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The 27th Annual Commercial Real Estate Awards Gala
May 15, 2014 - The Palace at Somerset Park

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27th Annual Gala Chairs
Dave Gibbons, Elberon Development Co.
Jonathan Meisel, Jones Lang LaSalle
David Gockel, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services


The 2014 Honorees Deal of the Year Winners

Creative Deal of the Year:The New Jersey Center of Excellence at Bridgewater (Bridgewater)

A successful rebranding and repurposing of a major pharmaceutical research campus in a 12-month period utilizing a focused leasing program and capital markets platform to create a value opportunity investment and redevelopment opportunity sale. Involved in the deal: Jones Lang LaSalle, Advance Realty, Sanofi, JM Zell, Ashland Inc., CrossHarbor Capital Partners LLC, Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, Colliers International, Cresa NJ and Bridgewater Township.

Office/Mixed Use Deal of the Year: GAF Headquarters (Parsippany)

GAF conducted a comprehensive multi-state search with CBRE to secure a single facility to consolidate its current multi-building HQ campus into a Class A environment with easy access and high visibility. Normandy Real Estate Partners is advising GAF, including acting as the project manager, on the upgrade of the new corporate headquarters. Involved in the deal: GAF, CBRE, Normandy Real Estate Partners, and Rockwood Real Estate Advisors.

Industrial Deal of the Year: NFI Park at Florence Crossings (Florence)

Two build-to-suit projects located in Florence, NJ. A 526,050 SF Northeast Distribution Center for Subaru of America, Inc., and a 238,732 SF pharmacy fulfillment center for Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc. Both are state of the art construction with 650-700 temporary construction jobs and approximately 750 permanent jobs.Involved in the deal: NFI, Subaru of America Inc., Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc., CBRE, Arco Design Build, Ware Malcomb, Taylor Wiseman & Taylor, Wells Fargo and Florence Township.





Photos by Gary Gellman, Gellman Images


Recipients of the 27th Annual Commercial Real Estate Awards (above) and Deal of the Year Awards (below).






























































