VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (February 21, 2020) — Divaris Real Estate, Inc. (DRE) announces The Hampton Roads Commercial Realtors Alliance (HRCRA) honored recipients of the 2019 Commercial Sales and Leasing Achievement Awards on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at The Harbor Club, 333 Waterside Drive, Norfolk. Awards were open to all active commercial real estate agents who have attained certain designated goals in commercial real estate leasing and sales.
Twelve agents from Divaris Real Estate were honored:
- Alexander P. Divaris, CCIM was posthumously named Person of the Year. His award was received by his son, Gabriel Divaris. Alex Divaris’ nomination and a presentation was made by Jason Oliver, CCIM.“Alex passed away on April 8, 2019 after a courageous battle with colon cancer, at the age of 40. He was a tremendous leader both at Divaris and within the community. (At DRE, he led) the investment sales, marketing and IT groups. He was also known for mentoring new agents,” according to Oliver.“Alex was instrumental in launching CBDX in 2009, for the next generation of business leaders in the Central Business District Association. The annual CBDX Casino Night fundraiser he started 10 years ago has raised $250,000 for local causes, including Junior Achievement of Greater Hampton Roads.
He also helped found Generation MOCA in 2013, for young people to support the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, and his efforts with the annual Artini event raised over $100,000 for MOCA’s educational programs. He served as president of both organizations, in addition to campaigning for Light Rail Now and serving on the Parish Council at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. He was a devoted husband to his wife, Emily, and incredible father to this two children, Hazel and Gabriel.”
For more information on Alex Divaris or to donate to The Alex Divaris Memorial Scholars Award, go to: http://www.divaris.com/alex/
- Krista J. Costa, senior vice president of corporate services and office leasing and Levi Thomson, senior vice president and associate broker in retail sales and leasing, received Gold Awards.
Costa was the highest-ranking woman who was honored for her work in 2019. In total, she completed 59 transactions totaling 385,662 square feet of leased office space. Major transactions Costa handled include Gather in Town Center of Virginia Beach (leased 28,547 square feet at 249 Central Park Ave.), Dermalogica’s relocation to new space in Toronto, Canada, Art Institute of Virginia Beach’s downsizing and renewal at Two Columbus Center in Town Center of Virginia Beach (30,009 square feet), and Midgett Preti Olansen PC’s renewal for space at Reflections 4 in Virginia Beach. - Sezin B. Cortinas, George Fox and Erica Meekins Rorrer, all senior vice presidents in retail sales and leasing, Vivian L. Turok, senior vice president in office leasing, Jason Oliver, CCIM, vice president of investment sales and Aeri Jai, senior associate in retail leasing received Silver Awards.
Turok’s experience in commercial real estate with Divaris Real Estate spans over 40 years. She was named the first woman in Hampton Roads to ever receive the Platinum Award from the Commercial Alliance (formerly Commercial Real Estate Council) in 2009 and 2014, and still holds this record. - David Bickford, vice president in retail sales and leasing, Karen Beale, SIOR senior vice president in the Newport News office of DRE and Elizabeth Napolitano, associate in office and retail leasing, received Bronze Awards.
About Divaris Real Estate
Divaris Real Estate, Inc. (http://www.divaris.com/) is headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA with offices in Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond and Roanoke, VA; Charlotte, NC; Beverly Hills, CA; and Washington, DC. Divaris Real Estate and Divaris Property Management Corp. are divisions of The Divaris Group, an international real estate brokerage and property management company that currently manages, sells and/or leases approximately 30 million square feet of prime office, retail and industrial space from New Jersey to Florida. Gerald S. Divaris is Chairman of the Board, and Michael B. Divaris is President of Divaris Real Estate, Inc.
Divaris Real Estate is a member of Realty Resources, (http://www.realtyresources.org/) a national group of independent retail property brokers and managers, covering 91 major markets throughout the U.S. DRE is also the Virginia affiliate for The CORE Network, (http://www.corenetworkcre.org/) a national group of office and industrial brokers with affiliates throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Asia and Europe. These organizations represent corporate and institutional clients, tenants and buyers in all aspects of leasing, development, management, sales and acquisitions.
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