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(ORLANDO, Fla.) Feb. 27, 2014 — CNL Commercial Real Estate received three awards at NAIOP’s Best of the Best Gala Awards for 2013 including: Developer of the Year, Owner/User Development of the Year and First Place for Office Brokers of the Year.  

“I want to congratulate all the teams and partners involved in our developments in 2013 and our office brokerage team of Alex Rosario and J. Paul Reynolds for their outstanding performance. We are extremely grateful to have such wonderful partners,” said CNL Commercial Real Estate President Paul Ellis.

The Developer of the Year award was given for CNL Commercial Real Estate’s two newest projects in 2013 in Central Florida: Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, a 100,000-square-foot industrial warehouse and distribution headquarters facility; and Heritage Park, an 86,000-square-foot Class “A” office building in the heart of Winter Park. Each project has had a deep economic impact in its respective market as well as tenant and user functions within the building that will serve the community for years to come.

Heritage Park’s success is the result of an exceptional team of partners who collaborated on the project, and CNL Commercial Real Estate would like to thank everyone who contributed to its success. CNL Commercial Real Estate led the team of Hunton Brady (architect), Brasfield & Gorrie (general contractor), AVCON (civil engineer) and TLC Engineering (mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer).  Attorney Rebecca Wilson and her team at Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Cantor and Reid also contributed to the project.

Likewise, the development of Second Harvest Food Bank, which has resulted in the distribution of food to thousands of families across Central Florida, would not have been possible without a skilled development team. CNL Commercial Real Estate would like to thank project lead Mark Myer of CNL Commercial Real Estate along with Brasfield & Gorrie (general contractor), Baker Barrios (architect), Z Development Services (civil engineer) and TLC Engineering (mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer). Each of these partners was essential to the success of the project and CNL Commercial Real Estate is extremely grateful for their involvement in this unique opportunity.

“Every project of this magnitude takes a team to complete and we were lucky enough to work with great teams of professionals on both Heritage Park and the Second Harvest Food Bank,” said Ellis. “We are thankful for what each of them brought to these projects to help guarantee their success and look forward to partnering with them again in the future.”

The Office Brokers of the Year award went to CNL Commercial Real Estate’s leasing team of Rosario and Reynolds. In 2013, they represented 18 buildings in the Central Florida area, leasing a total of 562,985 square feet.

“Alex and I would like to thank all of our clients for their continued trust and partnership this year. Each client relationships is extremely valuable and we are honored to work for each them,” Reynolds said.

CNL Commercial Real Estate would like to congratulate all of the additional companies and individuals who participated and were recognized in NAIOP’s Best of the Best Awards for 2013.

About CNL Commercial Real Estate

CNL Commercial Real Estate offers a full range of commercial real estate services, including leasing and management, tenant representation, project management, facilities management and brokerage services, as well as a development and investment platform. It operates in all sectors of commercial real estate, including office, retail, industrial and multifamily. For more information, visit www.cnl.com/commercial.

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