Hundreds of commercial real estate professionals celebrated on the beach and under the stars at the Building Block Foundation Fund White Party, held August 23 at Newport Dunes in Newport Beach. The event raised close to $140,000 for its designated charities, bringing Building Block’s total donations since 2004 to more than $3 million.
Building Block Foundation Fund is a nonprofit organization that brings together members of the commercial real estate industry to support charities focused on improving lives of at-risk youth. Its long time charity partners include Project Access, HomeAid, Boys Hope Girls Hope and other organizations dedicated to helping children in need throughout Orange County.
Erin D Runnion – founder/executive director of The Joyful Child Foundation – commented: “It’s always inspiring seeing how much our industry leaders care about programs that benefit local youths.”
The 2023 Sponsors for this year’s White Party included CapRock Partners; Bascom Group; Panattoni; Scannell Properties; Eastdil Secured; Fidelity Title Company Marsh McLennan Agency Frome Family Foundation Shopoff Realty Investments Majestic Realty Co.; Lido House Hotel BWE Chicago Title Rutan & Tucker Cox Castle & Nicholson Smith Severson Builders J P Morgan Commonwealth Title Ares Industrial Management JLL Harvest Rockefeller Group LINK WD Land CBRE Granite Properties Koll Company Colliers Bixby KBC Advisors Mariners Escrow Newmeyer & Dillon SR Watt Allen Matkins RETS Associates PeopleSpace First American Bank America and many others who contributed generously towards this cause.
