Bisnow Wins 5 Awards At Annual NAREE Conference
The Bisnow newsroom won five awards at the National Association of Real Estate Editors' Journalism awards ceremony Thursday evening.
The awards were announced during NAREE's 56th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference in Atlanta with Bisnow scoring two gold awards, one silver, one bronze and one honorable mention. It was the fifth consecutive year Bisnow has taken home awards from the NAREE conference.
“I am deeply proud of this year’s NAREE awards haul and the full international Bisnow newsroom who worked tirelessly to produce these hard-hitting, deeply reported stories," said Mark Bonner, Bisnow editor-in-chief and vice president of content.
"I also would like to dedicate these honors to the memory of Bisnow’s late CEO, Will Friend, who made a big bet on hard news in the early years of his leadership and never wavered from the newsroom’s mission — and understood the value their work brought to CRE and our company. Our entire team will continue to dig deeper and uncover the stories that shape commercial real estate in his memory," Bonner said.
The awards come three months after the unexpected passing of Friend, Bisnow's longtime CEO, at the age of 33.
The team won awards across multiple mediums, markets and topics including two gold-winning pieces.
It won gold for a podcast from Miriam Hall and Mike Phillips detailing the debate on new office construction's impacts on climate change, part of the duo's Office Politics series. Mike Phillips won the other gold award for his reporting on One Hyde Park, a controversial luxury apartment building in London.
Bisnow was also honored with a bronze award for its special report on diversity in the commercial real estate industry. The report tracked executive- and board-level diversity at dozens of the largest commercial real estate firms for the second consecutive year, finding the industry made uneven progress toward its commitments to add more people of color and women to its highest ranks.
“Congratulations to all of the hardworking journalists who won awards at NAREE this year," Bisnow CEO Gregg Mayer said. "Our newsroom, and all of their efforts, continually impress me. Not only do they help the commercial real estate industry better understand itself and do more business — they also continue to help our company reach new heights and we couldn’t be prouder.”
Bisnow received the following awards and recognition:
Best Podcast or Radio
GOLD WINNER: Miriam Hall and Mike Phillips, Office Politics — Needless Construction And Architectural Arrogance: Climate Crisis And The Future Of Work
Judges' Comments: This highly produced podcast takes full advantage of the medium of audio: music transitions, natural sound breaks, and shifting narration between the two anchors. It creates the illusion of movement and keeps the listener engaged, as does the thorough exploration of the climate impact of work-from-home versus in-office work. Clear sound bites from multiple interviews, snappy writing, and "I didn't know that" tidbits (for example, erecting new net-zero buildings is more climate-polluting than refurbishing an old building), made this podcast the clear winner.
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Best International Real Estate Story
GOLD WINNER: Mike Phillips, How The World's Most Expensive Apartment Building Became A Lightning Rod For How We Feel About The Super Rich
Judges' Comments: For its 10th anniversary, the world's most expensive apartment building, London's One Hyde Park, gets a detail-filled, in-depth examination by Phillips. At one point, 2,500 workers were at the construction site. The rich Russian buyers are fewer in number these days after the 2018 poisoning of Sergei Skripal led the UK to remove some of their visas. It's a thoroughly reported gem.
HONORABLE MENTION: David Thame, Dark Days For London's Transport Infrastructure: Why Property Needs To Wake Up
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Best Mortgage or Financial Real Estate Story
SILVER WINNER: Jon Banister, Nontraded REITs Have Raised Over $20B This Year And Are Shifting CRE Market Dynamics
Judges' Comments: Banister serves his audience with this thoroughly reported story about a major trend in REIT investment — the growth of nontraded REITs that avoid the volatility of the public markets. In addition to big investment names like Blackstone and Starwood, Banister explains that small private investors are also driving the record-setting boom as baby boomers seek stable returns in their retirement years. Clear writing and an exploration of the impact of this trend made this story a stand-out.
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Best Team Report
BRONZE WINNER: Ethan Rothstein, Miriam Hall, Jon Banister, Dees Stribling, Bianca Barragán and Tim Carroll, Special Report: New Analysis Shows Uneven Progress Toward Diversity At CRE's Biggest Firms
