Awards
Executive of the Year Spotlight: Bob Sulentic
Nearing $11 billion in 2015, CBRE’s annual revenue has grown by nearly 70 percent since Sulentic became CEO in 2012.
Executive of the Year Spotlight: Katy Gnapp
Based in Chicago, Gnapp manages 13 market teams, which provide banking and advisory services to more than 2,000 real estate clients.
Executive of the Year Spotlight: Bill Benjamin
In 2016, Ares allotted around $910 million of equity among 26 transactions and 87 properties.
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.
CPE’s 2016 Executives of the Year: The Popular Vote
CPE announced the winners of the 2016 Executive of the Year Awards. How did the public vote?
CREW Network Impact Awards: Impactful Influencers
CREW Network’s 2016 Impact Awards celebrate women who do double duty: achieve success in the male-dominated real estate industry and continue to raise the bar with the creative ways they structure deals and conduct business.