Summit Awards recognition

Mark Krueger of ArchCrest Commercial Partners in Reno won overall honors as Broker of the Year, and a project east of Sparks was honored as Development of the Year in the 2014 Summit Awards.

The awards program is hosted by northern Nevada chapters of three commercial real estate groups — CCIM, Commercial Real Estate Women and NAIOP, an organization of industrial and office developers.

Unique Infrastructure Group of Reno was recognized for Development of the Year for its work on Reno Technology Park east of Sparks. The development is the home of an Apple data center, although Unique Infrastructure was recognized only for its development of the park, not the Apple facility.

Other individual awards included:

Industrial Brokers of the Year: Eric Bennett, Dan Buhrmann and Gordon Zack of CBRE.

Office Broker of the Year: Tim Ruffin of Colliers International.

Retail Broker of the Year: Kelly Bland of NAI Alliance.

Land Broker of the Year: Krueger.

Generalist Broker of the Year: Andie Wilson, now of NAI Alliance Carson City.

Investment/Apartment Broker of the Year: Kenneth Blomsterberg of Marcus & Millichap.

Property Manager of the Year: Brittany Diehl of Nevada Commercial Services Inc.

Katie Morrison CREW Ambassador of the Year: Elizabeth Teske of Dermody Properties.

Extra Mile Award: Joe Lawrence of SilverBlu Signs & Media.

Largest Single Lease Transaction of the year: Kevin Annis and Mike Van Blaricom, ArchCrest Commercial Partners.

Largest Single Sale Transaction of the year: Michael Nevis, Michael Hoeck, Dave Simonsen and Dan Oster of NAI Alliance.

Other projects that won Summit Award recognition included:

Best Construction Project of the Year: Q&D Construction and the Reno Tahoe Airport Authority for airport improvements.

Best Reposition Project: Ardagh Group and United Construction for the Ardagh plant in Storey County.

Best Acquisition Project of 2013: IndCor Properties for its acquisition of a large industrial portfolio in the Reno-Sparks market.

NNBW staff