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Past Champion Awards Winners

2010 Champion Awards Recipients

• Economic Leadership Award:  Bill Kalkhof, President of Downtown Durham
• Best Land Use:  East West Partners for East 54 project
• Best New Development Award:  Greg Sanchez of Tri Properties for the Quintiles building
• Powerhouse Award:  E. Stephen Stroud, SIOR, Chairman of NAI Carolantic Realty
• Best Redevelopment Project:  Wakelon School in Zebulon
• Trendsetter Award:  Ric Richards, McDonalds
• Community Enhancement Award:  Campbell University Law School
• Resilience Award:  Empire Properties
• Most Creative Local Marketing Campaign:  BJAC
• Best Professional Commercial Real Estate Service Award:  Robin Roseberry Anders, SIOR with NAI Carolantic Realty
• Triangle CREW Networking Award:  for the new HH Architecture offices:  Kristen Hess, Michelle Rich Goode, Chris Young, Laura Hulsey and Katherine Thomas.
• Impact Award:  Smedes York, Chairman of York Properties

2009 Champion Awards Recipients

• Most Innovative Financing Program: Renaissance Raleigh Hotel at North Hills – Concord Hospitality Enterprises
• Best New Mixed-Use Development: RBC Plaza – Highwoods Properties
• Best New Office Development: Diamond View Two – Capitol Broadcasting Company
• Best New Retail Development: Solas
• Best Redevelopment Project: Golden Belt – Scientific Properties
• Most Creative Marketing Campaign: Greenfield Belser for Dixon Hughes
• Trendsetter Award: Accent Construction
• Community Enhancement Award: Durham Performing Arts Center
• Community Enhancement Visionary Award: Raleigh Convention Center
• Trail Blazer of the Year Award: Barbara Mulkey, founder Mulkey Engineers & Consultants
• Professional Commercial Real Estate Service Award: Kerry Saunders, NAI Carolantic Realty
• Impact Award: Billie Redmond, Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties

2008 Champion Awards Recipients

• Visionary: Charlene Grunwaldt, publisher, Triangle Business Journal
• Most Creative Land Use: Brightleaf at the Park
• Most Innovative Financing Project: Heilig-Levine
• Best New Mixed-use Development: Lakeview
• Best New Office Development: Research Triangle Foundation Headquarters
• Best New Retail Development: Highpark Village
• Best Redevelopment Project: Paragon Commercial Bank
• Most Creative Marketing Campaign: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
• Professional Commercial Real Estate Service: Randy Roberson, director of development, Highwoods Properties
• Community Enhancement Award: USA Baseball Complex
• Trail Blazer Award: Michelle Rich Goode, Rich Commercial Realty
• Trendsetter: Roland Gammon III, White Oak Properties
• Triangle CREW Networking Award: House Rescue Project, Builders of Hope, Inc., Lori Britt, vice president, First Citizens Insurance Services, Natalie Connell, vice president, VHIC, Inc., Carolyn Grant, president, Omega Property Group, Nancy Murray, president and managing partner, Nsite Development Group & W3Development, Billie Redmond, president and CEO, Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties, Beth Trahos, attorney, Smith Moore LLP,
• Impact Award: Greg Sanchez, president and partner, Tri Properties

