NAIOP-Maryland Announces 2008 Award Winners

Seventeen local companies were honored in 24 categories at the recent Awards of Excellence 2008 dinner, sponsored by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), Maryland Chapter.
In addition, Dwight Taylor of Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award, Abby Glassberg of CB Richard Ellis was selected as the Broker of the Year, Patrick Hughes of Hughes & Associates received the Legislative Award and Wayne Wilhelm of Wilhelm Commercial Builders was chosen as the Service Provider of the Year.
The complete roster of building winners includes:
- Build-to-suit building, less than 50,000 square feet
COPT for U.S. Geological Survey Center
- Build-to-suit building, 50,000 square feet and over
Manekin LLC for Manekin headquarters
- Office, single story
H&H Rock Cos. for Dorsey Business Center
- Office, mid-rise/low-rise (tie)
COPT for 6711 Columbia Gateway Drive
Manekin LLC for Water's Edge Building III

In the interior and exterior categories, the winners were:

- Best interior, renovation
RTKL Associates for Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
- Best interior, mid-rise
Kalmia Construction Co. and W.H. Stablein, AIA & Associates for The Cleaning Authority
- Best interior, single-story
Continental Realty Corp. for CBS Radio
- Best exterior, public common area
COPT for Volition sculpture and plaza at The National Business Park

Among business parks, the winners were:
- Best office park
Greenebaum & Associates for Maple Lawn
- Best flex park
St. John Properties for Baltimore Crossroads@95

The industrial and warehouse category had the following winners:
- Speculative warehouse over 300,000 square feet
The Trammell Crow Co. for Dorsey Run Industrial Center
- Speculative warehouse, 300,000 square feet or less
Preston Capital Management for 6070 Dorsey Road
- Rehab industrial
Chesapeake Real Estate Group for Fairfield Business Park
- Best industrial park
Chesapeake Real Estate Group for Area 8/Baltimore Crossroads@95

Other category winners were:
- Retail rehab
Merritt Properties for Pulaski Retail, 8665 and 8675 Pulaski Highway
- New retail
Manekin LLC for McGaw Plaza
- Mixed-use
Brasher Design for Creekside Plaza
- Environmentally-friendly green building
Merritt Properties LLC for Meadowridge 95, Building II
- Marketing Materials
St. John Properties for "Monthly Newsletter" and Tenant Digest Magazine
- Most creative office/warehouse transaction
CB Richard Ellis for BGE Home Headquarters at Baltimore Crossroads@95
- Most creative industrial transaction
CB Richard Ellis for Ferguson Enterprises
- Most creative financial transaction
CB Richard Ellis for sale of Centerpoint at 8 North Howard Street
- Community Impact
Rhodes Development LLC for 2213 McElderry Street, LLC
- Humanitarian Award
RTKL Associates for The League for People with Disabilities
"This bi-annual awards competition celebrates and recognizes the innovative achievements of regional commercial real estate developers, as well as companies that service our industry," said Cole Schnorf, president of NAIOP's Maryland Chapter. "Each winner represents a compelling example of how a unique challenge was overcome to realize a result that was economically, environmentally and aesthetically feasible.
Taylor is president of Corporate Development Services LLC, the development subsidiary of COPT. He has spent the past 30 years in the local commercial real estate industry. He is a former president of the NAIOP-Maryland Chapter and currently serves on the NAIOP national board of directors.
"Our Lifetime Achievement Award recipient symbolizes the lifelong dedication, professionalism, leadership and accomplishment that we all strive for. Dwight has the respect and admiration of our entire organization and he has led by example and achievement throughout his entire real estate career," said Schnorf.
Hughes was honored with the inaugural Legislative Award and in subsequent years this award will be named in his honor. "For many years, Pat spearheaded our organization's legislative efforts and was tireless in the efforts he so graciously gave to the NAIOP membership," Schnorf added. "It is fitting that future recipients receive the F. Patrick Hughes Legislative Award."