Production accounts for 60% of the Broker of the Year competition. Squire no doubt received full marks in that category with an aggregate deal volume that topped $82 million in a year when, as Squire put it, "a lot of deals blew up." Some of his larger deals included: the $38-million sale of the 351,000-sf IBM Campus at Woodside and 39 excess acres to Wells Real Estate Funds; about 100,000 sf in three leases for Comcast; a 56,751-sf lease for PacifiCorp at 1900 Fourth Ave.; a 39,000-sf lease for Childpeace Montessori at 1516 NW Thurman; a 36,368-sf lease for PPM Energy at the Brewery Blocks; a 31,653-sf lease for SAS Institute at Amberglen Business Center, and; a 30,000-sf lease for NetIQ at Pacific First Center.

The rest of the score has to do with "giving back to the community," both the brokerage community and the community at large through civic activities and a desire to advance oneself through education and professional designations. Squire doesn't give up too much detail on his charitable activities, but those in the know say he donates more than his fair share of time and money to the Boy Scouts of America, with whom he is a scout leader, as well as Doernbecher Children's Hospital and United Way. Squire also is a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and has been named to Grubb & Ellis' national Circle of Excellence for eight years running.

Looking ahead to 2004, Squire tells GlobeSt.com it will be another year of "keeping your head down, working hard and working smart" while everyone waits for job growth to return. In 2000, before the dot-com implosion, Squire racked up an aggregate deal volume of $112 million. In 2002, his volume was $52 million.