Stirling Properties Celebrates Team Members at Annual Stirling Honors Event
Stirling Honors – 40 Year Toast
Stirling Properties officially celebrated the company’s 40th anniversary during Stirling Honors, an annual event to celebrate the Stirling Team. On Thursday, March 19th, the company hosted a Commercial Celebration Dinner to honor Commercial Agents and to award Commercial Production Awards. On Friday, March 20th, Stirling Properties hosted the Stirling Honors meeting and recognition luncheon, a day to honor the hard work and dedication of the entire Stirling Team and to award Service Awards. Both events were held at Harrah’s Hotel in New Orleans. Commercial Award recipients received recognition for Bronze, Silver, Platinum, Diamond and Ruby production levels based on individual Adjusted Gross Commission figures for 2014. This was the first time in Stirling Properties’ history that four agents reached Ruby Level status in the same year. Special recognition was given to Ryan Pecot, Senior Leasing Executive in the Lafayette office, for being the Top Agent in 2014.
Ruby Award 2014:
Diamond Award 2014:
Platinum Award 2014:
Silver Award 2014:
Bronze Award 2014:
Also recognized were employees and agents who achieved special anniversaries with the company. Service Awards were given to 5, 10, 15, 25 and 30 year milestones. 30 Years: Sharon Amacker – Covington, LA Office Donna Taylor – Covington, LA Office 25 Years: Jeff Marshall – Covington, LA Office Rick Skelding – New Orleans, LA Office Monica Milazzo – Covington, LA Office Dottie Tarleton – Baton Rouge, LA Office 15 Years: James Hutchinson – Baton Rouge, LA Office James Bennett – Covington, LA Office Joe Kramer – Covington, LA Office 10 Years: Roslyn Pellegrin – Covington, LA Office Mark Salvetti – Covington, LA Office Tracy Gandy – Covington, LA Office 5 Years: Jessica Zeringue – Covington, LA Office Rick Pomerenke – Lafayette, LA Office Phillip Perkins – Baton Rouge, LA Office Jim Short – Baton Rouge, LA Office Kathy McGoey – Covington, LA Office
Stirling Properties’ Commercial Agents among Top Producers at Annual CID Awards Ceremony
Stirling Properties’ commercial agents were honored during the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors Commercial Investment Division’s 21st annual awards banquet held Friday, April 4, 2014 at the Southern Yacht Club.
Leading the way was Rhonda Sharkawy, who received the F. Poche Waguespack Award for having the highest volume of sales and leases in the marketplace for the year. This is her fourth consecutive year to receive this honor and one of only a handful of women to achieve it since it was created back in 1964. Rhonda’s volume totaled more than $45 million as well as winning the award for most commercial transactions, with 83 in total for 2013.
In addition to celebrating the top producers and transactions of 2013, the awards ceremony also recognized commercial agents who passed the $2 million mark in sales. Also recognized was Gaines Seaman who received the Overall Top Office Producer Award with more than $14 million in volume and Joe Gardner who had the Top Dollar Retail Lease with a volume of over $5 million.
Stirling Properties’ Commercial Agents among Top Producers at Annual CID Awards Ceremony
Stirling Properties’ commercial agents were honored during the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors Commercial Investment Division’s 20th annual awards banquet held Friday, April 5, 2013 at the New Orleans Country Club.
Leading the way was Rhonda Sharkawy, who received the F. Poche Waguespack Award for having the highest volume of sales and leases in the marketplace for the year. Rhonda’s volume for 2012 included 72 deals and totaled more than $25 million. This is her third consecutive year to receive this honor and one of only a handful of women to achieve it since it was created back in 1964.
In addition to celebrating the top producers and transactions of 2012, the awards ceremony also recognized commercial agents who passed the $2 million mark in sales. Also recognized was Gaines Seaman who received the Overall Top Office Producer Award with more than $18 million in volume and Joe Gardner who eclipsed the $2 million for the first time with a volume of $4.6 million.
New Orleans’ Growing Medical Corridor
The growing medical corridor in New Orleans is officially known as BioDistrict New Orleans, a state-enabled economic development district that was created by the State of Louisiana in 2005 for the purpose of developing a biosciences industry in New Orleans that will provide research and development, healthcare delivery, and stable, high-paying jobs. The 1,500-acre district spans the Downtown and Mid-City neighborhoods of New Orleans. The economic impact is estimated to be 22,000 new jobs in the city of New Orleans over the next eight to ten years, not only in biosciences, but also in banking, law, construction and other service industries that stand to benefit. The area’s major developments include:
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Project Legacy)
- Status: Under Construction
- Groundbreaking/Completion: June 2011/Late 2014, full activation 2015
- Site: 30 acres bounded by Tulane Avenue and Canal, S. Galvez & S. Rocheblave Streets
- Size: 1.6 million square feet with 2 additional 1,000-car garages; 200-bed complex will serve over 70,000 enrolled Veterans
- Cost: $995 million construction budget (fully funded)
- Jobs: 1,100 new employees
- University Medical Center
- Status: Site preparation work, construction to begin by year end
- Groundbreaking/Completion: April 2011/2015
- Site: 34 acres bounded by Canal & S. Galvez Streets and Tuland & South Claiborne Avenues
- Size: 2.2 million square feet, 424-bed public hospital to replace Charity Hospital
- Cost: $1.09 billion; state lawmakers approved funding September 2011
- Jobs: 5,280 new and saved jobs over first five years
- Part of collaborative complex with the new VA Medical Center (see above)
- Both will be key academic anchors for LSU, Tulane, Dillard, Xavier, SUNO, Delgado, and others throughout South Louisiana
- Louisiana Cancer Research Center
- Status: Under Construction
- Groundbreaking/Completion: April 2009/January 2012
- Site: Tulane & South Claiborne Avenues
- Size: Shared 175,000 square-foot, 10-story facility
- Cost: $90 million
- Developed by the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium, a partnership among LSU Health Sciences Center, Tulane Univerity, Xavier University of Louisiana, and Ochsner Health System
- New Orleans BioInnovation Center
- Status: Open & Operating
- Completed: June 2011
- Site: 1441 Canal Street
- Size: 66,000 square feet of state-of-the-art wet-lab, office and conference space
- Cost: $47 million
- To house biotech and life sciences entrepreneurs and startups, as well as support research at four area universities; housing about 200 employees from 80 companies at full capacity
- Critical link that turns university research into privately commercializable enterprises
- Five biotech start-ups and two venture captial firms have already moved into the building, and twelve more are on the way
- Ochsner Health System
- Relocating 500 to 750 employees to the CBD during the 1st Quarter 2012
- Moving executive, corporate and business functions (no medical care)
- 80,000 square feet on top 4 floors of the Benson Tower (enough room to grow to 1,000 employees)
- Signifies Ochsner’s growing presence in the local economy and New Orleans’ medical hub
For exciting leasing opportunities in the heart of this growing medical corridor, office spaces are available at the 1615 Poydras Street office building located directly across from the Superdome. Available spaces range from approximately 1,500 to 45,130 contiguous square feet. For more information contact Gaines Seaman at (504) 620-8187 or gseaman@stirlingprop.com.
