Journal of Property Management

Awards & Recognition

Condo Lifestyles magazine presented Robert Levin, CPM®, president of Wolin-Levin, Inc. ( www.wolin-levin), with its annual Outstanding Leadership and new Property Manager of the Year awards at the 2009 State of the Industry Seminar. He was honored for over 30 years of service in the property management business. Levin and his company “have been a fixture in Chicago condominiums since the beginning of the condo boom,” said Michael C. Davids, editor and publisher of Condo Lifestyles, when presenting the award. “Because of the length and reach of Bob’s involvement in condominiums, he has had a unique and significant impact on improving professionalism and the level of education of so many others in this field.”

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Jeffrey I. Brodsky, CPM, president of Related Management Co., AMO®, recently received the 2009

CPM of the Year award from IREM Greater New
York Chapter No. 26. The award was presented at the
Chapter’s Annual Dinner & Awards gala in New York
City. “I am privileged to lead the property management
division of an organization that allows us… no, requires us, to do the right
thing. We are equally privileged to be associated with IREM, a partner in
achieving our organizational goals,” Brodsky said.

ON THE ROAD
MARCH 10
Greater New York Chapter No. 26
(Asset Management Symposium)
location: new York
visiting officer: Randy woodbury,
president

MARCH 11 Columbus Chapter No. 42 location: columbus, ohio visiting officer: Randy woodbury, president

Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, recently awarded
Les Horvath, CPM, PCAM, the Pillar of Profitability
Award for the Western Region, which includes
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado,
Oregon and Washington. Six pillars of excellence
(People, Customer Satisfaction, Operational Excellence,
Profitability, Growth and Community Outreach), were adopted by
Greystar founder and CEO, Bob Faith, to help employees think strategi-
cally about company operations.

MARCH 12
Chicago Chapter No. 23
location: chicago
visiting officer: Randy woodbury,
president

MARCH 25 Milwaukee Chapter No. 13 location: Milwaukee visiting officer: Ron goss, president-elect

Cushman & Wakefield, AMO, recently announced that 18 properties under its management have earned the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification utilizing the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Portfolio Program and volume certification process, which allows management firms and property owners to pursue LEED certification for multiple properties simultaneously. More than half of the properties certified at the Platinum and Gold levels. Cushman & Wakefield is the first commercial real estate services firm to certify existing buildings using volume certification under the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED EB: O&M) rating system. The properties include owner-occupied and multitenant buildings across six states, comprising in excess of 8 million square feet of commercial real estate.