Best Real Estate Deals of the Year: Your guide to the 2015 winners

By April 13, 2015Uncategorized

From the Dallas Business Journal by Paul O’Donnell

The Dallas Business Journal’s 23rd annual Best Real Estate Deals of the Year awards program is in the record books. And here is your guide to this year’s winners and finalists by category, as well as brokers of the year:

DEAL OF THE YEAR

Toyota North America’s headquarters move from California to Plano

Toyota’s CEO discusses reasons for the HQ relocation (Video)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Meet the man who helped bring ExxonMobil and Toyota to DFW

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DEAL

Winner: Dallas Design District

COMMUNITY IMPACT DEAL

Winner: Dallas Farmers Market

Finalists: Dallas Arboretum and Charles A. Sammons tower

HEADQUARTERS/CAMPUS DEAL

Winner: Toyota North American HQ

Finalists: Active Network/Lanyon and FedEx Office

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

Winner: Wildlife Commerce Park

Finalists: Alliance Center North and Logistics Center I & II

INDUSTRIAL TRANSACTION

Winner: Procter & Gamble distribution center

Finalists: MI Windows & Doors, Texas Crossing and UPS

MEDICAL DEAL

Winner: Charles A. Sammons Trauma and Critical Care Tower

Finalists: William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital

URBAN MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT

Winner: Crescent’s McKinney & Olive tower

Finalist: The Olympic Project

SUBURBAN MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT

Winner: Wade Park

Finalist: Preston Hollow Village

MOST CREATIVE FINANCING DEAL

Winner: The Olympic Project

Finalist: Statler Hilton and Old Dallas Library

REHAB/REUSE DEAL

Winner: Statler Hilton and Old Dallas Library

Finalists: Deep Ellum Crossroads and Trunk Club Inc.

RETAIL/RESTAURANT DEAL

Winner: Arboretum Village

SINGLE-FAMILY/PLANNED COMMUNITY DEAL

Winner: Windsong Ranch

Finalists: Chisholm Trail Ranch and Union Park

MULTIFAMILY DEAL

Winner: The Taylor

Finalists: Midtown Apartments and Alexan Arts

SUBURBAN OFFICE DEAL

Winner: Granite Park Four

Finalists: FedEx Office and Raytheon CityLine

URBAN OFFICE DEAL

Winner: Active Network/Lanyon

Finalists: Omnitracs and Santander Consumer

LAND TRANSACTION DEAL

Winner: 1000 Singleton

Finalists: Chase Bank, Craig Ranch and Toyota HQ

LEASE RENEWAL DEAL

Winner: Tenet Healthcare

Finalists: Norton Rose Fulbright and Pier 1 Imports

TOP BROKER, INDUSTRIAL

Winner: CBRE’s Dave Anderson

TOP BROKER, INVESTMENT SALES

Winner: CBRE’s Dirk Goris and Ryan Reid

TOP BROKER, LAND TRANSACTIONS

Winner: Venture Commercial’s David Davidson Jr.

TOP BROKER, MULTIFAMILY

Winner: ARA Newmark’s Brian O’Boyle Sr.

TOP BROKER, OFFICE

Winner: CBRE’s Jeff Ellerman

TOP BROKER, RETAIL

Winner: UCR’s Jack Breard

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