California + Orange County + Apartments | May 9, 2023

CREW Orange County Opens Nominations for 11th Annual SPIRE Awards

CREW Orange County has opened nominations for the 11th Annual SPIRE (Superior Performance In Real Estate) Awards, a black-tie gala honoring the best of Orange County’s real estate professionals. The event is scheduled for Oct. 23 at the City National Grove of Anaheim.

“For more than a decade, CREW and the SPIRE Awards have been recognizing Orange County’s superior commercial real estate organizations and professionals across a variety of roles,” said Irene Villalobos, co-chair and sales executive with Generations Escrow. “We look forward to celebrating these groups and individuals and helping to inspire new leaders in the commercial real estate industry for the next year.”

The SPIRE Awards recognize men, women and project teams who have made a significant impact across the commercial real estate industry in 2022 and/or 2023. Awards are given across a variety of categories including women in commercial real estate; new construction/development; building renovations; tenant improvements; most valuable service partner; leasing; sales; philanthropy; and emerging leader.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 13-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 15-20 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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