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CPExecutive.com RRISINGISING TTOO TTHEHE TTOPOP 19 20 Presenting the Recipients of the 2019 Distinguished Achievement Awards 19 TABLE OF CONTENTS 20 4 Foreword: Meet the Winners 6 Best Investment Transaction: Single Property 10 Best Investment Transaction: Portfolio 12 Best Lease 14 Most Effective Property Management Program 16 Most Effective Repositioning/ Redevelopment Plan 18 Best Development 20 Unbuilt 22 Sales Broker of the Year 24 Rising Star SIGN UP FOR YOUR FREE SUBSCRIPTION For new subscriptions, renewals or address changes @ https://www.cpexecutive.com/subscriptions/ This is a special publication from Commercial Property Executive (ISSN 1042-1675; USPS 003-611), which is pro- duced 10 times annually by Yardi Systems, Inc., 60 E. 42nd Street, Suite 2130, New York, NY 10165. One-year digital edition subscriptions, newsletter subscriptions, changes of address and other customer inquiries can be completed at www.cpexecutive.com. Copyright 2019 by Yardi Systems, Inc. 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In the pages that follow, you’ll meet exemplary professionals and read about ingenuity in dealmak- ing, development and design, along with insights from our judges into what made these entries stand out. You may also want to view our video offering further observations from the judges on trends exemplified by the submission pool, along with photos and the write-up of the awards event, which took place at 10 Grand Central in New York City on Oct. 3. Special thanks to our judges and event sponsors. 4 Distinguished Achievement Awards 2019 | Commercial Property Executive SELF-GUIDED APARTMENT TOURS The New Way to Lease Tour24 is the new app for self-guided apartment tours that makes it faster and easier to rent an apartment – for both the leasing staff and renters. Online videos are good – but before you put down a deposit on an apartment, you want to actually see it…in real life. 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Medfield, MA [email protected] 888-297-7411 www.tour24now.com 19 BEST INVESTMENT TRANSACTION: SINGLE PROPERTY 20 GOLD Chelsea Market Cushman & Wakefield, Broker Buyer: Google Seller: Jamestown Property Type: Mixed-use (office, retail) Price: $2.4 billion Building Size: 1.2 million square feet Year Built: 1997 Cushman & Wakefield handled the biggest property deal of the year in Manhattan—and the largest single-asset sale ever in New York City—by negotiating Google’s purchase of Chelsea Market, a full-block, mixed-use asset in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The property is adjacent to Google’s local head- quarters at 111 Eighth Ave., which the search engine giant purchased in 2010. With owner- ship of both properties, the company plans to create an urban campus that will further strengthen the Big Apple’s status as a tech innovation hub. The judges commented that the all-cash deal, involving a property midway between the Hudson Square neighborhood and the Hudson Yards development, would further support the in-progress transforma- tion of Manhattan’s West Side. Pulling off a record sale in a city synonymous with epic real estate transactions is a major feat, the panel added. Cushman & Wakefield’s Doug- las Harmon, Adam Spies and Kevin Donner arranged the sale. Pulling off a record sale in a city synonymous with epic real estate transactions is a major feat. 6 Distinguished Achievement Awards 2019 | Commercial Property Executive Image by Colin Miller, from Business Wire CAPTURE THE DETAILS THAT MATTER CRISTAUX.COM 19 BEST INVESTMENT TRANSACTION: SINGLE PROPERTY 20 GOLD Ferry Building Hudson Pacific Properties and Hudson Pacific Properties and Allianz Real process through Eastdil Secured, forming a Allianz Real Estate, Buyers Estate partnered to buy a leasehold interest joint venture agreement among the buyers Seller: Equity Office in the land and improvements for the San and working with an array of public agen- Property Types: Transit, office and retail Francisco Ferry Building from Equity Of- cies—including the Port of San Francisco, Price: $291 million fice, the Blackstone Group