NJBIZ to honor 2025 Leaders in Real Estate, Construction and Design (updated)

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The NJBIZ Leaders in Real Estate, Construction and Design Awards celebrate individuals and companies changing New Jersey’s commercial real estate landscape through development, design, construction, project management and more.  

The program celebrates both individuals and companies in categories including architecture, engineering, interior design, commercial real estate, project/construction management, commercial property development and general contractor, subcontractor, law and environmental. 

And now in its second year, the Top Projects awards look back at the work that’s been accomplished in the state and recognize how these plans and projects remade the landmarks of the past or established the landmarks of the future. Projects include private, public, transportation & infrastructure and renovation. 

We are honoring the owner of the Top Projects along with those who made the work possible, such as the general contractor, subcontractors, attorneys, architects, engineers and others. 

Nominations for both programs were submitted through an open process and then evaluated by an independent panel of judges to determine the honorees.  

Join us

While the Leaders in Real Estate program is in its fifth year, this is only the second year NJBIZ has honored award recipients in an in-person ceremony. 

NJBIZ invites you to celebrate these individuals and firms during an awards program June 10 at The Marigold in Somerset. You may register to attend the ceremony on the event page. Ticket sales close June 3.  

This year’s presenting sponsor is Provident Bank, which it has been since the program’s launch.  

Honorees will also be recognized in a special section of NJBIZ. 

Congratulations to the 2025 NJBIZ Leaders in Real Estate, Construction and Design!

Individuals 

(Listed alphabetically by last name) 

Jeff Babikian, vice chairman
CBRE 

Patrick Cole, vice president and deputy water/wastewater market director
H2M architects + engineers 

Samantha DeAlmeida Roman, president
Associated Builders and Contractors New Jersey 

Nate Demetsky, vice chairman
JLL 

Joe DiPompeo, president
Structural Workshop 

Christiana Foglio, CEO/founder
Community Investment Strategies Inc. 

Shelby Gasek, vice president and partner
Stone Creek Construction Group 

Brent Hyldahl, first vice president, Investments
Marcus & Millichap 

Garima Kaushal, senior sustainability manager, senior associate, architect
AECOM 

Victor Kelly, executive vice president, Commercial Division
Larken Associates 

Steven Lidster, senior vice president, Development
Denholtz 

Joe MacInnes, vice president, NJ health care sector leader
LF Driscoll Healthcare 

Kevin Moore, shareholder
Stevens & Lee 

Andrew Natale, chief operating officer
SJP Properties 

Eugene Paolino, senior partner
Genova Burns LLC 

Scott Perkins, senior vice president
NAI James E. Hanson 

Jennifer Phillips Smith, co-chair, Real Property Group
Gibbons PC 

Gary Politi, executive managing director
JLL 

Timothy Shaw, vice president
The Alban Group 

Brayan Silva, vice president, Development and Construction
Kushner 

Joshua Tiner, vice president of engineering
REDCOM Design & Construction LLC 

Gretchen Wilcox, president
G.S. Wilcox & Co. 

Matthew Zangara, business development manager
Greek Real Estate Partners 

Ralph Zucker, founder and CEO
Inspired by Somerset Development 

Companies 

(Listed alphabetically) 

Atkins Cos. 

Connell Foley LLP 

EDA Contractors 

Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) 

Gensler 

H2M architects + engineers 

Jois Construction Management 

KRE Group 

Mandelbaum Barrett PC 

Monarch Housing Associates 

MORDEVCO Cos. LLC 

Ramani Group

ThinkForm Architects 

Vericon Construction Co. 

Congratulations to the 2025 Top Projects honorees!

(Listed alphabetically by project name, along with location and honoree company) 

25 Market Street, Elmwood Park
Crow Holdings Development JV with Atlas Holdings 

citivillage @ Plainfield Station, Plainfield
SRV Plainfield LLC 

Edge Avenue G, Bayonne
22nd Street Bayonne Owner LLC; Cypress Equity Investments 

L’Oréal’s Research & Innovation (R&I) Center, Clark
L’Oreal USA 

Nancy Bader Drumm Educational Center, Woodbridge
Township of Woodbridge 

New Concepts for Living Achievement Center, Paramus
Daniel Mihalinec 

Opella, Morristown
Sanofi/Opella 

Parkview Hall Residential Complex at Stockton University, Atlantic City
Stockton University Atlantic City 

Print House, Hackensack
Russo Development and The Hampshire Cos. 

Summit Health Multispecialty Hub, Bridgewater
Summit Health 

The Harrison (Cramer Hill Senior), Camden
The Michaels Organization 

U.S. Manufacturing & Clinical R&D Center, Pennington
BeOne Medicines (formerly BeiGene)

Villa Marie Claire Residential Hospice, Saddle River
Holy Name Medical Center 

YMCA Summit, Summit
Summit Area YMCA 

Editor’s note: This story was updated at 11:09 a.m. EST May 7, 2025, to note that BeiGene is now BeOne Medicines.