Rob Nahigian, FRICS, SIOR, CRE of Auburndale Realty Co. was the recipient of the 2009 James Felt Creative Counseling Award at The Counselors of Real Estate National Conference at The Waldorf-Astoria, New York City on March 30th. This award is given to a CRE for the most outstanding achievement and ingenuity counseling project nationally.
Nahigian's project was a 3 year project for the Abby Kelly Foster Charter School, spearheading its real estate acquisitions. The acquisitions consisted of a $37 million, 301,259 gross s/f complex situated on 15 acres known as 6 and 10 New Bond St., Worcester. Nahigian was engaged for this project during September, 2005 and it was completed June 19, 2008. It is one of the largest real estate charter school acquisitions in U.S. history. Nahigian acted as the real estate counselor and took the project from concept to closing. He worked closely throughout the process with the superintendent of schools, Robert Harrington. Established in 1992, the James Felt Creative Counseling Award recognizes the most innovative and creative counseling on complex real estate issues in an ethical, objective and expert manner. Nahigian was congratulated for his creativity, commitment and expertise, all contributing to the resolution of the school's expansion issue.