affiliate. Follow- the city Historic Preservation Commission ing the all-cash deal, Hudson Pacific owns and the San Francisco Bay Conservation Broker: Eastdil Secured a 55 percent interest and serves as man- and Development Commission—to en- Building Size: 268,018 square feet aging member and day-to-day operator of sure the property’s historic integrity. The Year Built: 1898 the renowned property, while Allianz owns 121-year-old architectural jewel is poised to a 45 percent interest. The judges were im- benefit from expanded ferry service as well pressed by the formidable complexity of the as new programs, amenities and events im- deal, which involved navigating an open bid plemented by the joint venture. 8 Distinguished Achievement Awards 2019 | Commercial Property Executive Ferry Building image by Nat & Cody Gantz 19 20 HONORABLE MENTION Thank You To 3 Becker Farm Road Newmark Knight Frank, Broker Our Industry Judges Buyer: Westwood Properties Seller: Normandy Real Estate Partners Steven Bandolik, Deloitte Property Type: Office Price: $17.2 million Gregg Gerken, TD Bank Building Size: 115,422 square feet Year Built: 1984; renovated 2013-14 Drew Johnson, Knotel Newmark Knight Frank’s Tri-State Capital Markets team repre- sented Normandy Real Estate Partners and Partners Group in Steven Kurtz, BDO the sale of this Class A office building in Roseland, N.J., achieving record pricing in the submarket that equates to some $150 per square foot. The brokerage frim persuaded the buyer, a Korean Joseph Lauro, Gensler equity fund making its maiden acquisition in the U.S., to defease the existing CMBS loan at its own expense ($1.5 million), rather than assume the loan. That created a highly competitive offer and a more seamless transaction process. The property in western Es- sex County is 97 percent leased to a diverse base of corporate tenants and recently underwent a $2 million overhaul that reeled in long-term commitments by anchor tenants Mandelbaum Salsburg Thank You To and Tompkins McGuire. The sale achieved a 9.4 percent cap rate. The judges called it “a good sale” that offers a healthy measure of Our Event Sponsors potential upside. BUILDER DIVISION ® CPExecutive.com | Distinguished Achievement Awards 2019 9 19 BEST INVESTMENT TRANSACTION: PORTFOLIO 20 GOLD EdR Greystar Real Estate Partners, Buyer Seller: EdR Property Type: Student housing Price: $4.6 billion Financial Advisors: J.P. Morgan Securities for Greystar; BofA Merrill Lynch for EdR Portfolio Size: 47,000 beds Greystar Real Estate Partners, the largest multifamily operator in the U.S., chalked up the year’s biggest multifamily acquisition by successfully privatizing EdR, a student hous- ing REIT with a $4.6 billion portfolio spanning 84 properties across 47 colleges and uni- versities. The deal brought years of strategic planning to bear, as Greystar, already a major student housing player in Europe, had long in- tended to bolster its U.S. portfolio to capitalize on the recession-resilient sector. The com- Image by Thomas Watkins; courtesy of EdR pany saw a prime opportunity to accelerate its growth by leveraging EdR’s vast collection of premier on-campus and off-campus hous- ing in such markets as Lexington, Ky.; Phoe- nix; Madison, Wis.; and Charlottesville, Va. Judges were impressed by the creativity and sheer scale of the transaction, which closed in September 2018. “It’s an interesting way for Greystone to protect its investment and it’s a long-term play,” noted the judges. ❝It’s an interesting way for Greystone to protect its investment and it’s a long-term play.❞ 10 Distinguished Achievement Awards 2019 | Commercial Property Executive Photo courtesy of Ollie Ollie | Alta WeWork/WeLive | Wall Street/Crystal City Photo by Ray Cavicchio / Courtesy of Jonathan Rose Companies Furnish Fearlessly. Furnish Monadnock Development/Ollie | Carmel Place Jonathan Rose Companies | Caesura Transforming furnishings from Resource Furniture add measurable value to every micro and co-living project. Maximize functionality and enhance market appeal -without increasing the footprint. Exclusively from Resource Furniture. 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