Commercial Real Estate Awards Celebrate Winners in Tough Year

The Business Journal recognized the top brokers and projects for 2020 in a virtual Commercial Real Estate Awards event on Wednesday.Prior to the awards, a panel of Yair Hamoff with brokerage Spectrum Commercial Real Estate and John Parker of construction firm Parker Brown discussed last year's economy in the Valley.Haimoff reported a 45 to 50 percent drop in leasing in the early period of the pandemic, particularly for entertainment, retail and gym clients. But eventually industrial sales and leases carried the company for the year."Industrial pretty much picked us up, with PPP and SBA financing programs that picked up the owner-user market," he said. "At this point, practically every industrial property for sale in the San Fernando Valley is in escrow."Looking forward, Parker predicted people would return to offices, just as office towers filled back up after 911.Here are the Gold award winners. The full list of winners will appear in the March 15 issue of the Business Journal.BROKER AWARDSIndustrial LeaseChad Gahr, David Young of NAI CapitalIndustrial SaleJohn DeGrinis, Patrick DuRoss, John Abraham of NewmarkLand SaleLaurie Lustig-Bower of CBREMedical SaleKevin Fenenbock, Jacob Mumper of Colliers InternationalRob Hooks, Dillon Moscone of Cushman & WakefieldMulti-Family SaleMichael Dixon, Ziv Kozaski of NAI Capital CommercialOffice LeaseNico Vilgiate, Nick Moscicki, Pat Church, Anneke Greco of Colliers InternationalOffice SaleYair Haimoff, Andrew Ghassemi, Matt Sreden of Spectrum Commercial Real EstateRetail LeaseScott Caswell, Erica Balin of Lee & Associates-LA North/VenturaRetail SaleEl Warner of Colliers International, David Lachoff of NewmarkBroker of the YearBennett Robinson, CBREPROJECT AWARDSBest Hospitality ProjectGlendale Marriott ResidenceRD Olson Development, developer and contractorWATG, architectBest Industrial ProjectAgoura LandmarkMartin Teitelbaum Construction, developer and contractorLanet/Shaw Architects, architectBest Office Project4130 CahuengaHarbor Associates, developerPinnacle Contracting Corp., general contractorWolcott Architecture, architectBest Public ProjectSimi Valley Free ClinicSimi Valley Free Clinic, developerParker Brown, contractorGP Architecture, architectBest Redevelopment ProjectPlaza Del ValleAgora Realty and Management Inc., developer and contractorMycotoo, architectBest Sustainable ProjectSwenson Science Center at California Lutheran UniversityCalifornia Lutheran University, developerW.E. O'Neil Construction Co., general contractorRasmussen & Associates, architect