On March 28, 2025 the metro New Orleans commercial real estate community gathered to recognize the best, brightest, and highest achieving in the field of commercial real estate in our region. Awards were presented in recognition of career accomplishments and service to the industry, achievement by credit volume, as well as achievement in sales and leasing throughout the retail, industrial, office, land, and multifamily sectors. Here are the winners (scroll to the bottom to view the event photo gallery):
- YPN Rising Star – Given annually to a REALTOR® or Affiliate of CID, 40 years of age or younger, who has demonstrated excellence in the areas of sales, leadership, and community involvement.
- Winner: Shannon Corrigan, SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- Winner: Victoria Waguespack, Beau Box Commercial Real Estate
- Service to the Industry – Given annually to a REALTOR® member of CID who has served the Board, our members, and the community, and has enhanced the commercial REALTOR® image.
- Winner: Mignon Richard Díaz, CCIM, NAI Latter & Blum
- Achievement Awards recognize production by volume for the previous (awards) year in five categories – Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond. This year’s awards program represents over 1,039 transactions and, by sale and lease prices, over $1.1 billion in real estate activity.
- Bronze: Production total of $2,000,000 to $2,499,999.
- Michael Corrigan, SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- Shannon Corrigan, SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- Austin Lavin, CCIM, Corporate Realty Leasing Company
- Jennifer Poulin, RE/MAX Commercial Brokers
- Rich Stone, CCIM, NAI Latter & Blum
- Silver: Production total of $2,500,000 to $4,999,999.
- A. Ben Derbes, CCIM, Max J. Derbes
- Herbert Duvic, CCIM, SIOR, Max J. Derbes
- Burden Edmonds, Beau Box Commercial Real Estate
- Emily Kramer, Corporate Realty Leasing Company
- Cameron Lombardo, RE/MAX Commercial Brokers
- Ryan Pearce, NAI Latter & Blum
- Carly Plotkin, Stirling
- Paul Richard, NAI Latter & Blum
- William Sadler, Corporate Realty Leasing Company
- Sue Sencanbaz, NAI Latter & Blum
- Donna Whalen, Corporate Realty Leasing Company
- Gold: Production total of $5,000,000 to $9,999,999.
- Christopher Abadie, CCIM, Colliers Louisiana
- Lucy Chun, RE/MAX Commercial Brokers
- Sandra Corrigan, SIOR, SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- Lance Ginn, CCIM, Lee & Associates
- Jack Godon, Property One
- Maxwell Grosch, NAI Latter & Blum
- Gerard Henry, SIOR, Max J. Derbes
- Keith Henry, SIOR, Max J. Derbes
- Stephanie Hilferty, SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- Richard Juge, CCIM, CIPS, SIOR, RE/MAX Commercial Brokers
- Matthew Pittman, Beau Box Commercial Real Estate
- Michael Pou, Talbot Realty Group
- Betty Pei Ching Sun, NAI Latter & Blum
- Platinum: $10,000,000 to $14,999,999.
- Bradley Cook, MS, CCIM, Stirling
- Bryce French, CBRE
- Hayden Ingram, Property One
- Ron Patron, CCIM
- Diamond: Production total of over $15,000,000.
- Leon Audibert, SIOR, Property One
- Kirsten Early, CCIM, SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- Eli Gunesebakan, CCIM, SIOR, NAI Latter & Blum
- Andrea Huseman, Corporate Realty Leasing Company
- David Quinn, SIOR, Max J. Derbes
- Steven Reisig, CCIM, SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- Christopher Robertson, J.D./C.P.A., SSRA Commercial Real Estate
- Saban Sellers, Stirling
- Rhonda Sharkawy, Stirling
- Barry Spizer, CCIM, SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- Bronze: Production total of $2,000,000 to $2,499,999.
- Special Awards Winners: Recognition for achievement in sales, leasing, and brokerage by one of six asset classes: Office, Retail, Industrial, Land, Special Purpose, and Multi-Family.
