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CPN’s Executive of the Year Awards Leading the Charge E ach year, CPN honors those commercial real estate executives that have exhibited leadership and ingenuity during the past year. Determined by a vote among their peers, following an industrywide nomination solicitation, these executives have proven themselves to be creative, innovative, forward thinking and strategic. This year’s Executives of the Year awards include a new category: Sustainability Executive of the Year. Reflecting the industry’s growing recognition of the need for green and other sustainable approaches to building and internal space design, the award focused on developers’ contributions to the furtherance of the commercial real estate industry’s sustainable practices. Celebrating the number and variety of achievers leading the industry forward, we also expanded our recognition of the winners to include two honorees in addition to the first-place position for each award, with the exception of the Lifetime Achievement award. Once again, the vote among the top two executives at companies across the industry produced several multiple-award winners, including the topmost: Executive of the Year. Though Jeffrey Schwartz resigned from ProLogis just days before the award ceremony, as the financial crisis and resultant stock market volatility buffeted the REIT sector,his election to three first-place awards and two honoree positions reflects the industry’s recognition of what he accomplished for ProLogis and the commercial real estate sector during his three years at the helm of the industrial REIT. The industry also overwhelmingly elected to recognize the lifetime achievements of John Cushman III, who in the past 45 years has continued his family’s tradition in the commercial real estate industry, brokering some of the country’s largest deals, successfully leading Cushman Realty Corp. and making significant contributions to Cushman & Wakefield Inc. and the industry as a whole. The award winners were honored at a luncheon in New York City on Nov. 14th, following a keynote by pollster John Zogby.The presentation that follows includes biographical information on the winners; a special online feature accessible at www.cpnonline.com offers reflections and insights from many of them. CPN salutes these well-deserved winners and leaders. Ed Linde Director & CEO, Boston Properties Inc. Ed Linde co-founded Boston Properties Inc. with Mortimer Zuckerman in 1970. He became a director on June 23,1997,after taking the company public.The office REIT has since grown to be one of the largest owners, managers and developers of Class A office space in the country, with 48.5 million square feet of properties concentrated in Boston, Midtown Manhattan, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Princeton, N.J. Before founding the company, Linde spent five years working for Cabot,Cabot & Forbes,becoming vice president & senior project manager. He has been chairman of the board of trustees of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 2005. He also serves on the visiting com- taulds Textiles Plc and for McKinsey & Co. He is a member of The Chicago Club,The Economic Club of Chicago and the board of directors of The Executives’ Club of Chicago. He is also a CPN Executive of the Year Honoree and Brokerage Executive of the Year Honoree this year. “As we have seen so dramatically in recent months value creation takes place against a backdrop of constant change.” Colin Dyer Colin Dyer President & CEO, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. Colin Dyer guides strategic direction and growth for leading integrated global real estate services and money-management firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., chairs its global executive committee and is a member of the firm’s board of directors. The company has 180 offices worldwide and operates in more than 700 cities and towns in over 60 countries. Since Dyer joined Jones Lang LaSalle in 2004, its revenues have more than doubled through organic growth, 33 strategic acquisitions and the addition of 59 offices and six countries to its footprint. Previously, Dyer guided expansion as CEO of WorldWide Retail Exchange L.L.C., an Internet-based business-to-business exchange. Before that, he worked for international clothing and fabric company Cour16 Jeffrey Schwartz Former Chairman & CEO, ProLogis Jeffrey Schwartz became CEO of ProLogis in January 2005 and chairman in May 2007. Under his direction, the company’s portfolio grew to 548 million square feet under management across 136 markets in North America, Asia and Europe, reaching a total capitalization of $40 billion. The Denver-based REIT, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, has a total capitalization of $40.8 billion and is the world’s largest owner, man- ager and developer of warehouse facilities. The company has also been proactive with its sustainability efforts, joining the Chicago Climate Exchange in 2007 and publishing annual sustainability reports in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative. It was also listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index in October. Previous roles at ProLogis include managing director, vice chairman and president of international operations. He is first vice chair and a member of the board of governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts; a member of the board of directors of The Real Estate Roundtable, Beijing University Business School advisory board and Emory University board of trustees; a Solum Scholar of the University of Cambridge; and a national trustee of National Jewish Health in Denver. He is also a CPN Innovator of the Year Honoree and Developer of the Year Honoree this year. COMMERCIAL PROPERTY NEWS • December 2008 • www.cpnonline.com http://www.cpnonline.com http://www.cpnonline.com

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