CBRE wins "Broker's Challenge" at 31st Annual Empire State Run-Up

Racing up 86 floors, 1,576 steps and 1,050 ft. from the lobby to the observatory, a team from CBRE took top prize against seven other teams of New York's top commercial real estate brokers. They joined the New York Road Runners at the 31st Annual NYRR Empire State Building Run-Up. Another team from CBRE, "The Green Machine," took second place. Third place went to Jones Lange LaSalle's "Tower Up." For the first time, the brokers competed head-to-head in their own division of this, called the "Brokers' Challenge." Competitors were teams from Studley, Newmark Knight Frank and Cushman & Wakefield, and Jones Lang LaSalle. The first broker to cross the finish line at 15 minutes and 5 seconds was CBRE's Stephen Sjurset. Jeremy Sheldon of Jones Lang LaSalle finished second in 16 minutes and 23 seconds. In third place was Daniel Rodriguez Sains of CBRE, with a finish time of 17 minutes and 8 seconds. Cassie Resnick of Jones Lang LasSalle was the first female broker to make it to the top in 18 minutes and 7 seconds. Second place was Studley's Allyson Bowen at 18 minutes and 23 seconds. Janelle Rovegno of CBRE took third place with a finish time of 19 minutes and 30 seconds. The winning CBRE team was comprised of Reggie Willis, Michael Higgins, George Chatzopoulos, Daniel Rodriguez Sains and Melissa Nowak.