- Office
- Lease of the Year
- Andrea Huseman, CCIM, & Jeffrey Cohn – Corporate Realty Leasing Company
- For the property located at 2233 Lakeshore Dr., New Orleans, LA
- Sale of the Year
- Bryce French – CBRE
- For the property located at 1800 Buckner Square, Shreveport, LA
- Office Broker of the Year
- Andrea Huseman, CCIM, Corporate Realty Leasing Company
- Lease of the Year
- Retail
- Lease of the Year
- Kirsten Early, CCIM, & Stephanie Hilferty – Corporate Realty Leasing Company
- For the former Sears at the Mall of Louisiana located at 6501 Bluebonnet Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA
- Sale of the Year
- Shannon Corrigan, Collin Holmes, Stephanie Boyd, Sandra Corrigan, SIOR, & Michael Corrigan – SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- For the OnPath Portfolio of property locations in Covington, Slidell, Thibodaux, & Westwego, LA
- Shannon Corrigan, Collin Holmes, Stephanie Boyd, Sandra Corrigan, SIOR, & Michael Corrigan – SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- Broker of the Year: Rhonda Sharkawy, MS – Stirling
- Lease of the Year
- Industrial
- Lease of the Year
- Jennifer Poulin, CCIM, SIOR – RE/MAX Commercial Brokers
- For the property located at 310 James Dr. East, Kenner, LA
- Sale of the Year
- Christopher Abadie, CCIM – Colliers Louisiana
- For the property located at 9595 Mansfield Rd, Shreveport, LA
- Broker of the Year
- David Quinn, SIOR – Max J. Derbes, Inc
- Lease of the Year
- Land
- Lease of the Year
- Carly Plotkin – Stirling
- For property located at 7000 Veterans Blvd, Metairie, LA
- Sale of the Year
- Kirsten Early, CCIM – SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- For the property at Freret & Napoleon Ave
- Broker of the Year
- Kirsten Early, CCIM – SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- Lease of the Year
- Special Purpose
- Lease of the Year
- Hayden Ingram – Property One
- For the property located at 2311 Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, LA
- Sale of the Year
- Christopher Robertson, J.D./C.P.A., Steve Reisig, CCIM, Barry Spizer, CCIM – SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- For the Garage Unit property located at 1200 Poydras, New Orleans
- Broker of the Year
- Christopher Robertson, J.D./C.P.A., SRSA Commercial Real Estate
- Lease of the Year
- Multifamily
- Sale of the Year
- Saban Sellers – Stirling
- For the property located at 2020 Veterans Blvd, Gonzales, LA
- Broker of the Year
- Saban Sellers – Stirling
- Sale of the Year
- Office
- Deal of the Year: Selected from the winners of sale and lease of the year in each asset class, as well as self-nominated deals exceeding $5 million. Criteria for determining the Deal of the Year include: Economic Development/ Community Impact; Complexity (Such as Tax Credits, P.I.L.O.T.s, T.I.F.s, Opportunity Zones, Zoning Variances/Changes, Public-Private Partnerships, and Neighborhood Transformation); Other intangible qualities and/or factors that are not easily quantified (such as design, construction methods/materials, and amenities
Selected by a Blue-Ribbon Committee comprised of five (5) voting members, and two (2) non-voting advisory members. This year’s committee included:- Louis David
- Kristian Sonnier, Gootee Construction
- Katie Winters, Winters Title
- Arthur Schwertz, Mosaic Valuations
- Meghan Donelon, Red River Bank
- Chair of the Awards Committee Lance Ginn of Lee & Associates (Advisory)
- CID President Ex Officio Cameron Lombardo of RE/MAX Commercial Brokers (Advisory)
- For the community transformation, the complexity of the project and the challenges overcome, the 2024 Deal of the Year was awarded to Kirsten Early, CCIM, of SRSA Commercial Real Estate, for the Land Sale of the property located at Freret and Napoleon Avenue.
- Visit nomar.org/commercial/deals for more information about the 2024 Deal of the Year.
Congratulations all!
Pictured, left to right: Top Row – Ron Patron, Michael Plauché,, Richard Juge, Hayden Ingram,, Ryan Pearce, Bradley Cook, Carly Plotkin, Andrea Huseman, Christopher Robertson, Paul Richard, Steve Reisig, Barry Spizer, Cameron Lombardo, Michael Corrigan, Bryce French, Eli Gunesebakan, Saban Sellers, Chris Abadie, Max Grosch, Stephanie Hilferty, Matthew Pittman; Front Row – Lucy Chun, Mignon Richard Díaz, Betty Pei Ching Sun, Shannon Corrigan, Sandra Corrigan, Kirsten Early
