Real Estate Strategies Corporation, and its Relationship Managers, continues to be recognized by various organizations for the Company's creativity and excellence in service and quality.

“We're elated to have been recognized for excellence by multiple organizations of such high caliber.”

Andrew B. Zezas, SIOR 
Relationship Manager, Strategist,
President & CEO
Real Estate Strategies Corporation

SIOR Largest Deal of the Year 2008 In January 2009, Real Estate Strategies Corporation's President & CEO, Andrew Zezas, SIOR, was honored at an awards ceremony by the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors as the receipient of the "Largest Deal of the Year" for the completion of the Meda Pharmaceuticals lease renegotiation transaction.

Executive of the Year 2006 Awards
Andrew B. Zezas, SIOR Named Finalist

The inaugural NJBiz Business of the Year Awards honors top companies and individuals for their outstanding contributions to New Jersey's business community. Andrew B. Zezas, SIOR, President & CEO of Real Estate Strategies Corporation, was selected by an independent panel of judges as one of six finalists from a large pool of successful business executives from around the State as a finalist in the first year of this most prestigious awards competition. (View Press Release)

Largest Real Estate Deals

This list of Largest Real Estate Deals is published annually in the NJBiz Book of Lists, and includes the largest commercial real estate transactions completed in New Jersey. Real Estate Strategies Corporation was included on this most prestigious list for completing two important transactions with Princeton Softech and Odyssey Pharmaceuticals.

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® (EOY) 2005 New Jersey Awards Program - Andrew B. Zezas, SIOR Named Finalist On May 11, 2005, Real Estate Strategies Corporation's President and CEO, Andrew B. Zezas, SIOR, was named as a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® (EOY) 2005 New Jersey Awards Program. Andrew was nominated for the Award by one of the Company's most noteworthy clients, and is among a group of highly successful and dynamic New Jersey entrepreneurs who were selected as Award finalists. (View press release) (View video)

Past Award finalists and winners include such well known New Jersey entrepreneurs as: Alfred Teo of Sigma Plastics Group, John Bailye of Dendrite International, Lisa Cash of Princeton Softech, and Steve Hammerslag of Micro Technology, among others. Some of the most prestigious business people in the country have received the Award, including Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, Steve Case of America Online, Michael Dell of Dell Computer, H. Wayne Huizenga of Huizenga Holdings, Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines, Howard Schultz of Starbucks Corp, and Tim Koogle, Jerry Yang, and David Filo of Yahoo, to name a few. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program continues the tradition of recognizing entrepreneurial excellence. Winners in the 31 regions across the U.S. will be announced at regional awards celebrations during the month of June, and will vie for the national awards, to be presented at a black-tie gala in Palm Springs in November.

"A-Team Hall of Fame" and "Most Valuable Broker of 2004" This is the first ever such award given by Advance Realty Group, and was awarded to Real Estate Strategies Corporation as a result of the Company having represented Odyssey Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of a new 51,000 square foot headquarters, via a long-term lease transaction, at 200 Park Avenue, Florham Park, New Jersey. While transactions of this magnitude typically take from six to twelve months to complete (and, sometimes longer), based on Odyssey Pharmaceuticals' defined business needs, Real Estate Strategies Corporation completed the transaction in just 93 days, from start to executed lease. The transaction played an essential role in the growth plans of Odyssey Pharmaceuticals, as it became the platform for the Company to relocate into its own headquarters facility from premises occupied by its corporate parent thereby, permitting it to establish and nourish its own corporate culture, and operating and financial success. This particular lease became instrumental in the overall success of the office campus in which the building is located, and in conjunction with other leases completed at the same property, the transaction created the ability for Advance Realty Group to refinance the entire campus. The interesting point about this award is that Real Estate Strategies Corporation represented the interests of Odyssey Pharmaceuticals and advised that company as to how to achieve optimal business, financial, and real estate terms and, as a result of the transaction's impact on the campus, Real Estate Strategies Corporation was honored by Advance Realty Group. Real Estate Strategies Corporation continues to advise Odyssey Pharmaceuticals in other real estate matters.

Beginning in 2004, Advance Realty Group, one of the most prominent and well-respected real estate development organizations in New Jersey and on the East Coast, will recognize those real estate services companies that, through their representation of other companies, have had the greatest positive impact on Advance Realty Group. This award is given in February for the previous year.

William Dorsey Award for Client Service Excellence 2004

Awarded by Site Selection Magazine in December 2004, to a short list of regional, national, and international real estate services companies who demonstrate a precise focus on excellence, creativity, and uniqueness of client service. Site Selection Magazine is a national development and site oriented publication with circulation of over 44,150 readers.

Top 50 New Jersey Commercial Real Estate Service Providers 2006, 2004, and 2002

Each year NJBiz Magazine acknowledges New Jersey's Top 50 Commercial Real Estate Service Providers for quality of service, size, and project volume. This acknowledgement is given in the spring of each year. NJBiz Magazine is the premier business publication in New Jersey, with a current circulation of over 18,000 weekly readers.

Broker of the Year 2001 and 2000

2001: Awarded by The Gale Company, to Andrew B. Zezas, SIOR, for the completion of a complicated lease extension for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, 343 Thornall Street, Edison, New Jersey. Mr. Zezas represented Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.

2000: Awarded by The Gale Company, to Andrew B. Zezas, SIOR, and a former colleague, for the completion of a complex multi-part lease restructure of a 115,000 square foot long-term headquarters lease for Everest Reinsurance Company, at an office campus at 477 Martinsville Road, Warren, New Jersey. Mr. Zezas represented Everest Reinsurance Company. The Gale Company, a New Jersey based international commercial developer, annually recognizes those real estate services companies that have had the greatest overall impact on the Company's New Jersey commercial real estate portfolio.

Creative Deal of the Year 1995

Andrew B. Zezas, SIOR, President of Real Estate Strategies Corporation, along with two other colleagues, became the co-recipients of the first-ever Creative Deal of the Year Award issued by the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. The award was presented to the trio as a result of the accounting and operationally driven solutions employed by Mr. Zezas and his colleagues in completing a 141,000 square foot headquarters lease transaction for Margaretten & Company, at 343 Thornall Street, Edison, New Jersey, and the simultaneous third-party disposition of that company's former headquarters in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

Each spring NJ - NAIOP, a commercial landlord and property-owner organization with chapters throughout the United States, recognizes the real estate services company that applies the most creative solution in completing a complex real estate transaction.

Broker of the Year 1993

Awarded to Andrew B. Zezas, SIOR, by The Sammis Company for the completion of a headquarters lease for PHH Fantus at 200 Campus Drive, Florham Park, New Jersey. Mr. Zezas represented PHH Fantus. The Sammis Company issued such awards to select real estate professionals who had a significant impact on that company's property portfolio.