(Mark Your Calendars: RealShare REAL ESTATE 2012, March 22nd in Los Angeles).
ORANGE COUNTY-The first annual “SPIRE Awards” program, recognizing commercial real estate achievements by men and women in Orange County, will be put on by the Commercial Real Estate Women, Orange County chapter. Open to individuals and teams in development, construction, brokerage, interior design, lending and architecture, CREW’s SPIRE Awards recognize superior performance in real estate.
The Inaugural SPIRE Awards will be presented during a cocktail reception on March 1. Nomination forms for the first awards, which are due by February 8, are now available for download at www.crewocspireawards.com. CREW-OC will recognize the individual or team selected in the categories of: Development/Building and/or Renovation Project; Best in Leasing; Best in Sales; Most Significant Loan; CREW-OC Member; and Philanthropist.
“Bringing a major commercial real estate awards contest to Orange County is long overdue,” notes Jennifer Stroffe, president of CREW-OC and a senior associate at Friedman Stroffe & Gerard PC. “Commercial real estate is one of this county’s key industries. Orange County has served as a tremendous source of innovation in the field, and we are a catalyst for commercial real estate trends nationwide. Our SPIRE Awards will recognize some of the finest in the industry each year.”
The Inaugural SPIRE Awards are co-chaired by Dana White, VP of Bank of the West, past-president of CREW-OC and co-chair of CREW SPIRE Awards, and Sheldon Ascher of the Orange County Business Journal and co-chair of CREW SPIRE Awards.
The awards will be presented by Parker Kennedy, president of First American Title. There will also be a keynote by Kerry Vandel, the director of UCI Center for Real Estate. The awards judges include: Susan Graham, partner at Allen Matkins; Patrick Remolacio, managing director at Colliers International; Jane Lloyd, managing director of US investments at Dexus Property Group; Steve Milner, managing partner at Squar Milner; Marina Massari, SVP at the Irvine Co.; Lydia Shen, managing director at Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors; Guy Johnson, president & CEO of Johnson Capital; Sal Provenza, chairman of Building Blocks Foundation; Lisa Hirose, chief administration officer at Donahue Schriber; and David Kim, managing partner at the Bascom Group.
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