SPIRE Awards Program Keeps on Growing

Falco: “As Orange County’s commercial real estate industry continues to grow and evolve, it’s important that we recognize the individuals who have contributed to this success.”

COSTA MESA, CA—CREW Orange County will host the 6^th-annual commercial real estate SPIRE Awards ceremony—the only commercial real estate awards program in Orange County—on March 29, 2017, at the Samueli Theater here, the largest venue for this event to date. Nominations for the awards are now open and due by February 3, 2017.

As the program enters its sixth year, nominations are expected to continue on their upward trajectory and perhaps even exceed CREW-OC’s expectations in light of its new venue, event chairs Catherine Falco, senior director of business development for Marquis Construction Inc.; Linda Padilla-Smyth, director of real estate and property management for Chapman University; and Leann Lawson, VP of sales—national commercial services—at First American Title, tell GlobeSt.com. We spoke with them exclusively about the program’s impact on the local CRE community and how it is evolving over the years.