CPE’s 2017 Distinguished Achievement Awards: The Judges’ Thoughts

The expert team of judges who determined this year's Distinguished Achievement Award winners share their thoughts about the trends they saw among the submissions they reviewed.

The judges of CPE’s seventh annual Distinguished Achievement Awards selected 14 properties and projects in seven categories. The experienced team of judges included Joshua Zinder, principal of JZA+D Architecture; Yildiray Yildirim, William Newman Real Estate Chair and professor at Baruch; Josh Schuster, managing principal at Silverback Development; Steve Bandolik of Deloitte; and Mark Dunec, managing director of FTI Consulting. After careful consideration of the the submissions and making their decisions, the judges shared their insight on the winners and the entries as a whole, and what they may say about industry trends.