2024 CCIM awards honor professionals in commercial real estate industry
The Utah Chapter of CCIM honored several individuals and transactions recently at its annual Excellence Awards event.
The event honors professionals within Utah’s commercial real estate industry who exemplify the highest degree of business excellence.
“Once a year, we as an industry get the opportunity to gather together and celebrate one another’s accomplishments, and this year marked another successful event for our organization,” said Nate Worthen, current Utah CCIM Chapter president.
“Our event theme, ‘Elevating Excellence,’ encapsulates the spirit of progress and innovation that drives us forward,” added Katie Wilking, Utah CCIM Chapter 2023 president. “It’s meant to serve as a reminder of our industry’s collective mission to continually raise the bar, push boundaries and set new benchmarks of achievement — the very efforts this event celebrates. I want to extend this year’s winners a big congratulations and wish them the best of luck for continual success in the coming year.”
Honorees this year are:
Hall of Fame: Presented posthumously to Nathan Ricks, co-founder of STACK Real Estate.
Multifamily Broker of the Year: Greg Barratt, Berkadia. Other finalists were Patrick Bodnar (CBRE) and Derek Kofoed (Newmark).
Retail Broker of the Year: Scott Brady, Mountain West Commercial. The other finalists were Joe Mills (Legend Partners) and Zach Beaudry (Colliers International).
Office Broker of the Year: Chris Falk, Newmark. Other finalists were Scott Wilmarth (CBRE) and Brandon Fugal (Colliers International).
Investment Broker of the Year: Kip Paul, Cushman Wakefield. Other finalists were Duane Bush (Colliers International) and Bryce Blanchard (Newmark).
Industrial Broker of the Year: Kyle Roberts, Newmark. Other finalists were Wick Udy (JLL) and Luke Burbank (Newmark).
Architectural Firm of the Year: MHTN Architects. Other finalists were tsa Architects and FFKR.
Architectural Project of the Year: HELIX Office Building, MHTN Architects. The other finalist was Intermountain Health’s McKay-Dee Cancer Center.
General Contractor Project of the Year: The West Quarter, Jacobsen Construction. Other finalists were The Post District (Big-D Construction), Pelion Office Building (Okland Construction) and Kathryn F. Kirk HCI (Layton Construction).
General Contractor of the Year: Big-D Construction. Other finalists were Okland Construction and Jacobsen Construction.
Specialty Broker of the Year: Matt Porter, Mountain West Commercial. Other finalists were Justin Irvine (Colliers International), Jordan Farrer (Marcus & Millichap) and James Yeates (Colliers International).
Multidisciplinary Broker of the Year: James Bullington, Colliers International. Other finalists were Brandon Huntsman (Colliers International) and Josh Martin (Colliers International).
Commercial Mortgage Broker of the Year: Johnny Clawson, The Clawson Group. The other finalist was Al Dillard (Sound Commercial Capital).
Private Money Lender: Nick Etherington, Taylor Derrick Capital LLC. The other finalist was Danny Swett (Swett Equity LLC).
Community Lender of the Year (under $75 million): Katie Black, Zions Bank. Other finalists were Greg Freeman (Mountain America Credit Union) and Tanner Gummersall (Mountain America Credit Union).
Commercial Lender of the Year (over $75 million): Aaron Munro, BOK Financial. Other finalists were Dave Lundberg (Mountain America Credit Union) and Tim Raccuia (Zions Bank).
Rookie of the Year: Rhett Rasmussen, JLL. Other finalists were Skyler Smith (Colliers International) and Angela Kroneberger (Colliers International).
Awards for the top transactions were presented to:
Top Office Lease: Myriad Genetics, Nadia Letey and Scott Wilmarth of CBRE.
Top Retail Lease: Vasa, Dan Moore, Rob Moore and Tyson Moore of Colliers International.
Top Industrial Lease: Northrop Grumman, Jeremy Jensen and Michael Jeppesen of Colliers International.
Top Investment Sale: SLC Hospitality Portfolio, Bryce Blanchard of Newmark.
Top Land Sale: HCA – West Jordan Land, Chris Falk and Braxton Willie of Newmark.
Top Multifamily Sale: Ascend at Northshore, Patrick Bodnar of CBRE.
Top Industrial Sale: I-215 Logistics, Tom Dischmann, Jeff Richards, Matt McAfee and Chris Liddell of CBRE.
Top Office Sale: US Bank Downtown Office, Trigger Reital and Jeff Rossi of Newmark.
Top Retail Sale: Highbury Shopping Center, Kip Paul, Michael King and JT Redd of Cushman & Wakefield.
Top Specialty Sale: SLC Hospitality Portfolio, Bryce Blanchard of Newmark.