2008 Champion Awards Press Release Here

2008 Champion Awards Video Here

2007 Champion Awards Recipients

• Most Creative Land Use: Kane Realty for the North Hills project
• Most Creative Financing:  For the Cardinal Chase Apts. in Siler City:
  DHIC; Community Investment Corporation of NC; North Carolina Housing Finance Agency; Enterprise Community Partners; Wachovia; Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta; and NeighborWorks America,
• Best Multifamily Development: The Dawson on Morgan, owner, Gregg Sandreuter of Hamilton Merritt
  Best Mixed-Use Development: For Erwin Terrace, owner Judge Robinson Everett
• Best Office Development: GlenLake Office Park, owned by Highwoods Properties..,
• Best Major Retail Development: Crabtree Valley Mall, Plaza Associates
• Best Mid-Size Retail Development: Shoppes of Kildaire in Cary, Macquarie CountryWide-Regency Centers
• Best Redevelopment Project:  Seaboard Station, Gregory & Parker-Seaboard,
• Most Creative Advertising/Marketing project: Kennedy Covington Law Firm/Herrmann Advertising Design & Communications
• Best Professional Service:  Jimmy Barnes, SIOR, NAI Carolantic Realty, Inc.
• Community Enhancement Award:  City of Raleigh for the reopening of Raleigh’s historic Fayetteville Street
• Best Development Team:  For Brier Creek Corporate Center, Owner:  American Asset Corporation;
  Lender:  Bank of America; Architect:  Cline Design; Engineer:  John R. McAdams;  Builder:  Shelco, Inc.
• Promotion of Women in Real Estate: Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston.
• Triangle CREW Networking Award: Goes to a group of individuals who worked with developers to close on $18 million in loans and equity financing to complete development of Old Liberty, a 1,000 home golf course community north of Raleigh. 
  Providing title insurance was Alice Bracy, The Title Company of North Carolina;
  Legal services were provided by Cathy Rudisill, with Nelson Mullins;
  Babette Stone was the Regional Credit Administrator;
  Appraisal work was handled by Kathy Jacobs with Jacobs Appraisals, and
  Financing was provided by Cynthia Nation with First Charter Bank.
• 2007 Impact Award:  Jim Goodmon, President and CEO of Capitol Broadcasting.

The 2007 TCREW Champion Awards were sponsored by:

• Wachovia
• LandAmerica Commercial Services
• Highwoods Properties
• McDonald-York
• Kennedy Covington
• Mulkey Engineers & Consultants
• Triangle Business Journal

2006 Champion Award Recipients

• Most CreativeLand Use: Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart & Stewart
• Most Creative Financing Program: Pacific Life Insurance Co./Chapel Hill
• Best Multi-Family Development: Paramount Partners
• Best Mixed-Use Development: Capitol Broadcasting
• Best Office Development: Kane Realty Corporation
• Best Office Condominium Development: Russell Gay & Neil Morris
• Best Major Retail Development: Kane Realty Corporation
• Best Redevelopment Project: Hudson Development
• Most Creative Advertising/Marketing/Program/Project: Kelly MarCom/Downtown RaleighAlliance
• Best Professional Commercial Real Estate Service: Jane Doggett
• Best Community Enhancement: WakeCounty Public Library
• Best Development Team: The Ron Strom Company, JDavis Architects, Michael Hining Architects,
  Clancy & Theys (Builder), Civil Consultants, Inc.; UNC-CH
• Promotion of Women in Commercial Real Estate: Mulkey Engineers & Consultants
• Triangle CREW Networking award: Michelle Rich, Cynthia Nation, Cindy Rice, Lori Pittman, Diana Conn & Sepi Asefnia
• Impact Award: Greg Hatem

2005 Champion Award Winners

• Impact Award Ron Gibson, Highwoods Properties
• Most Creative Financing Program Mechanics & Farmers Bank; North Carolina Housing Finance Agency; Wake County; Apollo Housing Capital; Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; Town of Cary and DHIC for The Commons at Highland Village
• Best Multi-Family Development Wood Partners for Station Nine
• Best Mixed-Use Development Kane Realty Corporation for North Hills
• Best Office Development JPMorgan Trust for Two Progress Plaza
• Best Office Condominium Development Southpark Office Partners for Southpark at 54 Professional Center
• Best Major Retail Development (300,000 s.f.+) Regency Centers for Cameron Village
• Best Mid-Size Retail Development (300,000 s.f. or less) Preston Development for The Arboretum
• Best Redevelopment Project A. J. Fletcher Foundation for American Tobacco Historic District
• Most Creative Advertising/Marketing Program Grubb & Ellis/Thomas Linderman Graham and the Rivers Agency
• Professional Commercial Real Estate Service Charlotte Ellis, Ellis & Others
• Community Enhancement Award Raleigh Housing Authority for Capitol Park Best Development Team Progress Energy; Carter, Cooper Carry Architects; andBrasfield & Gorrie Contractors for Two Progress Plaza Promotion of Women in Real Estate Highwoods Properties Triangle CREW Networking Award Julie Schoenagle, Architect (Diversified ArchitecturalConsulting); Cindy Rice, Landscape Architect (Cynthia Rice Landscape Planning & Architecture); Jane Doggett, Leasing (Highwoods Properties); Diana Conn, Appraisor (Paramount Appraisal Group); Susan Folckemer, Development Advisor (The Preiss Company); Lisa Long, Lender (Wachovia); and Carter Worthy, Broker (Carter Worthy Commercial, Inc.) as Advisory Panel to Wake County Habitat for Humanity

2004 Champion Award Winners

• Impact Award John Kane of Kane Realty Corporation
• Most Creative Land Use Design The Freelon Group for RDU International Airport’s New Parking Structure
• Most Creative Financing Program Wachovia Bank for American Tobacco Historic District Financing
• Best Multi-Family Development The Gardens on Glenwood (Grubb Ventures)
• Best Multi-Use Development Renaissance at Southpoint (Starmount Company and Midland Atlantic Properties)
• Best Office Building Sigma Xi Building (Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society)
• Best Flex Building Parker Business Center (Jack Parker Corp.)
• Best Warehouse Building 323 Park Knoll Drive/Keystone Park (Keystone Corp.)
• Best Retail Building Triangle Town Center (The Richard E. Jacobs Group)
• Best Redevelopment Building University Mall (Kane Realty Corporation)
• Most Creative Advertising/Marketing Triangle Town Center for Cirque du Soleil (The Richard E. Jacobs Group)
• Best Property Manager Louise Hovey, Highwoods Properties
• Best Professional Service Mac Jones, CB Richard Ellis
• Administrative Service Award Lyne Riddle, Tri Properties, Inc.
• Best Development Team Manning Fulton & Skinner; Kennedy Covington; Cooper Carry Architects; Piedmont Land Design; Kimley Horn & Associates; Clancy & Theys Construction Co.; S.T. Wooten Corp.; TruGreen Landcare and Highwoods Properties for GlenLake One (office building)
• Promotion of Women in Real Estate Craig Davis, Craig Davis Properties
• Triangle CREW Networking Award Beth Voltz of Kilpatrick Stockton; Beth Traynham, CPA of Hughes Pittman & Gupton; Leslee Sharp of Lawyers Title Insurance Co. and Ann-Cabell Baum Andersen of White Oak Properties, Inc. for The Dawson on Morgan (owned by Dawson Developers, Inc.)

2003 Champion Award Winners

• Most Creative Land Use Design Meadowmont Village (Craig Davis Properties)
• Most Creative Financing Program Howard Brooks of DLTB for Trinity Place Office Building
• Best Multi-Family Brookside Village (Brookside Ventures)
• Best Office Building CentreGreenTwo (Highwoods Properties)
• Best Flex Building Connor Properties' Lab & Office Building
• Best Warehouse Building Tech Distribution Center (Dead River Properties)
• Best Retail Building The Streets at Southpoint
• Best Redevelopment Building The Lassiter at North Hills (Kane Realty Corporation)
• Most Creative Advertising/Marketing Program/Project Glenlake 3-D Highwoods Virtual Tour/Brochure
• Best Property Manager Barbara Brown, Tri-Properties
• Best Professional Service Kathleen Southern, Ragsdale Liggett
• Administrative Service Award Mary ELlen Potanovic, Carolantic Realty
• Community Enhancement Award Clayton Center & Government Office
• Best Development Team Insignia MetaPartners, Jack Parker Corp., & Quick Associates for LipoScience Building
• Promotion of Women in Real Estate Steve Stroud, Carolantic Realty
• Triangle CREW Networking Award Jane Doggett of Highwoods; Natalie Connell of DHIC, Inc.; Livian Jones of McKim & Creed; Chris Karasak ; Tonya Mills, Tri-Properties; Lori Pittman, HagerSmith Design, PA; Cynthia Rice, Cynthia Rice Landscape Architecture & Planning, PLLC; Carter Worthy, Carter Worthy Commercial - for SouthLight, a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate addiction, abuse and misuse of drugs, including alcohol, in the communities it serves.
• Impact Award Craig Davis, Craig Davis Properties