Real Estate Weekly

CBRE is the only company to ever take the top two REBNY Ingenious Deal of the Year awards, having done it previously in 1997, 1996 and 1995. Matthew Van Buren, president, New York Tri-State Region, CBRE, praised the firm's dealmakers saying, "Capturing the top two REBNY Ingenious Deal of the Year awards is an extraordinary achievement, and CBRE is extremely proud of our teams. "These award-winning deals are hallmarks of our professionals' ingenuity and innovative thinking on behalf of clients engaged in highly complex investment sales and office leasing transactions." Woody Heller, of Savills Studley and chair of REBNY's Sales Brokers Committee, presented the awards. The judges were David Lebenstein of Cassidy Turley; Peter Hauspurg of Eastern Consolidated; Steve Alden of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Andrew Albstein, Esq. of Goldberg Weprin & Ustin, LLP John Gunther-Mohr of Santander; and Kevin Chisholm of 60 Guilders, LLC.