NAIOP honors area’s best at annual Spotlight Awards

Friday, March 26, 2010 | 6 a.m.

The Freeman building and Corporate Center VI (2360 Corporate Circle) in Green Valley won “Best Building” honors for Southern Nevada at the 13th Annual NAIOP Spotlight Awards earlier this month.

The ceremony, held at the M Resort, brought together more than 400 attendees from the commercial real estate industry to celebrate the best commercial real estate projects and professionals of 2009.

The event was hosted by NAIOP Southern Nevada, a chapter of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, and CenturyLink. The awards show was divided into two areas for members to enter. First were the project awards. Under this section there were 16 categories ranging from master-planned office and industrial parks and buildings to common area interiors.

Applications were judged by a panel of industry leaders from the Southern California market. The chapter received more than 50 entries this year.

This year’s judges were: Michael W. McNerney, a shareholder of Lowe Enterprises and senior vice president of Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Group in Orange County and San Diego County, Calif.; Todd Davis of Cassidy Turley/BRE Commercial; Brett Ward of Cassidy Turley/BRE Commercial; Greg Mueller, Principal and CEO of Tucker Sadler Architects; and Robin Tsuchida, Vice President of Sundt Construction.

The Industrial Building of the Year, Freeman, was developed by privately held tradeshow and convention servicer Freeman Company, designed by EV&A Architects and built by United Construction. The 412,000-square-foot building is near Sunset Road and Rainbow Boulevard. Freeman, which produces some 600 trade shows and other events annually in Las Vegas, said the building consolidated several of its Las Vegas facilities.

The Office Building of the Year, Corporate Center VI (2360 Corporate Circle), was developed by American Nevada Company, designed by TKC Design PC and built by The Korte Company.

Corporate Center VI is a four-story office building in the 90-acre Green Valley Corporate Center at Interstate 215 and Green Valley Parkway in Henderson. It was the first building in the state to achieve a LEED Gold certification for core and shell construction.

American Nevada Company and In Business Las Vegas are both part of The Greenspun Corporation.

The Honor Award winners by category, project and development team include:

• Industrial Building: Freeman, developed by Freeman Company; designed by EV&A Architects; and built by United Construction.

• Industrial Building Incubator/Flex: Discovery Gateway Business Park, developed by Abbott Bros. Development; designed by Dekker/Perich/Sabatini Architects; and built by Western Pride Construction.

• Office Building - Single Story: Hills Center North, Lot 4 Office Building, developed by Windmill Development; designed by Dekker/Perich/Sabatini Architects; and built by SIMAC Construction.

• Office Building - Two Story: Marnell Airport Center - MAC 1, developed by Marnell Properties; designed by KKE Architects; and built by Burke & Associates Inc.

• Office Building -Four or More Story: Corporate Center VI, developed by American Nevada Company; designed by TKC Design PC; and built by The Korte Company.

• Public Use Facility: Valley of Fire Administration Building, developed by State of Nevada Parks; designed by Carpenter Sellers Del GattoArchitects; and built by Trade West.

• Redevelopment Project: Nevada Partners Culinary Training Academy, developed by Nevada Partners Inc.; designed by SH Architecture; and built by Burke & Associates Inc.

• Special Purpose Industrial: Evergreen Recycling Center, developed by Rob Dorinson; designed by Sherman Architecture; and built by Affordable Concepts Inc.

• Retail Professional Building: Town & Country Southern Highlands; developed by Town & Country Bank; designed by Carpenter Sellers Del Gatto Architects; and built by Tiberti – Blood.

• Retail Service Center Building: Cashman Equipment Company - North Las Vegas Rental Facility; developed by Cashman Equipment Company; designed by SH Architecture; and built by Burke & Associates Inc.

• Retail Shopping Center Building: McCarran Marketplace; developed by Marnell Properties; designed by Marnell Architecture; and built by ADT Construction.

• Interiors - Office: Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., Interiors, developed by Pinnacle Entertainment; designed by Dekker/Perich/Sabatini Architects & Pinnacle Entertainment (Interior Design); and built by Crisci Builders.

• Interiors - Industrial: General Electric at Building B/Northern Beltway Industrial Center, developed by Thomas & Mack Development Group; designed by Lee & Sakahara Architects Inc.; and built by Tradewinds Construction.

• Interiors - Special Purpose: Odds On Records & Studios, developed by Odds Off Ltd.; designed by Affordable Concepts Inc. (Designer: Yanchar Design and Consulting Group); and built by Affordable Concepts Inc.

• Interiors - Common Area: Perini Building Company Corporate Headquarters developed by Perini Building Company; designed by Pugsley. Simpson. Coulter. Architects; and built by Perini Building Company.

• Exteriors – Common Area Design and Landscape Design: Southwest Gas Outdoor Living Demonstration Area, developed by Southwest Gas Corporation; designed by JW Zunino Landscape Architecture; and built by United Construction.

Besides the Honor Awards for projects handed out during the evening’s festivities, awards were also handed out to NAIOP members honoring their achievements during the past year within their specific fields.

Industry Award winners are selected through a nomination process by the members and then voted on by a group of 56 active members. Qualifications include the individual’s and/or firm’s participation in NAIOP, contributions to the chapter and community, and leadership within the industry.

Michael Shohet of Territory Incorporated received the Principal Member of the Year Award and John Restrepo of Restrepo Consulting Group received the Associate Member of the Year Award. Dana Berggren of Prudential/IPG Commercial Real Estate received the Office Broker of the Year while the Higgins Team of Voit Real Estate Services received the Industrial Broker of the Year.

Industry Awards were also presented to companies who demonstrated excellence in their specific fields.

Panattoni Development Company received the award for Development Firm of the Year. Dekker/Perich/Sabatini Architects received Architecture Firm of the Year honors. Martin-Harris Construction was recognized as the General Contracting Firm of the Year. Wright Engineers was named Engineering Firm of the Year. The Brokerage Firm of the Year award was given to Colliers International – Las Vegas.