See Who Was There

  • Accutest Laboratories
  • Adler Development
  • Advance Realty
  • AKF Group
  • Alliance Environmental
  • ALM Real Estate Media
  • AMA Consulting Engineers
  • A Strauss-Wieder, Inc.
  • Avison Young
  • The Aztec Company
  • Bank of Woodbridge
  • Barr & Barr
  • Beckerman PR
  • Belden Tri-State Brick
  • Bergman Real Estate Group
  • The Bloustein School at Rutgers
  • Blue Line Drywall & Builders
  • Bohler Engineering
  • Brach Eichler
  • Branca Properties
  • Brandywine Realty Trust
  • Capital One Commercial Banking
  • Carpenter Contractor Trust of NY & NJ
  • Caryl Communications
  • Cassidy Turley
  • CBRE
  • CenterPoint Properties
  • C. Franzini Consultants
  • Chicago Title
  • Choose New Jersey
  • Coldwell Banker Commercial
  • Cole Schotz
  • Colliers International
  • Colonial Concrete Company
  • Commonwealth Land Title
  • Corporate Construction Services
  • CoStar Group, Inc.
  • County Concrete Corporation
  • Cronheim Mortgage
  • CrownPoint Group
  • Cushman & Wakefield
  • DCT Industrial
  • Denholtz Associates
  • Drinker Biddle
  • Dynamic Engineering Consultants
  • Eastman Management
  • EBI Consulting
  • EcolSciences, Inc.
  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • Elberon Development Co.
  • ELEC Engineers Labor-Employer Cooperative
  • Ernst & Young
  • Evensonbest
  • EWMA
  • Excel Environmental Resources
  • Extech Building
  • Federal Business Centers
  • F&G Mechanical
  • F. Greek Development
  • First American Title Insurance Company
  • First Bank
  • Forsgate Industrial Partners
  • Fox Rothschild
  • Garibaldi Group
  • Gensler Architects
  • Gibbons PC
  • Giordano Halleran & Ciesla
  • GK Realty
  • Golub Isabel & Cervino
  • Gottesman Real Estate Partners
  • Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis
  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • GS Wilcox & Co.
  • Guerriero Landscaping
  • The Hampshire Companies
  • Hartz Mountain Industries
  • Heritage Capital Group
  • Herman Miller
  • HFF
  • Hidalgo Communications
  • Hollister Construction
  • IDB Bank
  • Impact Environmental
  • Infinity Electric, Inc.
  • Ingerman
  • Interstate Drywall
  • Investors Bank
  • IPA, LLC
  • Ivy Equities
  • JAJ Construction
  • JG Petrucci Co. Inc.
  • JM Sorge
  • Jones Lang LaSalle
  • Kablan Plumbing & Heating
  • KB Management Partners
  • Keller Augusta Partners
  • Key Bank
  • Khachaturian Engineering
  • Kimball Office
  • KSS Architects
  • KTR Capital
  • The Kushner Real Estate Group
  • Kwartler Associates
  • Lakeland Bank
  • Langan Engineering and Environmental Services
  • LCOR
  • Lee & Associates
  • Liberty Property Trust
  • Links Insurance Service
  • Lowenstein Sandler
  • Mack-Cali Realty Corporation
  • Mancini-Duffy
  • Marcum LLP
  • Marcus & Millichap
  • Maser Consulting PA
  • Massey Knakal Realty Services
  • Matrix Development Group
  • Matrix New World
  • McCarter & English
  • Melick-Tully and Associates
  • Mill Creek Residential
  • M&T Bank
  • Monmouth University/The Kislak School
  • The Morris Companies
  • Mountain Development
  • Murray Construction
  • NAI James E Hanson
  • NAIOP
  • National Business Parks
  • Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
  • NJBIZ
  • New Jersey Business Action Center
  • New Jersey Business & Industry Association
  • New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJ EDA)
  • New Jersey LECET
  • The News Funnel
  • NFI Industries
  • NK Architects
  • Normandy Real Estate Partners
  • North Jersey LandCare Services
  • NorthMarq Capital
  • NRT
  • O'Donnell & Naccarato, Inc.
  • Omland Engineering
  • Orloff, Lowenbach, Stifelman & Siegel, PA
  • Partner Engineering & Science
  • PBA Engineering, Inc.
  • Planned Companies
  • Podvey Meanor
  • Port Authority of NYNJ
  • Porzio Bromberg & Newman
  • Prestige Title
  • Princeton Forrestal Center
  • Prism
  • Prologis
  • Provident Bank
  • Prudential Real Estate
  • Prudential Mortgage
  • PS&S
  • RC Andersen
  • Redcom Design & Construction
  • Riker Danzing Scherer Hyland & Perretti
  • River Drive Construction
  • Rock Brook Consulting Group, PA
  • Rockefeller Group
  • Rotwein & Blake
  • Russo Development
  • RXR Realty
  • SAA- Shlemmer Algaze Associates
  • SaxBST
  • Sills Cummis & Gross
  • Sitex Group
  • SJP Properties
  • Skoloff & Wolfe PC
  • Smith Pizzutillo
  • Somerset Development
  • Star Ledger
  • StructureTone
  • Studley
  • Sun National Bank
  • Sun Valley Services
  • Tantum Realty LLC
  • T&M Associates
  • Terracon
  • TriCon Construction
  • Trinity Contracting
  • TriState Capital Bank
  • TSS Facility Services
  • Tulfra Realty
  • Turner Construction
  • Unity Construction
  • Vision Real Estate Partners
  • VVA Sweett Project Managers & Consultants
  • Ware Malcomb
  • WB Wood
  • Weichert Commercial Real Estate
  • Wells Fargo Bank
  • Wells Fargo Insurance
  • Welsh Colliers International
  • Whitesell Construction
  • Whitman
  • Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer
  • Wilkin & Guttenplan, PC
  • Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf
  • Wiss & Company
  • Wolff & Samson







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