2025 Breakthrough Awards Breakfast

PROJECT & DEVELOPMENT AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!

Winners will be announced at the event on December 2.

Adaptive Reuse Project of the Year Finalists

• SoMA (25 Water Street), New York City
  • GFP Real Estate
  • Metro Loft
  • Rockwood Capital
  • CetraRuddy Architecture
  • Compass Development Marketing Group

• ViVa Center, Tomball, TX
  • Lone Star PACE
  • Nuveen Green Capital
  • ViVaVerse Solutions

• 214 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd., Hallandale Beach, FL
  • Fortec

• Terminal Warehouse, New York City
  • L&L Holding Company
  • Columbia Property Trust

• One Wall Street, New York City
  • One Wall Street Sales & Marketing
  • Macklowe Properties
  • Laura Gonzalez Studio
  • Printemps
  • KENT Hospitality
  • The International Hildreth Meière Association

• 1701 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
  • Alterra Property Group

Public-Private Partnership of the Year

• Greenpoint Central, New York City
  • Madison Realty Capital

• Samuel Madden Homes, Alexandria, VA
  • Fairstead
  • Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA)
  • The Communities Group (TCG)
  • ALIVE!
  • Virginia Tech’s Center for Housing Research
  • Boston Financial (BFIM)
  • Virginia Housing
  • Sterling Bank

• The Peninsula, New York City
  • Gilbane Development
  • The Hudson Companies
  • Mutual Housing Association of New York, Inc.

• Hibiscus Grove, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Integra Investment (Interurban)

• NoMi Square, North Miami, FL
  • Integra Investment

Sustainability Project of the Year

• Needham Ranch, Santa Clarita, CA
  • Clarion Partners Industrial Team
  • Trammell Crow

• HSBC’s New York Headquarters, NYC
  • M Moser Associates

• ViVa Center, Tomball, TX
  • Lone Star PACE
  • Nuveen Green Capital
  • ViVaVerse Solutions

• Greenpoint Central, New York City
  • Madison Realty Capital

• 570 Lexington, New York City
  • The Durst Organization

Design & Development Project of the Year Finalists

• Hamilton Green, Westchester, NY
  • RXR

• 420 Carroll, New York City
  • The Domain Companies

• 1428 Brickell, Miami, FL
  • Ytech

• Greenpoint Central, New York City
  • Madison Realty Capital

• 72 Park by Lefferts, Miami Beach, FL
  • Lefferts

INNOVATION AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!

Winners will be announced at the event on December 2.

Tech Advance of the Year Finalists

• Keyway

• Trepp

• Diald AI

• Altus Group

• Measurabl

• Colliers’ Portfolio AI

• Kinexio

Innovation in Industrial Finalists

• Basis Industrial & BaySpace, for their operational repositioning of a 133,000-square-foot flex industrial property, Deerfield Beach, FL.

• STAG Industrial & PredictAP, for revolutionizing invoice processing systems, achieving significant improvements in efficiency and accuracy for the industrial sector.

• Link Logistics, for their Energy Solutions & Portfolio Solar Program.

Innovation in Office Finalists

• Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners‘s 125 West 57th Street.

• 545 Madison, Marx Realty’s first-of-its-kind office co-branding partnership with iconic French luxury brand Baccarat, and “The Meeting Galleries” at 10 Grand Central.

• Nuveen & Industrious, for The Nuveen Network, a groundbreaking platform that transforms how office tenants engage with space—not just within their leased footprint, but across an entire national ecosystem.

• Spectorgroup’s design for the headquarters of Fulwell Entertainment, a newly formed company born from the merger of The SpringHill Company (founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter) and Fulwell 73 Productions (founded by Leo Pearlman, Ben Winston, Gabe Turner, Ben Turner, and James Corden) — merging storytelling, flexibility, and cultural resonance into a singular environment.

• Ted Moudis‘ relocation to a full floor at the Chrysler Building, and redesign of their workplace.

Innovation in Residential Finalists

• Post Brothers, for One Thousand One Philadelphia.

• RXR & Korman Communities, for AVE Hamilton Green’s 25 and 5 Cottage represent a breakthrough in residential living, redefining luxury rental living in White Plains by addressing the evolving needs of modern renters.

• Charney Companies & Tavros‘ Gowanus, Brooklyn five-building residential campus spanning four sites with over 2,200 units.

• One Wall Street, the iconic Art Deco tower in the heart of FiDi, has been reimagined as the neighborhood’s premier luxury residential address, and a pioneer in the wave of office-to-residential conversions.

• 420 Carroll Street, developed by Domain Companies, is the first building to open following the 2021 Gowanus Rezoning and started welcoming residents earlier this year.

• Property Markets Group, for Society Brooklyn: The two-tower, 21-story mixed-use development spans more than 594,000 square feet, delivering 517 residential units, 25 percent of which are reserved for Affordable Housing. It also includes 57,000 square feet of retail, with 21,000 square feet dedicated to “Gowanus Mix,” committing to support local makers and creatives.

Innovation in Retail

• Kushner, for the transformation of Monmouth Mall into Monmouth Square.

• The bold reimagining of the 10th floor of the Starrett Lehigh Building – the landmarked, iconic Manhattan office tower, owned by Blackstone and RXR – through the introduction of The Yacht Club and Level 10 concepts.

• Printemps New York and Newmark, for their work on Printemps at One Wall Street.

INVESTMENT AWARDS: FINALISTS COMING SOON

Retail Transaction of the Year

• Recognizing a breakthrough commercial real estate transaction involving retail properties, such as shopping centers, malls, or individual retail assets, this award considers factors such as creative marketing strategies, tenant recruitment, sales performance, market impact, and innovation.

Industrial Transaction of the Year

• Honoring an exceptional commercial real estate transaction involving industrial properties, such as warehouses, logistics centers, or manufacturing facilities, considering factors such as deal size, tenant profile, market impact, and innovation.

Residential/Multifamily Transaction of the Year

• Highlighting an outstanding transaction in the multifamily and/or residential sector, considering factors such as deal size, unit/rental price, occupancy rates, market impact, and innovation.

Life Sciences Transaction of the Year

• Recognizing an exceptional commercial real estate transaction involving life science-focused properties, including laboratory, life science office and campus, R&D, and biotech spaces, considering factors such as deal size, creative deal packaging, partnerships, market impact, and innovation.

Office Transaction of the Year

• Highlighting an outstanding transaction in the office sector, considering factors such as deal size, price per square foot, occupancy rates, market impact, and innovation.

Mixed-Use Transaction of the Year

• Highlighting an outstanding mixed-use transaction considering factors such as deal size, price per square foot, occupancy rates, market impact, and innovation.

TEAM AWARDS: FINALISTS COMING SOON

Architecture Team of the Year

• Honors an architecture firm or team whose work in commercial real estate has demonstrated design excellence, visionary planning, and transformative placemaking. Projects considered should reflect innovation, sustainability, and a lasting impact on the built environment.

Law Firm of the Year

• Awarded to a law firm within the real estate industry that has exemplified best-in-class leadership, expertise and services.

Top Financier of the Year (Banks)

• Recognizing a team that demonstrated unmatched adeptness, skillfulness and an innovative approach to navigating inflation, rising interest rates and what has been an especially difficult year for the industry.

Top Financier of the Year (Non-Banks)

• Honoring a non-bank financial institution that refused to sit back on the sidelines and instead remained one of the most active firms in the industry.

Marketing Team of the Year

• Awarded to a team demonstrating best-in-class marketing skills and programs that tackle the complex issue of the real estate market, resulting in company growth and faster lease ups.