Award program celebrates industry’s most unique, innovative workplace designs

PHOENIX, Arizona – What makes a workspace innovative? The Phoenix office of JLL has announced it will host a 2019 Spaces Showcase to help identify and celebrate the local workspaces that are reimagining what Phoenix work environments can be.

Designed by JLL and sponsored in Phoenix by Boyer and Cypress Office Properties, the award program recognizes projects from markets across the U.S. based on their ability to reflect a company’s brand, engage the employee base and enhance productivity.

From its pool of local submissions, the Phoenix event will recognize one project each from the small (1 to 25 employees), medium (26 to 100 employees), and large (100+ employees) company categories, as well as one “People’s Choice Award” to an overall favorite project submission.

JLL invites architects, designers and all other metro Phoenix industry thought leaders who have had a hand in creating unique workspaces in the Valley to visit spacesshowcase.com and nominate their projects for consideration today.

In addition to being entered into the awards, nominees will be added to the Spaces Showcase website – a platform that provides inspirational examples of workspaces that attract, empower and retain top talent and win markets in today’s innovation economy.

The Spaces Showcase awards program is now open for submissions, with a submission deadline of September 13. A local award event will be held October 10 to honor participants and winners.

Phoenix, Arizona – SVN Desert Commercial is a full service top ranked commercial real estate brokerage in the state of Arizona.  Back to back top 10 national rankings within the SVN network; the Phoenix franchise has added three more advisors to grow the industrial and retail teams.

The Director of Retail Leasing & Sales investments, Mary Nollenberger brought on Ingrid Tucker to focus on retail.  Tucker is a transplant from Seattle Washington and now calls Arizona home.  She spent the past 15 years in the multifamily industry specializing in managing luxury, garden style apartment communities. She comes with a vast knowledge in property management, talent acquisition, property financial management, and client relationships.  She brings a wealth of knowledge to her new SVN team which includes Nicole Ridberg and Kevin Weller.  Tucker was honored with the Manager of the Year award from Mark Taylor Residential in 2012 and in 2018 was awarded the Developer’s Award for a new development project located in Downtown Gilbert: District Lofts. She will be a great addition to the retail team.

“We are excited to bring on such driven-oriented advisors who are diving right into the training program,” said Director of Marketing, PR & Administration.  “We want everyone to feel comfortable here and our goal is to help everyone at SVN become successful.”

Dylan Sproul and Kiersten Wallerstedt are both graduates of Arizona State University and will be specializing in the Industrial market.   Dylan began at SVN Desert Commercial Advisors as a summer intern in 2018 and officially joined the SVN team as an Associate Advisor. He is a 3^rd generation Arizonan and comes from a lineage of real estate professionals, including his grandfather who worked on the development of the BMO Tower in midtown Phoenix.  He brings such a competitive nature to the CRE industry, choosing an academic scholarship over a baseball scholarship. Not to mention, he had his real estate license just after his 18^th birthday.  He spent his time at ASU in a variety of leadership position with the Kappa Sigma Fraternity and is now part of the Alumni Association.  Sproul brings an academic background in Finance and will be a valuable asset in the growing the industrial division at SVN.

Another Sun Devil alumnus, Kiersten Wallerstedt moved from Chicago, Ill. and found a passion for the real estate industry and decided to pursue her career in Arizona. Kiersten has lived in several areas of the valley so has developed a strong knowledge on how the Phoenix Metropolitan area moves and operates.  Her background in customer services, sales, restaurant/hospitality, and healthcare will bring great value in joining the SVN team.  Kiersten will also be focusing on building the Industrial sector within the brokerage.  Wallerstedt stated, “What I look forward to the most with SVN is building a bond with motivated and knowledgeable people in the commercial real estate industry.”

Managing Partner said, “The addition of Dylan, Kiersten, and Ingrid continues our push to grow organically by carefully selecting candidates that have the drive to build highly successful careers through hard work. By plugging into our best-in-class training program and using the resources provided by the SVN national platform, our new hires will be put in a position to bring value to clients right away.”

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Willmeng Construction, Inc., a Phoenix-based commercial general contractor, announced that Parrish Rowland has joined the team as their Job Order Contract (JOC) Division Manager. In this role, he will lead Willmeng’s continued efforts to serve their growing business of job order programs for their public and private clients.

“The addition of Parrish speaks to the growing need to serve our clients at the highest level, and their day-to-day needs to result from growth, business changes and expansion is a critical component to this. Our public and private clients often manage a portfolio of buildings, oversee the facilities for an entire campus and have ongoing building needs. Few builders in the Valley understand the JOC process and how to execute it as seamlessly as Parrish and we are confident he will enhance this growing segment of our business,” James Murphy, Willmeng president and CEO said.

Rowland has many years of experience in job order contracting project management, including over 15 years managing and executing state, county and city JOC programs. For the past two years, he served as a National Board Member for the Center for JOC Excellence.

Rowland’s experience will integrate seamlessly into Willmeng’s approach to JOC work as they grow this area of their business and develop a team that focuses solely on the specific needs of clients’ JOC programs. Parrish brings an extensive resume of skill sets in JOC required for small and large projects made up of a variety of construction types.

Rowland said, “I am honored to join a firm with an outstanding reputation who is dedicated to their support of JOC, a construction delivery method I am very passionate about and have built my career around. Additionally, I have the ability to accomplish this through a highly responsive team that excels at delivering quality, managing costs, and providing personal service.”

Named General Contractor of the Year and Tenant Improvement Contractor of the year by NAIOP Arizona this year, Willmeng has applied their client service-oriented approach to execute ongoing projects to municipalities across Maricopa County, higher-education institutions and private office campuses on behalf of their clients.