As a people-centric, collaborative organization, our collective success is driven by the thousands of individuals who call Avison Young home. Our people embrace curiosity, foster creativity, and promote agile thinking. They leverage relationships, technology, strategic mindsets, and diverse experiences as the tools for success. At the end of the day, our people are the key to success at Avison Young. While we’re thankful for our people on the daily, our annual Avison Young Awards program gives us the platform to highlight our top talent who are delivering the best value for our clients, harnessing our collective intelligence, and making AY better day by day. Here’s to our 2022 Avison Young Global award winners – congratulations to you.
Sean Faught Emerging
Talent Award - Canada
Jordan Boin
Sales Representative, Vice President | Toronto West, ON
Jordan was our top producing Emerging Talent in Ontario – he has a focused business development approach to the business and is a collaborator within the office and other markets. Jordan works collaboratively with senior and junior agents throughout the Toronto West office and has also worked with agents across the country referring business, particularly in southwestern Ontario. During the pandemic he took a leadership approach, being in the office and engaging as much as he could. As the Emerging Talent Ambassador, he made a concerted effort to engage with all the Emerging Talent and took the extra time to sit with new people joining the firm. He also helped to organize events and business development competitions in the office, keeping people engaged, focused on business, and adding to the culture of the office. Jordan has demonstrated excellent ethics and patience through his work and mentorship of younger brokers within AY.
Sean Faught Emerging
Talent Award - EMEA
Agnieszka Bogucka
Valuer, Valuation and Advsiory | Warsaw, PL
Agnieszka is very motivated to help grow the team and introduce best practices to the business. She was a critical piece in helping set up Poland’s new service line in 2021, serving as one of the first two members of the new team. Her professionalism and contributions to the team growth led to the achievement of their targets and profitability in the first calendar year. She set a high standard for the quality of our reports and is devoted to every valuation she’s preparing. Overall, Agnieszka is professional in every aspect and devoted to help her team achieve success.
Sean Faught Emerging
Talent Award - U.K.
Jake Pygall
Director | Leeds, ENG
Jake has been a significant contributor to the Emerging Talent programme over the past two years and was the Emerging Talent Ambassador for Leeds in 2022. During his time with AY, Jake has gained the experience, market knowledge, and confidence to move from servicing referred and smaller scale work, to a greater proportion of self-generated and larger scale work to help AY grow the Leeds industrial business. Jake has a strong pipeline representing revenue of c. £450k over the next 12 – 24 months, with the majority of that being self-generated income. He’s an important member of not only the Leeds Industrial team, but also the wider Leeds office. His energy and commitment to maintaining a strong regional culture and business development sets him apart. Jake is fundamental to how AY is shaping our regional Industrial offering going forward in terms of maximising potential, structuring the team, and implementing succession planning.
Sean Faught Emerging
Talent Award - U.S.
Alex Marolda
Associate Director | New York, NY
For the last three years, Alex has been an invaluable member of the Tri-State Investment Sales Team and AY. Coming in with a managing agent background, she added value on day one with a work ethic and attention to detail that goes unmatched. She is selfless in her efforts and has gone above and beyond to serve our company, community, and our clients. In 2022 she was selected as the NYC Emerging Talent Office Ambassador, organized our Annual Day of Giving event, and helped launch the AY New York Women’s Group. She’s been a major contributor and has helped close 25 sales for $331 million in consideration and nearly $5.5 million of revenue. Alex is always finding ways we can improve our operational systems and mentor others on the team – there is no way that we could handle our pipeline without her active involvement.
Ted Avison Multi-Line Case Award
INOVA
INOVA has been a meaningful client for Avison Young since early 2012 when AY acquired RMC and established a significant property management platform in the Mid-Atlantic region. Over the last decade, our professional team has expanded the services we delivered to INOVA while navigating its leadership changes and mastering unique challenges of advising a healthcare organization with 24/7 operational needs during a pandemic. We attribute the success we had in 2022 to managing the INOVA account across all service lines through leadership, constant collaboration, teamwork, and best-in-class service. With the INOVA team working as a cohesive unit, our competitors have been unable to penetrate our client relationships. Unswerving client care and relationship management have been key to our service line expansion -- including multiple lease transactions and complex land sales -- and key to INOVA becoming the top REMS client that it remains today.
