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CII COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING & AWARDS 2025

Thank you to all who attended and congratulations to all award winners! What an afternoon it was!

Last week the Chester County Industrial Investment Council (CII Council) held its Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon yesterday at Waynesborough Country Club, Paoli, PA.

Each year The Board of CII Council celebrates our members’ successes in closing commercial and industrial lease and sale transactions within Chester County.  This year is no exception as those winners recognized in each category worked to close over $81,000,000 in Chester County real estate transactions, including the ‘Best Collaboration Award’, which highlights the value of CII Council membership and its networking benefits.

Many thanks to outgoing President Theo Notaras, Bennett Williams Commercial and a grand welcome to incoming President Stacy Martin, CCIM.

The CII Council also welcomes new Board members Margo McDonnell, 1031 Corp and Zach Hurst, The Henderson Group.

2024 AWARD WINNERS:


LEASE AWARDS:
Office: Mitch Reading, Tactix Real Estate Advisors
Retail: Bill Hess & Tommy Ciccarone, Jr., Bennet Williams Commercial
Industrial: John Newton, Newton Real Estate Advisors, Inc.
Flex: Eric Stretch & Frank Englund, First Liberty Partners

SALE AWARDS:
Office: Tommy Ciccarone, Jr., Bennett Williams Commercial & John Newton, Newton Real Estate Advisors, Inc.
Retail: Andrew Carlino, Eric Kuhn, & Andrew Turner – Pillar Real Estate Advisors, LLC
Industrial: John Newton, Newton Real Estate Advisors, Inc.
Flex: Tommy Ciccarone, Jr. & Bill Hess, Bennett Williams
Land: Bill McGeehan, Continental Realty
Multi-Family:  Tommy Ciccarone, Jr., Bennet Williams Commercial

BEST COLLABORATIVE USE of CII Members in One Transaction:
Ed Cyran, Fox Rothschild​
John Newton, Newton Real Estate Advisors, Inc.​
Mitch Reading, Tactix Real Estate Advisors, Inc.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT:
Jim Lees, Swope Lee Commercial Real Estate

In addition to the awards program, the CII Council annually invites a distinguished speaker to share insights related to commercial and industrial real estate with its members and luncheon attendees. This year’s keynote speaker was KC Conway, nationally recognized economist and appraiser with a 40 year career in banking, government, and academia.

The event was a perfect afternoon of networking, recognition, and economic insight.

For details on the award winning transactions, please visit CII 2025 Award Winning Transactions.