NEW YORK, NY-- Jones Lang LaSalle announced that Peter Riguardi, president of its New York region, has been selected by Monmouth University’s Kislak Real Estate Institute to receive its 16th annual Leadership Excellence Award.
The Kislak Real Estate Institute bestows the award in recognition of the interdependent relationship between Monmouth University and the real estate industry. The Leadership Excellence Award is conferred each year upon an outstanding individual for his or her distinctive contributions to the state of New Jersey and the nation through a career in real estate. Recipients are either residents of New Jersey or those who regard New Jersey as an important focus of their corporate identity.
Monmouth University will present the award to Riguardi at its 16th annual Leadership Excellence Award Dinner on May 28, 2009, at Woodrow Wilson Hall, located at the University’s campus in West Long Branch. As president of the New York region for Jones Lang LaSalle, Riguardi sets the strategic direction for the firm’s business in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area.
During his 25-plus-year career in real estate, he has been actively involved in several of the largest and most noteworthy transactions and projects in the metropolitan area. Riguardi spearheaded Bank of America’s decision to codevelop One Bryant Park and represented the bank in leasing 1.5 million sf of office space at the building in two transactions.
Riguardi’s other clients include Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Bank USA, N.A, Morgan Stanley, MetLife and Citibank, N.A. He has also represented major landlords that include Boston Properties Inc., SL Green Realty Corp., Vornado Realty Trust, The William Kaufman Organization, Rudin Management Co. Inc. and Paramount Group Inc.
Riguardi also serves as real estate consultant for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on the rebuilding of the World Trade Center complex.
Past recipients of the award include Steven J. Pozycki of SJP Properties, Anne Evans Estabrook of Elberon Development Co., Benedict J. Torcivia Sr. of Torcon Inc., Mitchell E. Hersh of Mack-Cali Realty Corp., John A. Somers of TIAA-CREF and Emanuel Stern of Hartz Mountain Industries Inc.
Monmouth University renamed its real estate institute as the Kislak Real Estate Institute in 2006 following a $2 million donation by the Kislak Family Fund to establish an undergraduate academic program in real estate, the first of its kind in New Jersey. The institute’s curriculum encompasses the multiple disciplines needed by individuals who make real estate decisions as investors, asset managers, consultants, developers and officers of financial institutions; and provides professionals in allied fields with the conceptual and practical skills needed to forge a successful career in commercial real estate.
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