NAIOP Maryland honored 14 different companies and five commercial real estate professionals in 19 separate categories at its bi-annual Awards of Excellence in front of a sold-out crowd at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront.
The program celebrates and recognizes the innovative achievements of regional commercial real estate developers, as well as the companies and professionals that service this industry throughout the Maryland region. Ryan Burrows, JLL, Morgan Gilligan, Stewart Title Guaranty Company, and Nicole Wilhelm Smith, Plano-Coudon Construction served as Co-Chairs of the program.
Owen Rouse, senior vice president of MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services, LLC, was named winner of the NAIOP Maryland Lifetime Achievement Award, based on his accomplishments in investment, acquisition and disposition, development, and capital markets for more than 40 years and his continued support of NAIOP Maryland and the CRE community.
Other individual award winners were:
F. Patrick Hughes Legislative Award
Manis Canning & Associates
Greg Masi Volunteer Award
Jannine Hayes, Knott Realty Group
Rising Star Award
Michael Tait, St. John Properties Inc.
Broker Award
“Dan Callihan, Newmark
Service Provider Award
Kelly Ennis, The Verve Partnership
The project and transaction award winners were:
Best Warehouse
City Logistics, MRP Industrial
Best Transaction
ACE Logistics Center, MCB Real Estate LLC
Best Build-to-Suit Warehouse
GAF Distribution Center, Chesapeake Contracting Group
Best Adaptive Reuse – Warehouse/Office Redevelopment
Chesapeake Veterinary Referral Center at Yorkridge Center North, St. John Properties, Inc.
Best Industrial Park
Bainbridge, MRP Industrial
Best Low to Mid-Rise Office
40TEN, Chesapeake Contracting Group
Best High-Rise Office
100 Light Street, COPT Defense Properties
Best Interior
Greenberg Gibbons Headquarters, JP2 Architects
Best Amenity Space
10490 – Amenity Lounge, Howard Hughes Holdings Inc.
Best Build-to-Suit Office Building – Private Sector
Buch Construction Headquarters Building, Greenebaum Enterprises,Inc.
Best Build-to-Suit Office Building – Public Sector
Administrative Office of the Courts at Annapolis Corporate Park, St. John Properties Inc.
Best Office Park
Columbia Corporate Park, Merritt Properties, LLC
Best Transit-Oriented Development
Marriott Owings Mills Metro Centre, David S. Brown Enterprises Ltd.
Best Community Impact – New Development
United Way Family Center in Columbia, COPT Defense Properties
Best Community Impact – Redevelopment
Northwood Commons, SDG Real Estate Group, MCB Real Estate, MLR Partners and JP2 Architects
NAIOP Maryland has nearly 400 members and is comprised of individuals working for real estate development companies, brokerage firms and affiliated companies such as financial institutions, architectural firms, and engineers.
The organization is the nation’s leading trade association for developers, owners, investors and other professionals in industrial, office and mixed-use commercial real estate. Comprising 20,000 members in chapters throughout North America, the organization provides networking opportunities, educational programs, research on trends and innovations and strong legislative representation.