And the 2025 finalists are...
NAIOP South Florida is proud to announce our finalists for the Awards of Excellence! Our judges spent several hours reviewing and discussing the nominations. It was a difficult task for this esteemed group to narrow down to these finalists, who are each deserving of being the winner.
Please join us for our 48th year of celebration on Thursday, April 30, 2026, at The JW Marriott Marquis in Miami, where the winners will be announced.
There will be opportunities for sponsorship where you can market your company to this exceptional group of South Florida commercial real estate leaders.
It promises to be a fun and exciting evening, and we look forward to welcoming you at the event!
Congratulations to all of our 2025 finalists!
Darcie Lunsford
2026 Awards of Excellence Chair
Executive Vice President & Director of Office Leasing
Colliers
Jules Morgan
Executive Director
NAIOP South Florida
Law Firm of the Year
Nelson Mullins
Holland & Knight
Sale of the Year
Private
1200 Corporate Place - Marcus & Millichap
131 E Atlantic Avenue - Cushman & Wakefield
4440 PGA - Colliers
Miramar Industrial Portfolio - Cushman & Wakefield
Motorola Solutions R&D Facility - Cushman & Wakefield
Waterford Business District Land Sale to Carnival - Blanca Commercial Real Estate
West Park Portfolio Sale - Berger Commercial Realty
Institutional
Bank of America Plaza - CBRE
Interstate Commerce Center - Colliers
Ironwood Commerce Center Phase II- CBRE
Sabadell Financial Center - CBRE
Broker Individual
Derek Baker - Colliers
Douglas K. Mandel - Marcus & Millichap
Jordan Beck - Berger Commercial Realty
Lesley Sheinberg - NAI Merin Hunter Codman
Zachary Talbot - Cresa
Broker Team
Capital Markets
CBRE National Industrial & Logistics Partners Florida team - Jose Lobón, Trey Barry, Brian
Linnihan, and Frank Fallon, Royce Rose, George Fallon, Gabe Braun and Daniel Sarmiento
CBRE National Office Partners Florida team – Christian Lee and Sean Kelly
Cushman & Wakefield South Florida Capital Markets Team - Scott O’Donnell, Dominic Montazemi, Jason Hochman, Miguel Alcivar, Greg Miller, Mike Ciadella, and Ron Granite
Leasing Team
Blanca Commercial Real Estate - Tere Blanca, Juan Ruiz, Andres del Corral, Jack Davidson and
Jessy Aguila
Cushman & Wakefield's South Florida Industrial Team - Chris Metzger, Rick Etner, Christopher
Thomson, Matthew G. McAllister, Eric Cantor, Nicolas Reid
TCRE - Jon Blunk, Laurel Oswald, Cristina Glaria, Harrison Mischel and Kyle Pasciuto-Kenny
Colliers - The Falk-Weprin Team
Developing Leader of the Year
Cara Girardi - Colliers
Gevorg Shahbazyan - Starlife Group Companies
Paul Siciliano – CBRE
Office Lease of the Year
ADP Lease at Waterford Business District - Blanca Commercial Real Estate
Audemars Piguet Miami Beach - Deco Capital
City National Bank - 2701 Le Jeune - CBRE
GFL Environmental - Deco Capital
Kanner & Pintaluga, P.A. Lease, The Eclipse - PEBB Enterprises
Shutts & Bowen - TCRE
Industrial Lease of the Year
ATOPS lease – Link Logistics
GOFO EXPRESS, INC. - State Street Realty, Lee & Associates & Prologis
Interworld Freight Lease at Prologis Flagler Station - Colliers
MDH Jupiter Logistics Center - Vetio Animal Health - JLL
Mr. Greens Produce - Colliers
Niagara Bottling - Colliers
Prologis Gratigny Building 15 - JLL
Transpire Bio Lease - Cushman & Wakefield
Small Bay Industrial Lease of the Year
LFax LLC - Genet Property Group
Miramar Industrial Portfolio - Cushman & Wakefield
Werock, LLC - 3611 NW 124th Avenue Coral Springs, FL - JLL
Small Bay Leasing Agent of the Year
Lawrence Oxenberg - Berger Commercial Realty
Peter Johnston – JLL
Project of the Year
Bridge Point Flagler Station – Bridge Industrial
Glades Logistics Center - Catamount Constructors, Inc.
Logistics Center at Delray - FRP Development Corp
Eighteen Sunset – Deco Capital
Shoppers Haven – Stiles
Wynwood Arts Project - Nelson Mullins/ Shorenstein
Wynwood Plaza - Holland & Knight/ Oak Row Equities and L&L Holding Company
One Flagler – Related Ross
Economic Impact
Ideal Nutrition Distribution Center– Colliers / Prologis / Business Development Board of Palm
Beach County
Legacy Park at Tradition – Holland & Knight / Sansone Group
Project Star – Biomanufacturing Expansion - City of Boca Raton Office of Economic Development
One Flagler –Related Ross
The Pomp – Holland & Knight/ Cordish Companies
The Nora District - Holland & Knight / NDT Development and Place Projects
Wynwood Plaza - Holland & Knight / Oak Row Equities and L&L Holding Company
Developer of the Year
Related Ross
Lifetime Achievement
Tere Blanca – Blanca Commercial Real Estate