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Past Champion Awards Winners

2007 Champion Awards Recipients

• Most Creative Land Use: Kane Realty for the North Hills project
• Most Creative Financing:  For the Cardinal Chase Apts. in Siler City:
  DHIC; Community Investment Corporation of NC; North Carolina Housing Finance Agency; Enterprise Community Partners; Wachovia; Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta; and NeighborWorks America,
• Best Multifamily Development: The Dawson on Morgan, owner, Gregg Sandreuter of Hamilton Merritt
  Best Mixed-Use Development: For Erwin Terrace, owner Judge Robinson Everett
• Best Office Development: GlenLake Office Park, owned by Highwoods Properties..,
• Best Major Retail Development: Crabtree Valley Mall, Plaza Associates
• Best Mid-Size Retail Development: Shoppes of Kildaire in Cary, Macquarie CountryWide-Regency Centers
• Best Redevelopment Project:  Seaboard Station, Gregory & Parker-Seaboard,
• Most Creative Advertising/Marketing project: Kennedy Covington Law Firm/Herrmann Advertising Design & Communications
• Best Professional Service:  Jimmy Barnes, SIOR, NAI Carolantic Realty, Inc.
• Community Enhancement Award:  City of Raleigh for the reopening of Raleigh’s historic Fayetteville Street
• Best Development Team:  For Brier Creek Corporate Center, Owner:  American Asset Corporation;
  Lender:  Bank of America; Architect:  Cline Design; Engineer:  John R. McAdams;  Builder:  Shelco, Inc.
• Promotion of Women in Real Estate: Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston.
• Triangle CREW Networking Award: Goes to a group of individuals who worked with developers to close on $18 million in loans and equity financing to complete development of Old Liberty, a 1,000 home golf course community north of Raleigh. 
  Providing title insurance was Alice Bracy, The Title Company of North Carolina;
  Legal services were provided by Cathy Rudisill, with Nelson Mullins;
  Babette Stone was the Regional Credit Administrator;
  Appraisal work was handled by Kathy Jacobs with Jacobs Appraisals, and
  Financing was provided by Cynthia Nation with First Charter Bank.
• 2007 Impact Award:  Jim Goodmon, President and CEO of Capitol Broadcasting.

The 2007 TCREW Champion Awards were sponsored by:

• Wachovia
• LandAmerica Commercial Services
• Highwoods Properties
• McDonald-York
• Kennedy Covington
• Mulkey Engineers & Consultants
• Triangle Business Journal

2006 Champion Award Recipients

• Most CreativeLand Use: Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart & Stewart
• Most Creative Financing Program: Pacific Life Insurance Co./Chapel Hill
• Best Multi-Family Development: Paramount Partners
• Best Mixed-Use Development: Capitol Broadcasting
• Best Office Development: Kane Realty Corporation
• Best Office Condominium Development: Russell Gay & Neil Morris
• Best Major Retail Development: Kane Realty Corporation
• Best Redevelopment Project: Hudson Development
• Most Creative Advertising/Marketing/Program/Project: Kelly MarCom/Downtown RaleighAlliance
• Best Professional Commercial Real Estate Service: Jane Doggett
• Best Community Enhancement: WakeCounty Public Library
• Best Development Team: The Ron Strom Company, JDavis Architects, Michael Hining Architects,
  Clancy & Theys (Builder), Civil Consultants, Inc.; UNC-CH
• Promotion of Women in Commercial Real Estate: Mulkey Engineers & Consultants
• Triangle CREW Networking award: Michelle Rich, Cynthia Nation, Cindy Rice, Lori Pittman, Diana Conn & Sepi Asefnia
• Impact Award: Greg Hatem

