This award honors entrepreneurs, professionals, and visionaries in the Real Estate industry who have achieved success in their respective fields while also being leaders in the community.
Award Categories
Developer (Firm/Group/Organization)
Municipality/Community
Real Estate Law (Firm)
Real Estate Broker Commercial (Firm/Organization)
Real Estate Broker Residential (Firm/Organization)
Real Estate Banking and Finance (Firm/Bank/Organization)
Recipients
2019
- Lifetime Achievement Award: W. Allen Morris, The Allen Morris Company
- Architect: Chisholm Architects
- Commercial or Residential Developer: Housing Trust Group
- Real Estate Attorney: Greenberg Traurig
- Commercial Real Estate Broker: Blanca Commercial Real Estate
- Residential Real Estate Broker: Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate
- Municipality: Town of Cutler Bay
- Banking & Finance: Berkaida
2018
- Lifetime Achievement Award: The Graham Family
- Architect: Santec
- Commercial or Residential Developer: Terra
- Real Estate Attorney: Akerman LLP
- Commercial Real Estate Broker: HFF
- Residential Real Estate Broker: The Keyes Company
- Municipality: City of Doral
- Banking & Finance: Pacific National Bank
2017
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Bernardo Fort-Brescia and Laurinda Spear, Arquitectonica
- Architect: Heery International, Inc.
- Commercial or Residential Developer: The Related Group
- Real Estate Attorney: Ryan D. Bailine, Greenberg Traurig
- Commercial Real Estate Broker: Juan Ruiz, Blanca Commercial Real Estate
- Residential Real Estate Broker: Anthony Askowitz, Remax Advance Realty
2016
- Lifetime Achievement Award: The Soffer Family - Donald, Jackie and Jeffrey Soffer
- Architect: Callison and RTKL
- Developer: Florida East Coast Industries
- Land Use Attorney: T. Spencer Crowley III, Akerman
- Municipality/Community: Coral Gables
- Commercial Real Estate Broker: Christian R. Lee, CBRE
- Residential Real Estate Broker: Enrique Teran and Andres Korda, Avanti Way
- Real Estate Finance: CBRE Vice Chairman Charles Foschini
2015
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Owens, Swire Properties, Inc.
- Commercial Real Estate Broker - Individual: Tere Blanca, Blanca Commercial Real Estate, Inc.
- Commercial Real Estate Broker - Team: Robert Given, CBRE’s South Florida Multifamily
- Residential Real Estate Agent: Chad Carroll, Douglas Elliman
- Developer - Commercial: Avra Jain, The Vagabond Hotel
- Developer - Residential Real Estate: Edgardo Defortuna, Fortune International Group
- Real Estate Finance: Steven Cohen, Sabadell United Bank
2014
- Lifetime Achievement Award -- Armando Codina, Codina Partners
- Commercial Real Estate Broker – Individual -- Mike Silver, CBRE, Inc.
- Commercial Real Estate Broker – Team -- Lawrence H. Stockton, Colliers International Realty
- Residential Real Estate Agent -- Carole Smith, EWM Realty International
- Developer - Affordable/Workforce Housing -- Housing Trust Group (HTG)
- Developer - Residential Real Estate -- Palmcorp Development Group (PDG)
- Public Sector (P3) -- Miami Access Tunnel
- Real Estate Finance -- Claudine Claus, Home Financing Center
2013
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Alicia Cervera Sr., Cervera Realty
- Affordable/Workforce Housing & Finance: Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami, Inc.
- Commercial Real Estate - Industrial: Harry Tangalakis, CBRE
- Commercial Real Estate - Office: Thad Adams and Bill Bailey, The Allen Morris Company.
- Commercial Real Estate - Retail: Cliff Stein, Savitar Realty Advisors
- Developer - Commercial: Foram Group
- Developer - Residential Condo: Harvey Hernandez, Newgard Development Group
- Real Estate Finance: William Gallagher, City National Bank.
- Residential Real Estate - Individual: Helen Jeanne Nicastri, Coldwell Banker
- Residential Real Estate - International: Cristiano Piquet, Piquet Realty
- Judges’ Award: Pipeline
2012
- Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously to Theodore J. Pappas, The Keyes Company
- Commercial Real Estate (Office) -- Tere Blanca, Blanca Commercial Real Estate
- Commercial Real Estate (Industrial) -- Malcolm Butters, Butters Group
- Commercial Real Estate (Retail) -- Adam Greenberg, Bay Bridge Real Estate
- Residential Real Estate (Condo/Townhouse) -- Gil Dezer, Dezer Properties
- Residential Real Estate (Single Family) - Ashley Cusack, EWM Realtors
- Real Estate Finance – Charles Foschini, CBRE
- Affordable/Workforce Housing - Stephanie Berman, Carrfour Supportive Housing
- Real Estate Trend Setter -- Venturian Group
2011
- Lifetime Achievement Award to Tibor Hollo, Florida East Coast Realty, Inc.
- Commercial Real Estate – Office --David J. Prevé, CresaPartners
- Commercial Real Estate – Industrial -- Scott O'Donnell, CB Richard Ellis
- Commercial Real Estate – Retail -- Jeffrey Berkowitz, Berkowitz Development Group
- Residential Real Estate - Condo/Townhouse -- Alicia Cervera Lamadrid, Cervera Real Estate
- Residential Real Estate - Multi-Family/Mixed Use -- Team Milton, J. Milton & Associates
- Residential Real Estate - Single Family: Judy Zeder, Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell, Inc.
- Real Estate Finance: James Dockerty, Sabadell United Bank
- Affordable/Workforce Housing -- Matt Greer, Carlisle Development Group, Michael Wohl, Pinnacle Housing Group, LLC
- Real Estate Trend Setter -- W. Allen Morris, The Allen Morris Company
