Two Podolsky Circle brokers honored with CORFAC International awards

CORFAC International announced the winners of the 2018 COR$TAR awards, celebrating firms and individuals with superlative success in serving multi-market clients through network transactions. Coming away with awards were two individuals from Des Plaines, Illinois-based Podolsky Circle/CORFAC International, Steve Podolsky, SIOR and Steve Tick, SIOR.

Podolsky collaborated with Treat Macdonald, CCIM, SIOR, of Crump Commercial/CORFAC International in Memphis, Tennessee, to complete a 500,000-square-foot lease in Memphis on behalf of XPO Logistics Supply Chain Inc., whihc earned them the award for Largest Industrial Award – Square Feet. Winning the award for Largest Investment Award – Dollar Value and Square Feet, Tick worked with David Boyd, CCIM, SIOR and David Munson of Boyd Commercial/CORFAC International in Houston to assist CenterPoint Properties Trust in the acquisition of a Houston industrial property totaling 237,829 square feet.

“Congratulations to all COR$TAR award recipients, and to everyone who collaborated on transactions in 2018,” said Sim Doughtie, CCIM, MCR, SIOR, SLCR, of King Industrial and president of CORFAC International. “Our CORFAC International relationships enable us to serve our clients beyond our own markets, with local experts we know and respect. It’s what CORFAC is all about, and the COR$TAR awards recognize the people who use the network most effectively.”

The awards were announced at the CORFAC International Spring Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, on February 22, 2019. COR$TAR awards were presented for the largest member-to-member referral transactions in the office, industrial, retail and investment sectors for both volume and square footage, as well as the largest cross-border transaction and firms and individuals with the most referrals.