year – Sandusky Justice Center, Bowen
  • Interior Renovation Project of the Year – Honorable Mention: Visible Voice Books, AODK Architecture.  Winner: Globe Iron, LDA Architects Inc.
  • Development of the Year – Chagrin Riverwalk Phase III, Marous Development Group
  • Landscape Architecture Project of the Year – Circle East Greenway Pedestrian Park, Cuyahoga Land Bank
  • Transaction of the Year – Catanese Classic Seafood Building Sale and New Lease, Eliot Kijewski, Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate
  • Rising Star of the Year – Robby Martinelli, Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate
  • Broker of the Year – Connor Redman, Cushman & Wakefield | CRESCO Real Estate
  • Industry Recognition – Scott Skinner, North Coast Waterfront Development Corporation
  • Lifetime Achievement – Spencer Pisczak, Premier Development Partners
  • President’s Award – Craig Miller, Duffy + Duffy Cost Segregation

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