Project Finalists Announced for 13th Annual NAIOP Real Estate Excellence (REX) Awards

TORONTO, March 26, 2014 /CNW/ - Project Finalists for this year's REX Awards have been announced by the Greater Toronto Chapter of NAIOP. The awards will be presented at the 13^th Annual NAIOP Real Estate Excellence (REX) Awards gala which takes place April 9, 2014 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The awards recognize outstanding achievements in the commercial real estate industry.

Project Finalists for Office Lease of the Year are:

• EY Tower (Team: Oxford Properties Group; EY Canada; Cushman & Wakefield Ltd.)
• The Globe and Mail Centre (Team: First Gulf Development Corporation; The Globe and Mail; Cushman & Wakefield Ltd.; Diamond Schmitt Architects; KPMB Architects)
• KPMG at the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (Team: SmartCentres and Calloway (REIT); KPMG Management Services LP; CBRE Limited; Osler, Hoskin& Harcourt LLP)

Project Finalist for Office Development of the Year is:

• 7100 West Credit (Team: Carttera Management Inc.; WorleyParsons; Avison Young; Pearce McCluskey Architects; Leeswood Construction)

Project Finalists for Industrial Development of the Year are:

• Red Hill Business Park (Team: Sora Developments; Navistar Canada Inc.; Jones Lang LaSalle)
• Maple Leaf Foods Distribution Plant (Team: Morguard Investments Limited; Maple Leaf Foods; RBC Capital Markets Real Estate Group; McKay-Cocker)
• Serta Design-Build (Team: Metrus Properties Limited; Serta Mattress Company; CBRE Limited)

Project Finalist for Industrial Lease of the Year is:

• Unilever Distribution Centre (Team: H&R Real Estate Development Investment Trust; Canadian Commercial Capital; Unilever Canada; Cushman & Wakefield Ltd.; Giffels Corp.)

Project Finalists for Investment Deal of the Year are:

• Mirvish Village / Honest Ed's (Team: Westbank Projects; Colliers International; Ed Mirvish Enterprises Ltd.; Bousfields Inc.)
• Sun Life Financial Centre (Team: Starlight Investments Ltd.; CIBC World Markets Inc.; Oxford Properties Group; Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada; Avison Young; RBC Capital Markets Real Estate Group; Bloom Lanys Professional Corporation)
• Slate acquisition of the GE Real Estate Portfolio and Platform (Team: Slate Properties; BMO Capital Markets; GE Real Estate; CIBC World Markets Inc.; RBC Capital Markets Real Estate Group; Pure Industrial REIT; CBRE Limited)

Project Finalists for Green Award of the Year are:

• Race to Reduce (Team: CivicAction)
• 2013 LEAP Awards (Team: Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan; Loop Initiatives)
• TD Green Concept Branch (Team: TD Bank Group; Perkins+Will; Green Reason; Haworth; Turner Construction; Integral Group; Fast+Epp)

Project Finalists for Retail/Mixed Use Development of the Year are:

• Yorkdale Shopping Centre (Team: Oxford Properties Group; MMC International Architects Ltd.; EllisDon Corp.)
• 120 Lynn Williams Mixed-Use Development (Team: First Capital Realty Inc.; Kasian Architecture Interior Design)
• Leaside Village (Team: First Capital Realty, Inc.; Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc.)

The 13^th Annual NAIOP Real Estate Excellence (REX) Awards is the premier event for the office, industrial and mixed-use, real estate industry in the GTA. The gala on April 9, 2014 will recognize 'Best of the Year' teams in seven award categories, along with individual awards just announced.  Tickets are still available for 10-seat Platinum Tables and 10-seat Corporate Tables, along with Individual and Developing Leaders Gala Tickets.

The Greater Toronto Chapter of NAIOP has over 1,000 members and is the leading, commercial, real estate association in the city. The second largest of 52 international NAIOP chapters, it represents commercial real estate developers, as well as owners and investors of office, industrial, retail and mixed-use properties.

SOURCE: NAIOP Greater Toronto Chapter

Constance Wrigley-Thomas
CAE - Executive Director
NAIOP Greater Toronto Chapter
Tel:  [phone] or (cell) 289-259-9623
Email:  [email protected]