Kaiser Permanente Executive Wins Top Corporate Real Estate Award Following New Carrollton Deal

The Mid-Atlantic real estate head for Kaiser Permanente received the top honor Wednesday at CoreNet Mid-Atlantic's 2018 Awards of Excellence dinner after spearheading the healthcare company's major deal in New Carrollton. 

Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Director of Facilities Lorena Gonzalez was given the Pinnacle Corporate Real Estate Leadership award. The company in April 2017 signed a 176K SF pre-lease at Urban Atlantic's New Carrollton development, breaking ground on the facility in October. 

"This extraordinary project is a testament to this corporate leader's vision, perseverance and ability to forge powerful collaborations inside an organization, as well as with the developer and local officials," said CBRE's Peter Van Emburgh, CoreNet Mid-Atlantic's president, while presenting the award to Gonzalez. 

At Wednesday's awards ceremony, held at new Southwest D.C. concert venue The Anthem, CoreNet gave seven honors to top real estate professionals in the region. 

The Corporate Real Estate Young Leadership award was given to Vox Media Director of Real Estate Steven Yates. Before joining Vox in 2016, Yates spent four years with OPower, including as operations manager from 2014 to 2016, during which time it signed a 63K SF lease in Arlington's Courthouse neighborhood. 

The remaining award winners are: 

Corporate Real Estate Partnership Award: DXC Technology and CBRE

Service Provider Leadership Award: Stantec Architecture's Elizabeth Peterson 

Best New Workplace Solution Award - Design Excellence: IA Interior Architects and Applied Predictive Technologies

Best New Workplace Solution Award - User Experience: DPR Construction

Best Workplace Solution Award - Technology and Innovation: Mitre and JLL