Hitt Contracting Wins Big At NAIOP's NoVa Awards
NAIOP's NoVa chapter held its annual awards ceremony last week, with 26 awards given out for transactions, interiors, marketing, buildings and membership.
The night's MCs, above, were Brookfield's Dave Bevirt, Baker Tilly's Barbara Schaefer McDuffie and Vornado/Charles E. Smith's Jim Creedon.
Hitt Contracting, posing above, took home one of the night's biggest awards for firm of the year.
The award for best product marketing went to The Bartlett in Pentagon City, a Vornado/Charles E. Smith building with Rode Advertising and Brandlink on the marketing team.
First Potomac Realty Trust's Ed Zaptin took home the member of the year award of excellence. Above, Ed draws names for the event's door prize with ECS Corporate Services' Tracy Allen.
Cushman & Wakefield brokered both of the lease transactions that received awards. The first was Carr Properties landing OPower to occupy 63k SF at 2311 Wilson Blvd in Courthouse. The other was Lerner Enterprises signing CSC to 62k SF at 1775 Tysons Blvd.
The event's "Great members" included Tracy Allen (left) and CBRE's Leila Sydykova (right), who organized the door prizes and gave away more than $8k to lucky winners, and the awards gala chairs, ADI Construction's Erica Bazow and Christopher Consultants Marie Purkert (center).
The awards given out to buildings are as follows:
Master Plan Award of Excellence: Innovation Center South in Fairfax County; Davis Carter Scott, Rocks Engineering Co and Shirley Contracting
Master Plan Award of Merit: Arbor Row in Tysons; WDG Architecture, Cityline Partners
R&D/Industrial/Data Center Award of Excellence: Digital J in Ashburn; Hitt Contracting, Herring & Trowbridge Architects
Adaptive Re-Use Award Of Excellence: WeWork/WeLive in Crystal City; Vornado/Charles E. Smith, Perkins Eastman, ARExA, and James G. Davis Construction Corp
Capital Improvement Award Of Excellence: Greensboro Station in Tysons; SmithGroupJJR, The Meridian Group, James G. Davis Construction Corp and CBRE
Build-to-Suit Non-Institutional Facility Award of Merit: K2M Group Holdings Global HQ in Leesburg; Trammell Crow, Keane Enterprises, MGMA, SKB Architecture, Vantage Construction Co, HITT Contracting and CBRE
Build-to-Suit Institutional Facility Under $20M Award of Merit: Stringfellow Road Park & Ride Facility in Fairfax County; Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, Ritter Architects and Branch Daffan
Build-to-Suit Institutional Facility, $20M & Above Award of Merit: Charles J. Colgan Senior High School in Manassas; The Christman Co, Prince William County Public Schools and Moseley Architects
Mixed-Use Project Single Building Award of Merit: The Bartlett in Pentagon City; Vornado/Charles E. Smith, Torti Gallas and Balfour Beatty Construction
Mixed-Use Project Single Building Award of Excellence: West Broad Residences in Falls Church; Davis, Carter, Scott, Rushmark Properties and HITT Contracting
Speculative Office Building Award of Excellence: 1775 Tysons Blvd in Tysons; Lerner Enterprises, Kohn Pedersen Fox and Whiting-Turner
