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    12. Alissa Rivera. Credit: Landsea Homes

    Awards & Accolades

    1. Ranking Arizona announced the Top 10 Architecture Firms for 2024. The winners were:

    Top 10 Architecture Firms with Seven or More Architects

    1. Corgan;

    2. SWABACK;

    3. DAVIS;

    4. Butler Design Group;

    5. Gensler;

    6. Archicon Architecture & Interiors;

    7. CCBG Architects;

    8. Todd & Associates;

    9. Orcutt | Winslow, and

    10. SmithGroup.

    Top 10 Architecture Firms with 6 or Fewer Architects

    1. Cawley Architects;

    2. LGE Design Build;

    3. Deutsch Architecture Group;

    4. Bar Napkin Productions;

    5. Pinnacle Design;

    6. dpa architects;

    7. ADM Group;

    8. GLHN Architects & Engineers;

    9. Zebra Projects, and

    10. COLE Architects.

    2. The NAIOP Arizona Chapter hosted its annual Best of NAIOP awards ceremony at JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa. The winners in the Company and Individual awards were:

    Company Awards

    • Architect of the Year: Butler Design Group;
    • Brokerage Firm of the Year: Cushman & Wakefield;
    • Firm of the Year: Ryan Companies US, Inc.;
    • General Contractor of the Year: Willmeng Construction;
    • Industrial Owner/Developer of the Year: ViaWest Group;
    • Interior Architect of the Year: Phoenix Design One, Inc.;
    • Multifamily Owner/Developer of the Year: High Street Residential/Trammell Crow Company;
    • Office Owner/Developer of the Year: ViaWest Group;
    • Subcontractor of the Year: Suntec Concrete, and
    • Tenant Improvement Contractor of the Year: Willmeng Construction.

    Individual/Team Awards

    • Award of Excellence: Rick Butler and Jeff Cutberth, Butler Design Group;
    • Developing Leader of the Year: Chelsea Porter, Renaissance Construction;
    • Emerging Broker of the Year: Ben Farthing, CBRE;
    • Healthcare Broker of the Year: Sheila Bale, Tom Weinhold, and Erika Eckblad, Cushman & Wakefield;
    • Industrial Broker of the Year: Tony Lydon, Marc Hertzberg, John Lydon, Riley Gilbert, Kelly Royle Team;
    • Investment Broker of the Year: Will Strong, Cushman & Wakefield;
    • Multifamily Broker of the Year: Asher Gunter, Matt Pesch, Sean Cunningham, and Austin Groen, CBRE;
    • Office Broker of the Year: Pat Williams, Andrew Medley, Chris Corney, Vicki Robinson, Sydney Setnar Team, JLL;
    • Retail Broker of the Year: Dave Cheatham, Darren Pitts, Velocity Retail Group, and
    • Tenant Representative Broker of the Year: Mark Bauer, JLL.

    3. Ranking Arizona announced its Top 10 Real Estate Developers for 2024. The winners were:

    1. Ryan Companies;
    2. ViaWest Group;
    3. Creation;
    4. Capital Development Group;
    5. SimonCRE;
    6. Canyon Building & Design;
    7. RED Development;
    8. Barclay Group;
    9. Kitchell, and
    10. Evergreen Devco.

    4. U.S. Small Business Administration has honored Arizona entrepreneurs during National Small Business Week. The 2024 SBA Small Business Week Arizona winners associated with the A/E/C industry are:

    • Arizona Small Business Persons of the Year 2024: Austin Tsosie and Dan Riggs, Diné Development Corporation;
    • Arizona Minority Small Business of the Year 2024: Patricia Tellez Olds, Kuniklo Corporation;
    • Arizona Women in Business Champion of the Year: Shanen Lee Aranmor, Weld Like A Girl, and
    • Arizona District Office Recognition Award: Annemarie Haenfler, ACS Services.

    5. Picnic Development won the 11th annual REIAC/Rockefeller Group Challenge at Arizona Country Club in Phoenix. Picnic Development’s The Gem took home the $1K per team member cash prize. The winners were Keyonna Martinez, Kevin Winkler, Nicholas Anderson and Bridger Hendzel.

    Company News

    6. Galileo Project LLC announced a merger with Merjent, Inc. The strategic merger will form a more robust, comprehensive service provider. Galileo Project LLC will operate under Merjent, Inc. once the merger is complete.

    Promotions

    7. Meghann Duran has been promoted to Associate Principal at Lamar Johnson Collaborative.

    8. Marti Weinstein was promoted to Partner at Diversified Partners LLC. Prior to her promotion, she held the title of Retail Sales and Leasing Associate.

    9. Trammell Crow Company has promoted Paul Tuchin to Market Leader of the Phoenix office. Tuchin assumed the role after Cathy Thuringer was promoted to President of Western U.S. for Trammell.

    10. McCarthy Building Companies announced the promotion of Ryan Ferguson to VP of Operations of the Mission Critical team.

    New Hires

    11. The Town of Florence has hired AJ Monroe as Community Development Director. He has more than 27 years of experience with 17 years at the City of Portage in Indiana.

    12. Landsea Homes announced the hiring of Alissa Rivera as Director of Marketing for the Arizona division. Prior to her new position, she worked at Taylor Morrison as Marketing Manager.

    13. Brian Kielman has joined W.E. O’Neil Construction as Senior Project Manager.

    14. DLR Group has hired Connie Lewis as Senior Project Accountant.

    15. Emily Minnier has joined JLL as an Associate Broker at the Phoenix office.

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