Announcing the 2023 Award Honorees

Published February 2024

Colorado’s top commercial real estate professionals and development projects earned accolades at NAIOP Colorado’s 37th Annual Awards of Achievement, hosted by Fidelity National Title National Commercial Services, on February 29, 2024, at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.   

An audience of more than 400 was on hand for the event, where development projects and real estate professionals were recognized for their accomplishments in 2023. 

Medtronic Office Campus, developed and built by Ryan Companies, US, Inc., received top honors as Development Deal of the Year. This 413,101-SF campus houses Medtronic’s regional office headquarters for several business units, staff training areas, and lab spaces for research and development. Additional training spaces include a lecture hall, medical education and technical service training rooms and mock operating rooms. MOA Architecture designed the buildings core and shell and tenant improvements were completed by Gensler.

Denver Housing Authority's project, Thrive, was named Community Impact Project of the Year. The Art Studios, developed by Nichols Partnership, was selected as the Innovative Development of the Year and Hines' Mica RiNo received top honors as Multi-Family Development. The Office Development award was given to The Current River North, developed by Schnitzer West, and Riot House, developed by Monfort Companies and Riot Hospitality Group, won the Retail category. The Industrial Development award went to Bolder Innovation Campus, developed by United Properties.

Colorado commercial real estate veterans Larry Lance and Nathan Johnson were honored as recipients of the President's Award and Legacy Broker Award, respectively.

Michael Pavlakovich of Cushman & Wakefield was named the Broker Rising Star of the Year; Jim Bolt of CBRE and the team of Tyler Reed, Peter Beugg and Dominic DiOrio with Stream Realty Partners took home top Industrial Broker Awards; Jordan Robbins and Alex Possick of JLL received the Multi-Family Broker of the Year Award; while Jamie Gard of Newmark again received the Individual Office Broker honors. 

NAIOP recognized the Trammell Crow Company as this year's Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion honoree.  

Continuing reading for a full list of this year's Award Honorees.  

Congratulations to the 2023 Broker and Capital Markets Award Honorees 

• Capital Markets Transaction of the Year 
• 1400 Wewatta and 1401 Wynkoop – JLL Capital Markets
• Industrial Broker of the Year
• Jim Bolt, CBRE (Individual)
• Tyler Tyler Reed, Peter Beugg and Dominic DiOrio, Stream Realty Partners (Team)
• Investment Broker of the Year
• Aaron Johnson and Jon Hendrickson, Cushman & Wakefield 
• Land Broker of the Year
• Mike Kboudi, Cushman & Wakefield 
• Multi-Family Broker of the Year
• Jordan Robbins and Alex Possick, JLL 
• Office Broker of the Year
• Jamie Gard, Newmark (Individual)
• Doug Bakke, Ty Ritchie, Todd Papazian, and Lee Diamond, CBRE (Team)
• Retail Broker of the Year
• Jon Weisiger, CBRE

Congratulations to the 2023 Development Award Honorees 

• Deal of the Year - Medtronic Office Campus 
  
• Developed and constructed by Ryan Companies US, Inc.; MOA Architecture (Core & Shell); and Gensler (TI)
  
• Office Development of the Year - The Current River North 
  
• Developed by Schnitzer West and Craft Companies; constructed by Swinerton Builders; designed by Davis Partnership
• Community Impact Award - Thrive
  
• Developed by Denver Housing Authority; constructed by Pinkard Construction; designed by Shopworks Architecture
• Industrial Development of the Year - Bolder Innovation Campus 
  
• Developed by United Properties; constructed by Murray & Stafford; design by Powers Brown Architecture
• Innovative Development of the Year - Art Studios 
• Developed by Nichols Partnership; constructed by Sprung Construction; design by JNS Architecture and Design
• Multi-Family Development of the Year - Mica RiNo 
• Developed by Hines; constructed by Modern; design by Ziegler Cooper
• Retail Development of the Year - Riot House
• Developed by Monfort Companies and Riot Hospitality Group; constructed by JACO General Contractor; design by Circle West Architects

Awards of Distinction 

President's Award for Community Service - Larry Lance, Sagard Real Estate (Retired)

Legacy Broker Award - Nathan Johnson, Newmark

James T. Brubaker Legislative Award - Erin Goff, Husch Blackwell Strategies

Broker Rising Star Award - Michael Pavlakovich, Cushman & Wakefield\

Sherman R. Miller Trailblazer Award - Jessica Ostermick, CBRE

Award of Excellence - Caitlin Quander, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP