Breakthrough Awards Team & Leadership Finalists
Celebrating the Year’s Top Innovations, Developments, Transactions & Leaders
Commercial Observer’s 2026 Breakthrough Awards will recognize the teams, deals, developments, and executives across asset classes and verticals who have succeeded despite economic and urban challenges. Awards will be presented to the winning team at the Breakthrough Awards Breakfast on December 2nd in NYC.
Team & Leadership Award Finalists Announced!
TEAM & LEADERSHIP
Law Firm of the Year
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Fried Frank
Davis Polk
HSF Kramer
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Zetlin & De Chiara LLP
Gibson Dunn
King & Spalding
TEAM & LEADERSHIP
Architectural Team of the Year
H2M Architects + Engineers
Perkins & Will
HKS
Corgan
NBBJ
Populous
TEAM & LEADERSHIP
Top Financier of the Year (Banks)
J.P. Morgan Lending Solutions
Wells Fargo
Bank of America
Bank OZK
Western Alliance Note Finance
TEAM & LEADERSHIP
Top Financier of the Year (Non-Banks)
InterVest Capital Partners
S3 Capital
Sheridan Capital
Invesco
Affinius Capital
RXR
TEAM & LEADERSHIP
Top Financier of the Year (C-PACE)
PACE Loan Group
Nuveen Green Capital
CounterPointeSRE
PACE Equity Finance
About the Starrett Lehigh Building:
Starrett-Lehigh, a 2.3 million-square-foot workplace destination, is home to influential companies across fashion, entertainment, media, architecture, design, and technology. As an anchor of Manhattan’s West Side for nearly 100 years, the building serves as the professional and cultural hub at the center of the Meatpacking District’s retail and lifestyle growth, the commercial expansion of Hudson Yards, and the residential development in Chelsea and the surrounding neighborhoods.
The office campus is designed for innovative businesses looking to thrive in a global marketplace. A recent $150 million capital investment has transformed the property into a hub of modern convenience, featuring 100,000 square feet of premier amenities including the 601 Athletic Club, flexible amenity bays, and Level Ten with its two-story rooftop terrace. It also features diverse dining options including: Hav & Mar, the seasonal seafood house from acclaimed chef and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson, The Yacht Club, the waterfront destination within Level Ten known for its elevated seafood-driven menu and sweeping Hudson River views and Olly Olly, the building’s food market.
Host Sponsor
RXR is an innovative real estate investment manager, operator, developer, and place-maker committed to applying a customer and community-centered approach to acquiring, operating, and building properties and to providing services and products that create enduring value for all stakeholders. Headquartered in New York with a nationally-scaled platform, RXR is an approximately 450 person, vertically integrated investment manager with expertise in a wide array of value creation activities, including acquisitions, asset and portfolio management, property operations, development, construction, leasing, and technological innovation. RXR is an active investor in real estate credit, rental housing, commercial property, and property technology through value-added and opportunistic investment strategies. The RXR platform manages 108 commercial real estate properties and investments with an aggregate gross asset value of approximately $16.4 billion, comprising approximately 30.9 million square feet of commercial properties, a multi-family residential portfolio of approximately 9,400 units under operation or development, and control of development rights for an additional approximately 3,000 multi-family and for sale units as of September 30, 2025. Gross asset value compiled by RXR in accordance with company fair value measurement policy and is comprised of capital invested by RXR and its partners, as well as leverage.
Coffee Sponsor
Keller Augusta is a national, full-service boutique executive search and advisory firm specializing in commercial real estate with offices in Boston, Dallas, New York, and South Florida. Highly sought for our ability to align clients and candidates with job opportunities within all CRE industry disciplines, we provide a 360 approach to recruitment and development management, including guidance for diverse and equitable hiring, compensation and benefit analysis, leadership development, organizational optimization, and succession planning.
For 25 years, our team has demonstrated success in delivering effective staffing solutions and consulting services from boutique real estate businesses to large institutions. With a deep understanding of national recruitment trends, we are well versed in the shifting dynamics of candidate identification and placement, providing exemplary search placements for entry level to senior management.
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