2005 Champion Award Winners

• Impact Award Ron Gibson, Highwoods Properties
• Most Creative Financing Program Mechanics & Farmers Bank; North Carolina Housing Finance Agency; Wake County; Apollo Housing Capital; Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; Town of Cary and DHIC for The Commons at Highland Village
• Best Multi-Family Development Wood Partners for Station Nine
• Best Mixed-Use Development Kane Realty Corporation for North Hills
• Best Office Development JPMorgan Trust for Two Progress Plaza
• Best Office Condominium Development Southpark Office Partners for Southpark at 54 Professional Center
• Best Major Retail Development (300,000 s.f.+) Regency Centers for Cameron Village
• Best Mid-Size Retail Development (300,000 s.f. or less) Preston Development for The Arboretum
• Best Redevelopment Project A. J. Fletcher Foundation for American Tobacco Historic District
• Most Creative Advertising/Marketing Program Grubb & Ellis/Thomas Linderman Graham and the Rivers Agency
• Professional Commercial Real Estate Service Charlotte Ellis, Ellis & Others
• Community Enhancement Award Raleigh Housing Authority for Capitol Park Best Development Team Progress Energy; Carter, Cooper Carry Architects; andBrasfield & Gorrie Contractors for Two Progress Plaza Promotion of Women in Real Estate Highwoods Properties Triangle CREW Networking Award Julie Schoenagle, Architect (Diversified ArchitecturalConsulting); Cindy Rice, Landscape Architect (Cynthia Rice Landscape Planning & Architecture); Jane Doggett, Leasing (Highwoods Properties); Diana Conn, Appraisor (Paramount Appraisal Group); Susan Folckemer, Development Advisor (The Preiss Company); Lisa Long, Lender (Wachovia); and Carter Worthy, Broker (Carter Worthy Commercial, Inc.) as Advisory Panel to Wake County Habitat for Humanity

2004 Champion Award Winners

• Impact Award John Kane of Kane Realty Corporation
• Most Creative Land Use Design The Freelon Group for RDU International Airport’s New Parking Structure
• Most Creative Financing Program Wachovia Bank for American Tobacco Historic District Financing
• Best Multi-Family Development The Gardens on Glenwood (Grubb Ventures)
• Best Multi-Use Development Renaissance at Southpoint (Starmount Company and Midland Atlantic Properties)
• Best Office Building Sigma Xi Building (Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society)
• Best Flex Building Parker Business Center (Jack Parker Corp.)
• Best Warehouse Building 323 Park Knoll Drive/Keystone Park (Keystone Corp.)
• Best Retail Building Triangle Town Center (The Richard E. Jacobs Group)
• Best Redevelopment Building University Mall (Kane Realty Corporation)
• Most Creative Advertising/Marketing Triangle Town Center for Cirque du Soleil (The Richard E. Jacobs Group)
• Best Property Manager Louise Hovey, Highwoods Properties
• Best Professional Service Mac Jones, CB Richard Ellis
• Administrative Service Award Lyne Riddle, Tri Properties, Inc.
• Best Development Team Manning Fulton & Skinner; Kennedy Covington; Cooper Carry Architects; Piedmont Land Design; Kimley Horn & Associates; Clancy & Theys Construction Co.; S.T. Wooten Corp.; TruGreen Landcare and Highwoods Properties for GlenLake One (office building)
• Promotion of Women in Real Estate Craig Davis, Craig Davis Properties
• Triangle CREW Networking Award Beth Voltz of Kilpatrick Stockton; Beth Traynham, CPA of Hughes Pittman & Gupton; Leslee Sharp of Lawyers Title Insurance Co. and Ann-Cabell Baum Andersen of White Oak Properties, Inc. for The Dawson on Morgan (owned by Dawson Developers, Inc.)

2003 Champion Award Winners

• Most Creative Land Use Design Meadowmont Village (Craig Davis Properties)
• Most Creative Financing Program Howard Brooks of DLTB for Trinity Place Office Building
• Best Multi-Family Brookside Village (Brookside Ventures)
• Best Office Building CentreGreenTwo (Highwoods Properties)
• Best Flex Building Connor Properties' Lab & Office Building
• Best Warehouse Building Tech Distribution Center (Dead River Properties)
• Best Retail Building The Streets at Southpoint
• Best Redevelopment Building The Lassiter at North Hills (Kane Realty Corporation)
• Most Creative Advertising/Marketing Program/Project Glenlake 3-D Highwoods Virtual Tour/Brochure
• Best Property Manager Barbara Brown, Tri-Properties
• Best Professional Service Kathleen Southern, Ragsdale Liggett
• Administrative Service Award Mary ELlen Potanovic, Carolantic Realty
• Community Enhancement Award Clayton Center & Government Office
• Best Development Team Insignia MetaPartners, Jack Parker Corp., & Quick Associates for LipoScience Building
• Promotion of Women in Real Estate Steve Stroud, Carolantic Realty
• Triangle CREW Networking Award Jane Doggett of Highwoods; Natalie Connell of DHIC, Inc.; Livian Jones of McKim & Creed; Chris Karasak ; Tonya Mills, Tri-Properties; Lori Pittman, HagerSmith Design, PA; Cynthia Rice, Cynthia Rice Landscape Architecture & Planning, PLLC; Carter Worthy, Carter Worthy Commercial - for SouthLight, a non-profit whose mission is to eliminate addiction, abuse and misuse of drugs, including alcohol, in the communities it serves.
• Impact Award Craig Davis, Craig Davis Properties