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COSTA MESA, CA—CREW-Orange County presented the winners of the 3^rd Annual Commercial Real Estate SPIRE Awards at the Center Club here on Feb. 27. The awards program, which stands for Superior Performance in Real Estate, is the only commercial real estate awards program in Orange County.

Robert Brunswick, CEO of Buchanan Street Partners, served as this year's guest speaker, while James “Watty” Watson, president and CEO of CT Realty Investors, served as MC.

Awards, projects and winners included:

• Superior Performance in New Construction—Bill Holmes Tower at CHOC Hospital of Orange County, awarded to Waldo Romero, CHOC; Max Burcham, McCathy Building Cos; Gary Owens, FKP Architects, Inc.; Michael Swain, WBSA; Hassan Hallak, Jacobs
• Superior Performance in Building Renovations—Park Place, Irvine; awarded to LBA Realty
• Superior Performance in Tenant Improvements—Goodman Birtcher North America's Headquarters, Irvine; awarded to Gary Mason and Kevin Eddy, Sr., Coastal Pacific Construction Inc.; and Heidi Hendy and Felicia Hyde, H. Hendy Associates
• Superior Performance in Leasing—the New Kaleidoscope, Mission Viejo; awarded to Scott Kaplan, Erik Westedt and Justin McMahon, CBRE
• Superior Performance in Sales—5901 Bolsa Ave., Huntington Beach; awarded to Rick Ellison, Jeff Chiate and Randy Ellison, Cushman & Wakefield; and Michael Hartel, Voit Real Estate Services
• Superior Performance in Lending—Mesa Management Portfolio; awarded to Greg Reed and Kristen Croxton of Beech Street Capital; and Matt Palmer, Aegon USA Realty Advisors LLC
• Superior Performance for Woman in CRE—awarded to Lydia Shen, managing director, commercial mortgage, western region, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors
• Superior Performance in Philanthropy—awarded to Karl Kreutziger, president, Driver SPG

For the complete list of winners, click here.

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