Realcomm | IBcon Announces 2014 "Digie" Award Winners

    CARLSBAD, CA, July 01, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Realcomm Conference Group announced the winners of the 16th annual Commercial Real Estate Digital Innovation Awards ("Digie") Awards at the Realcomm | IBcon 2014 conference in Las Vegas last week. The event ceremony, sponsored by Dell, was hosted by this year's Advisory Council Co-Chairs: John Chung, Allied REIT; Justin Segal, Boxer Property; Mike Smith, Forest City Enterprises, and Darrell Smith, Microsoft.

Since 1999, the Realcomm "Digie" Awards have been presented to companies, real estate projects, technologies and people that have positively impacted the commercial, corporate, government and institutional real estate industry through the use of technology, automation and innovation. In 2012, the awards were separated between Realcomm and IBcon to distinguish recognition for automating real estate business processes and the smart, intelligent building marketplace, respectively. Throughout the years, the award has increased in prestige and has become an industry standard to attain.

"Technology continues to highly impact our industry and drive how we operate and manage real estate today," said Jim Young, co-founder and CEO of Realcomm. "We are proud to present this year's Digie Awards to this group of forward-thinking organizations and individuals who are successfully leading change and progressively influencing our community."

The Realcomm and IBcon 2014 Digie Award winners are:

REALCOMM
Best Use of Automation
- Architecture - Gensler
- Commercial Real Estate - Allied REIT
- Commercial Real Estate - GSA/PBS Lease Automation
- Commercial Services - CBRE Los Angeles Office
- Corporate Real Estate - Sprint
- Property Management - Arcadia Management Group
- Real Estate Investment Management - Deutsche Bank Wealth & Asset Management
- Retail - KIMCO Realty

Best Real Estate Technology Innovation
- Yardi Voyager 7S
- ARGUS Enterprise

Digital Impact Awards
- JP Jones , Macerich
- Brad Sill, Walmart

IBCON
Most Intelligent Building Projects
- Campus - Google
- City/State - Seattle, Washington
- College Campus - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Corporate HQ - J. Craig Venter Institute
- Multi Family - NEMA SF
- Office Building - Pennzoil Place, Transwestern
- Office Portfolio - Detroit: Bedrock
- Office Portfolio - NYC: Rudin
- Retail - Taubman

Best Intelligent Building Technology Innovation
- Tridium - Niagara 4
- Intel Gateway Solutions for the IoT

Digital Impact Award
- Rick Huijbregts - Cisco
- John Petze - SkyFoundry

About Realcomm Conference Group
Realcomm Conference Group, LLC is the leading research and educational institution that produces annual conferences and expositions on technology, automated business solutions and intelligent buildings strategies for executives in commercial, corporate, government and institutional real estate. Realcomm was founded in 1999 with the goal of bringing industry leaders together each year to discuss, demonstrate and debate the latest innovations that impact the industry. Today, in addition to the annual conferences, Realcomm conducts webinars, workshops and other strategic services to educate industry professionals about the latest business solutions and technologies to improve commercial real estate development, leasing, management and operations.

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