Friday, April 25, 2014

NAI Alliance Wins Three Categories at the Annual Summit Awards 2014 Event


Kelly Bland with NAI Alliance Reno Retail Properties group, members of the NAI Alliance Reno Industrial Properties group, and Andie Wilson, CCIM of NAI Alliance Carson City received coveted awards at the 9th Annual Summit Awards Event held Friday, April 18th at the Eldorado Hotel Casino Convention Center. 

NAI Alliance Principal/Senior Vice President of Retail Properties, Kelly Bland, won the 2013 award for Retail Broker of the Year for the second year in a row!  The Broker of the year award is based on total production from a broker in the retail industry.  Some of Mr. Bland’s transactions in 2013 included the renewal of TJ Maxx, DB Shoes and Michael’s stores at Firecreek Crossing located at 4821-4871 Kietzke Lane; the sale of the former K-Mart building located at 4855 Summit Ridge; and the new CarMax Development along South Virginia Street in South Reno.

Also, the NAI Alliance Industrial Property brokers received the award for the 2013 Largest Single Sale Transaction.  J. Michael Hoeck, SIOR; Michael Nevis, CCIM; Dave Simonsen, CCIM, SIOR; and Dan Oster, SIOR of NAI Alliance Reno represented the seller, PanCal Fernley LLC, in the investment sale of a 337,500sf distribution warehouse.  The building is fully leased to Trex Company, Inc.    

And finally, Andie Wilson, CCIM, Principal/Broker-Salesperson of NAI Alliance Carson City received the 2013 award for Generalist of the Year. Based in Carson City, this is the third time Ms. Wilson has won this award. A generalist doesn’t specialize in any one area of commercial brokerage, instead participating in transactions across the board: industrial, retail, office, land, and investment.
           
The Summit Awards of Northern Nevada recognizes notable achievements in the commercial real estate sector from 2013. The Summit Awards is the only awards program of its kind in Northern Nevada to encourage and recognize distinguished commercial agents, brokers, property managers, developers and projects.  The annual Summit Awards are sponsored by the Northern Nevada chapters of CCIM, CREW, and NAIOP.