Sanyu Kyeyune
2016 Executives of the Year/First Place: Raising the Bar
By Sanyu Kyeyune This year marks CPE’s 20th Executives of the Year Awards, which recognizes commercial real estate’s top achievers as selected by their peers. The leaders you will read about in the next few pages represent the industry’s main business lines, from investment and development to finance and advisory services. Also recognized here is outstanding achievement in the major asset categories. As always, the winners of first-place and honorable mention awards were selected by a confidential vote of the CPE 100, an invited group of industry leaders. During a dynamic year, these executives have orchestrated some of the largest,…
Executive of the Year Spotlight: Jeff Hines
Industry veteran Jeff Hines received Honorable Mention for the 2016 Developer of the Year/Office Property Executive of the Year award.
Executive of the Year Spotlight: David Gilbert
This year, Gilbert’s firm acquired a large, multi-state retail portfolio and deepened its footprint in Seattle.
Executive of the Year Spotlight: Lawrence Gellerstedt III
This year, Gellerstedt led a merger with Parkway Properties, a Houston-concentrated office REIT.
Executive of the Year Spotlight: Glenn Rufrano
Rufrano implemented a plan to salvage VEREIT in the wake of an accounting scandal.
Converted Brooklyn Warehouses To Target TAMI Tenants
The largest mixed-use development in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood will activate the area with a mix of creative workspace and retail.
HFF Sells Seattle Parking Garage, Pockets $87M
The city of Seattle sold the 1,240-stall Pacific Place Garage to Madison Marquette.
New Roles for Lickerman, Stettinius at Cushman & Wakefield
Joe Stettinius will become chief executive of brokerage and capital markets for the Americas and Tod Lickerman will assume the role of the region’s chief executive.