38th Annual Awards for Excellence Finalists

Congratulations to our 2025 Awards for Execellence Finalists

*Click on each category heading to see the full details on each finalist.

Office Redevelopment of the Year

  • 333 West Wacker | Beacon Capital
  • 2375 Waterview Drive | Transwestern
  • Oak Brook Pointe | Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
  • The Bell | Onni Group

Industrial Build-to-Suit Development of the Year

  • Agile Cold Storage | Northern Builders, Inc.
  • KORUS Logistics | ARCO/Murray National Holdings
  • Project Spartan | MWI Property Group
  • Ravago Americas | Karis
  • Schuetz Container Systems | McShane Construction Company
  • The Logistics Campus – PepsiCo | DERMODY

Industrial Speculative Development of the Year – Large Scale

  • Bridge Point Romeoville | Bridge Industrial
  • Matte57 Commerce Center | Crow Holdings
  • Venture Park 47 | Venture One Real Estate

Industrial Speculative Development of the Year – Small Scale

  • 1032 West 43rd Street | The Missner Group
  • 2545 Prospect Court | High Street Logistics Properties
  • Hu Friedy | DERMODY
  • O’Hare Logistics Center 16 | Seefried Properties
  • Pheasant Run Industrial Park | GSI Family Office

Multifamily Development of Year

  • Coppia | The Pizzuti Companies
  • Flora | Trammell Crow Company
  • Porter | Focus
  • Vyne on Haven | Ryan Companies

Special-Use Development of Year

  • Edged Chicago Data Center ORD01-1 | Seefried Properties
  • Heathrow Scientific BTS | PREMIER Design + Build Group
  • Package Sortation Build to Suit | Meridian Design Build
  • Rana Meal Solutions | Keeley Construction
  • Silesia U.S. Headquarters BTS | Venture One Real Estate

Broker Transaction | Downtown Office

  • bp at CME Center
    • Landlord/Seller Broker: Ellen May, Tishman Speyer
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Matt Carolan, Kevin Morgan & Andy Strand, JLL
  • Capital One at 77 West Wacker
    • Landlord/Seller Broker: Kathleen Bertrand, Transwestern
  • Medline Industries Lease at Merchandise Mart
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Benjamin Cleveland, Wendy Katz & Andrea Saewitz, Stream Realty
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Steven Bauer, Noelle Cunningham & J. Frank Franzese, Colliers
  • Sargent & Lundy Headquarters at 77 West Wacker
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Mike Kazmierczak, Kelsey Scheive & Aaron Schuster, CBRE
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Joe Lerner, Robert Sevim & Adam Southard, Savills

Broker Transaction | Suburban Office

  • Fortune Brands at One Horizon Way
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Henry Johnson, Henry Lee & Jonathan Metzl, Cushman & Wakefield
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Dan McCarthy, Grady Quinn, Sophia Spinell& Steven Spinell, JLL
  • Medline at 2375 Waterview Drive
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: David Burkards, Andrew Davidson & Kyle Robbins, Transwestern
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Paul Diedrich, Peter Livaditis, Jon Milonas & James Otto, CBRE
  • Chicago Aviation at the U.S. Cellular Building
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Jonathan Connor, Francis Prock & Jason Simon, Colliers
    • Tenant/Buyer Broker: Fred Ishler, Avison Young
  • Vantive at 510 Lake Cook Road
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Matt Hickey & Brett Ratay, Lincoln Property Company
    • Tenant/Buyer Broker: Paul Giannopulos, JLL

Broker Transaction | Industrial

  • Eli Lilly at Bristol Business Park
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Eric Fischer, Brett Kroner, Keith Puritz & Marc Samuels, Cushman & Wakefield
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers:  Sam Badger, Nathan Lamb, Whit Heitman & Chris Reynolds, CBRE
  • Hu-Friedy Lease at The Logistics Center
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Jonathan Kohn, Suzanne Serino & Chris Volkert, Colliers
    • Tenant/Buyer Broker: Steve Stone, Cushman & Wakefield
  • Matte57 Commerce Center
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Al Caruana, Britt Casey, Sally Macoicz & Matt Saddler, Cushman & Wakefield
    • Tenant’s Consultant: Olivia Byrne, K&L Gates
  • MSI Express at Geneva 2
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Dominic Carbonari, Kate Coxworth & Tara Torbik, JLL
  • RJW Logistics Group at CenterPoint Intermodal Center
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Dan Leahy & Adam Roth, NAI Hiffman
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Dominic Carbonari, JLL
  • RJW Logistics Group at Third Coast Intermodal Hub
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Traci Buckingham Payette & John Suerth, CBRE
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Dominic Carbonari, Kate Coxworth & Tara Torbik, JLL 

Broker Transaction | Office Investment Sale

  • 70 West Madison
    • Brokers: Blake Johnson & David Knapp, CBRE
  • 303 East Wacker
    • Brokers: Cody Hundertmark & Tom Sitz, Cushman & Wakefield
  • 311 South Wacker
    • Brokers: Sam DiFrancesca, Jaime Fink & Bruce Miller, JLL
  • 600 West Chicago
    • Brokers: David Caprile, Steven Garside & Bryan Rosenberg, Eastdil Secured, LLC

Broker Transaction | Industrial Investment Sale

  • I-290 Distribution Center
    • Brokers: Sean Devaney, Ed Halaburt, John Huguenard & Kurt Sarbaugh, JLL
  • Northwest Logistics Park Portfolio
    • Brokers: Megan Barker, Jim Carpenter, Mike Tenteris & Adam Tyler, Cushman & Wakefield
  • Park 88 Logistics Center
    • Brokers: Jeff Devine, Steve Disse, Tyler Ziebel, Colliers
  • Yorkbrook Business Center
    • Brokers: Ryan Bain, Michael Caprile, Zach Graham & Joe Horrigan, CBRE

Architecture Firm of the Year

  • Gensler
  • Lamar Johnson Collaborative
  • Ware Malcomb

Engineering Firm of the Year

  • Jacob & Hefner Associates, Inc.
  • Langan Engineering
  • Manhard Consulting
  • Pinnacle Engineering Group

Contractor of the Year

  • ARCO/Murray National Holdings
  • DSI
  • Executive Construction Inc.
  • Keeley Construction
  • McShane Construction Company
  • Meridian Design Build
  • Morgan / Harbour Construction
  • Northern Builders, Inc.
  • Pepper Construction
  • Ryan Companies
  • Skender

Property Management Firm of the Year

  • CBRE
  • Colliers
  • JLL
  • Transwestern Real Estate Services
  • Westward 360

Developer of the Year

  • Bridge Industrial
  • CRG
  • DERMODY
  • Northern Builders, Inc.

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38th Annual Awards for Excellence
Thursday, October 30, 2025
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM at The Old Post Office

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