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Two Colliers brokers were recognized at the 2020 NAIOP Northeast Florida Awards

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Seda Preston and Wade Powers were recognized at the 2020 NAIOP Awards.

NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association Northeast Florida Chapter presented its 2020 awards Thursday, March 18, 2021 to honor excellence in the commercial real estate industry. The event was held at the Prime Osborn Convention Center Grand Lobby.

The awards honor excellence in the commercial real estate industry and top performances for the year.

Honorees include:

  • Chapter Merit Award: Seda Preston

The winners include:

  • Office Lease of the Year: Ascension Southpoint, Wade Powers
  • Land Sale of the Year: AC Skinner Parcel, Wade Powers

To see the complete list of award recipients, please access the NAOIP article: HERE


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Seda Preston

Associate

Jacksonville

Seda began her career as an Industrial Specialist in 2016 and has amassed an accomplished list of clients and transactions. Her expertise is in leasing and sales of industrial assets, with particular focus on Agency and Tenant representation.

Utilizing her advisory skills and strengths in persistence and organization, Seda has closed leasing transactions of over 2.5M SF and sales transactions of over $200M. She is currently representing 3.2M SF of Agency industrial distribution product in Jacksonville.

 

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Wade Powers

Senior Director

Jacksonville

My current brokerage practice is focused on corporate services, providing real estate consultation to public and private entities. One of my largest accounts is the local transportation entity, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority. I manage both their surplus disposition efforts and their acquisition strategy. Their portfolio is valued at over $30 million. I provide a wide range of services, including but not limited to property sales, property acquisition, market analysis, lease analysis, government affairs and general market intelligence. I am frequently involved with executive level discussions and interact with their Board regularly. Additionally, I represent the St. Vincent’s Hospital Ministry for Ascension Health here locally. I manage dispositions, acquisitions and their income and expense leasing activities. My largest national account is Torchmark/Liberty National. I work with their Director of Real Estate to identify new office space for their insurance brokers across the country.

I am a native born JacksonvillIian. I attended Stanton College Preparatory School before graduating from Florida State University in 1997 with a B.S. in Political Science. After school, I moved to Washington, D.C. to begin a career in politics. After stops in multiple Congressional offices, the Republican National Committee, FEMA and a government affairs firm, I was given the opportunity to begin a career in real estate back home in Jacksonville in 2005. Working for a small development firm, we  developed 50,000+ square feet of Class A  office condominiums throughout Northeast Florida. I was the lead on bank and investor negotiations for investment capital and loan arrangements.

I was called to duty once more in D.C., taking a position as Executive Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Political Affairs Department from January 2012 until October 2014. I managed the program’s voter education campaigns and political intelligence gathering.

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