WNY NYSCAR hold Eight Annual Awards Dinner at the Buffalo Chophouse on February 12th

The Western New York Chapter of the New York State Commercial Association of Realtors (WNY NYSCAR) held its Eighth Annual Awards Dinner and swearing in ceremony for the 2009 board of directors Thursday, February 12. Held again this year at the Buffalo Chophouse downtown, the event sold out to an audience topping 130 attendees. The WNY chapter award for the largest sale transaction of 2008 was granted to commercial broker Steven Blake of CB Richard Ellis, for the sale of the APP Pharmaceutical building on Grand Island valued at $12 million to Astellas Pharmacuetical. The largest lease transaction was awarded to Joseph Deck of Realty USA, for a long term sublease of space at 907 E. Ferry St. to The Headstart program. Other award recipients included Carl Calabrese for the Meritorious Service Award and Merle Whitehead, CEO of Realty USA, for the Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition, recognition was given to the 1st and 2nd runners up of the largest sale and lease transaction and recognition of Kristin Badger-Bach for attaining her CCIM designation and Nick Malagisi for attaining his SIOR designation. NYSCAR would like to thank chairmen Alan Hastings, of Hastings Cohn Real Estate and Nicholas Malagisi, of Sperry Van Ness/Commercial Realty for organizing the event for the last seven years. NYSCAR would also like to thank Larry Brassel and Eric Tudor who made up the committee for this year's event, which has now become the premier event for the commercial brokerage community of Greater Buffalo Niagara region. This event was sponsored by the generous contributions of the following companies: * Gold Sponsorship: Krog Development. * Silver Sponsorship: Acquest Development, Buffalo Niagara Enterprise, CB Richard Ellis of Buffalo, Casilio Real Estate & Development, Ellicott Development, Key Bank and Realty USA. * Bronze Sponsorship: First Amherst Development Group, LLC, Pyramid Brokerage, TM Montante Development, Uniland Development and Watson-Bennett Attorneys.