Diana Zuniga to receive ABJ lifetime achievement award for commercial real estate
Diana Zuniga, a trailblazer and versatile leader in Austin commercial real estate, is the 2020 recipient of the Austin Business Journal’s W. Neal Kocurek Commercial Real Estate Special Achievement Award.
The president and owner of Investors Alliance Inc. has more than 30 years of experience, with a reputation as a top-producing multifamily broker who in more recent years has also become an influential investor and developer. Her latest development is 701 Rio, a 123,000-square-foot office building at Seventh and Rio Grande streets in downtown Austin, that is expected to be completed in 2021.
Zuniga is past president of the Real Estate Council of Austin and was named the top woman in Austin commercial real estate for the decade from 2002 to 2012 by the Austin chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women. She is also a past recipient of the the Nash Phillips Lifetime Achievement Award from the Austin Commercial Real Estate Society and a National Commercial Award from the National Association of Realtors.
Zuniga joins past Kocurek Award recipients such as land use attorney Richard Suttle and developers Richard Hill and Tim Hendricks.
The Neal Kocurek Commercial Real Estate Special Achievement Award is given out each year during ABJ's Commercial Real Estate Awards. The pandemic has forced that award show to go virtual this year, so Zuniga will be presented with the award during a Sept. 23 digital event. Go here to learn more. Awards will also be given out that afternoon to the best new buildings and real estate transactions in the Austin area — 32 buildings and transactions are nominated.
The W. Neal Kocurek Commercial Real Estate Special Achievement Award honors individuals who have had a lasting impact on the industry and the region as a whole. Winners are selected by a panel of past winners and influential real estate figures. It is named after the former president and CEO of the Austin-based St. David's HealthCare system — Neal Kocurek was a driving force behind establishing a hospital district for Austin and was past vice chairman of the Austin Chamber of Commerce. He died in 2004.