2021 CPE Executive of the Year Awards Roundup
The CPE team is pleased to present our 2021 award winners, including Executive of the Year and Innovator of the Year Owen Thomas, and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Mary Ann Tighe.
Commercial Property Executive’s editorial team is thrilled to announce the Executive of the Year Award winners for 2021. Representing the breadth of the industry, these individuals managed to seize opportunity, innovate ideas and break records despite the difÂficulties and uncertainties presented by the nearly two-year-long pandemic.
This year’s first-place winners and honorable mentions are the investors, developers,  financiers and service professionals who were involved in the largest and most complex recent deals and developments in the U.S., and other parts of the world, as well. Aside from being household names, they continue to amaze and inspire their peers with their achievements, and they deserve our recognition.
Join us as we honor these individuals, who were nominated via a secret ballot of the CPE 100, a volunteer group of industry leaders.
Read our full coverage: CPE’s Executive of the Year Awards 2021
2021 CPE Executive of the Year Winners
Executive Of the Year & Innovator of the Year
Owen Thomas, Director & CEO, Boston Properties
Owen Thomas, Director & CEO, Boston Properties. Image courtesy of Boston Properties
Lifetime Achievement Award
Mary Ann Tighe, CEO, Tri-State Region, CBRE
Mary Ann Tighe, CEO, Tri-State Region, CBRE. Image by Weston Wells
Investor of the Year
Tyler Henritze, Head of Real Estate Acquisitions, Americas, Blackstone
Developer of the Year & Honorable Mention for Office Property Executive of the Year
Matthew Kelly, CEO, JBG SMITH Properties
Service Executive of the Year
Bob Sulentic, President & CEO, CBRE Group Inc.
Financier of the Year
Roy Hilton March, CEO, Eastdil Secured
Office Property Executive of the Year, Honorable Mention for Innovator of the Year & Honorable Mention for Developer of the Year
Jeffrey Hines, Chairman & CEO, Hines
Industrial Property Executive of the Year
David Gilbert, President, CEO & Chief Investment Officer, Clarion Partners
Net Lease Executive of the Year
Camille Renshaw, Co-Founder & CEO, B+E
Honorable Mention
Executive of the Year & Developer of the Year
Mike Lafitte, CEO, Trammell Crow Co.
Executive of the Year & Investor of the Year
Chris Lee, Partner & Head of Real Estate Americas, KKR & Co.
Investor of the Year
Nathalie Palladitcheff, President & CEO, Ivanhoe Cambridge
Service Executive of the Year
Hessam Nadji, President & CEO, Marcus & Millichap
Mark Rose, CEO, Avison Young
Financier of the Year
Kara McShane, Managing Director & Head of Commercial Real Estate Finance, Wells Fargo
Miriam Wheeler & Ted Borter Co-Heads, Americas Real Estate Financing Group, Goldman Sachs
Innovator of the Year
Victor Coleman, Chairman & CEO, Hudson Pacific Properties
Office Property Executive of the Year
Brian Kingston, Managing Partner & CEO, Brookfield Real Estate Group, Brookfield Property Partners
Industrial Property Executive of the Year
Michael Brennan, Chairman & Managing Principal, Brennan Investment Group
Net Lease Executive of the Year
John Park, President, W.P. Carey
Jonathan Hipp, Principal & Head of U.S. Net Lease Group, Avison Young
The Popular Vote
The ballot was also posted on our website, with the industry-at-large invited to weigh in. Here are the results:
Executive of the Year
First Place:
Chris Lee, Partner & Head of Real Estate Americas, KKR & Co.
Honorable Mention:
Debra Cafaro, CEO, Ventas
Owen Thomas, Director & CEO, Boston Properties
Lifetime Achievement
Mary Ann Tighe, CEO, Tri-State Region, CBRE
Investor of the Year
First Place:
Tyler Henritze, Head of Real Estate Acquisitions, Americas, Blackstone
Nathalie Palladitcheff, President & CEO, Ivanhoe Cambridge
Honorable Mention:
Chris Lee, Partner & Head of Real Estate Americas, KKR & Co.
Developer of the Year
First Place:
Jeffrey Hines, Chairman & CEO, Hines
Honorable Mention:
Victor Coleman, Chairman & CEO, Hudson PaciÂfic Properties
John Kilroy, Chairman & CEO, Kilroy Realty Corp.
Service Executive of the Year
First Place:
Mitchell Rudin, Chairman & CEO, Savills North America
Honorable Mention:
Christian Ulbrich, President & CEO, JLL
Hessam Nadji, President & CEO, Marcus & Millichap
Financier of the Year
First Place:
Roy Hilton March, CEO, Eastdil Secured
Kara McShane, Managing Director & Head of Commercial Real Estate Finance, Wells Fargo
Honorable Mention:
Kathy Farrell, Head, Commercial Real Estate, Truist
Innovator of the Year
First Place:
Sarah King, Director of Sustainability, Skanska
Victor Coleman, Chairman & CEO, Hudson PaciÂfic Properties
Honorable Mention:
Sara Neff, Head of ESG, Lendlease
Office Property Executive of the Year
First Place:
Lisa Picard, President & CEO, EQ OfÂfice
Honorable Mention:
Brandon Shorenstein, Chairman & CEO, Shorenstein Properties
Brian Kingston, Managing Partner & CEO, BrookÂfield Real Estate Group and BrookÂfield Property Partners
Industrial Property Executive of the Year
First Place:
Adon Panattoni, CEO, Panattoni Development Co.
Ming Mei, Co-Founder & CEO, GLP
Honorable Mention:
Michael Brennan, Chairman & Managing Principal, Brennan Investment Group
Net Lease Executive of the Year
First Place:
Ben Reinberg, CEO, Alliance Consolidated Group of Cos.
Honorable Mention:
Randy Blankstein, President, The Boulder Group
Camille Renshaw, Co-Founder & CEO, B+E
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