Tampa Bay Business Journal
Tampa Bay’s biggest commercial real estate deals and dealmakers of 2014 were honored Wednesday by NAIOP Tampa Bay.Chuck Davis, managing director of Southeast region for MetLife Real Estate Investments, was inducted into the NAIOP Hall of Fame. Larry Feldman, CEO of Feldman Equities, was honored as Entrepreneur of the Year for his work buying, renovating and selling office buildings in Tampa and St. Petersburg. Read the full article here.
Tampa Bay’s biggest commercial real estate deals and dealmakers of 2014 were honored Wednesday by NAIOP Tampa Bay.
Chuck Davis, managing director of Southeast region for MetLife Real Estate Investments, was inducted into the NAIOP Hall of Fame. Larry Feldman, CEO of Feldman Equities, was honored as Entrepreneur of the Year for his work buying, renovating and selling office buildings in Tampa and St. Petersburg.
Best deal of the year (sale): The $128 million sale of Tampa City Center, Mike Davis, Rick Brugge, David Meline and Michael Lerner of Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Inc.
Best deal of the year (lease): The 176,500-square-foot lease for a build-to-suit development for Laser Spine Institute, Highwoods Properties
Best brokerage firm: Eshenbaugh Land Co.
Best broker or broker team: Brian Rettig and Gary Bauler, CBRE Group Inc.
President’s award: Stevens Tombrink, vice president of development, Sembler Co.
Best special-use project: Florida Polytechnic University
Best mixed-use project: Post SoHo Square, 231 apartments and 10,556 square feet of retail
Best adaptive reuse project: The redevelopment of an office tower into Aloft Downtown Tampa
Best developer: Ryan Companies US Inc.
Best landlord: MetLife
Best contractor: The Beck Group
Best attorney: Richard D. “Rick” Eckhard, Holland & Knight LLP
Best engineering firm: Florida Design Consultants
Best architectural firm: BDG Architects