Cheryl Beatty
HR Coordinator
Rockville, MD
Peter Berk
Principal
Tysons, VA
Wesley Boatwright
Principal
Washington, DC
Connor Burke
Associate
Washington, DC
Shawn Goldstein
Vice President
Rockville, MD
Nick Gregorios
Principal
Tysons, VA
Claudia Hernandez
Project Accountant
Rockville, MD
Donna Kay
Principal
Rockville, MD
Dave Millard
Principal
Tysons, VA
Maribel Moran
Property Manager
Rockville, MD
Grace Potter
Tenant Services Coordinator
Rockville, MD
Wesley Preuss
Senior Vice President
Tysons, VA
Gillian Richmond
Associate
Tysons, VA
Lee Zampella
Marketing Manager
Tysons, VA
Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award
Karina Rico
Director of Marketing, West Region
Los Angeles, CA
Erika Kim
Creative Director, West Region, Marketing
San Francisco, CA
Karina and Erika launched AY's first Hispanic Employee Resource Group – Conexión – in May 2022, which in an extremely short period of time has set the bar of excellence for all current and future AY ERGs. Karina and Erika's approach to launching Conexión has encouraged all ERGs at AY to follow suit by going through a rebranding exercise to establish consistency in naming and the creation of strong visual identities. AY's culture regarding ERGs has been dramatically impacted by Karina and Erika, providing a vivid example of two people who provide the catalyst for change within our organization. They’re not only leading an ERG of over 150 members, but pushing the envelope for how our ERGs grow and demonstrate value to members, AY staff, and the CRE industry in general.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Award
Dick Shields
Executive Vice President
Chicago, IL
Rich Hanson
Principal
Chicago, IL
Dick Shields and Rich Hanson's most significant ESG accomplishments at AY are particularly relevant because their efforts create real economic, social, and environmental value while also aligning with our primary business drivers. Through their advisory relationship with one of the world's preeminent coal power plant remediators, Charah Solutions, Dick and Rich have positioned AY as a global leader in impacted land redevelopment. In successfully executing multiple projects through 2022, the team established a proven and scalable approach to the process. With more than 1,000 power plants in AY's operational regions scheduled for closure, the team is in the process of developing a comprehensive list of prospective projects that will have significant continued ESG impact across North America and Europe. While focused on ESG impact, their work with Charah Solutions has also remained true to our culture of collaboration. Cross-market partnership has been critical in all projects, with relationship managers in Chicago leveraging local brokers for sales and market expertise in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Furthermore, these projects are allowing AY to galvanize its role as a place maker in the CRE industry. With hundreds of coal power plants closed, or marked for closure, across North America, the UK, and Europe, cities and city administrators across the world are going to be faced with significant hurdles and our team is positioned as a distinguished leader in tackling these environmental, civic, and financial puzzles. Learn more about the incredible ESG work in Avon, Lake Ohio here.
Graeme Young Top Producer of the Year
James Nelson
Principal, Head of Tri-State Investment Sales | New York, NY
As Principal and Head of AY’s Tri-State Investment Sales group, James leads a unified team of three dozen professionals in the sale of multi-family, office, development, and retail properties. James has built a unique sales platform, consisting of a team focused on providing clients with the best possible service - and investing in their long-term success. His leadership, focus on client-centricity and incredible drive has earned him the recognition as Avison Young's top producer in 2022.
Global Production Award: Largest Lease Deal
Gray Gaines
Associate
Chris Loyd
Senior Vice President
Henry Lobb
Principal
Abby Rights
Vice President
Chris Skibinski
Managing Director, Principal
85 North Logistics Center
The Charlotte market’s largest industrial lease in 2022 belonged to the Silverman Group with the lease of a 1.4 msf industrial space in Ching Grove, NC. Collaboration was key for this deal, leaning on different teammates to bring their unique insight to the table; Chris Loyd identified the land, Henry Lobb helped assemble additional parcels, Chris Skibinski presented the land to his client – the Silverman Group – the AY team marketed the site, and Macy’s showed up with their requirement.
Global Production Award: Largest Sales Transaction
Penny Hacking
Managing Director, Principal
CG Kang
Senior Manager Capital Markets Group
Medhdi Patrick
Riahy
Principal, Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets Germany
Ivanhoé Cambridge
AY represented Ivanhoé Cambridge, a global real estate investor, in the acquisition of a large logistics and distribution center from ADF Asset Management Co, Ltd., a South Korea based asset management firm at a lot size of €170 million. The property had been in an ADF fund since 2015, whose LPs are large Korean institutional investors. H&M Group, single tenant since occupancy in 2008, leased the 114,500 sqm property, ideally located on an approx. 150,000 sqm site. This H&M Group distribution center in Hamburg Allermöhe, Rungedamm 38, supplies varied European markets of their store networks. An interdisciplinary and international team of Avison Young investment experts from Germany, the UK and Korea exclusively advised Ivanhoé Cambridge on this transaction.