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Congratulations to our 2025 NAIOP Chicago Awards for Excellence Winners!

10.27.25

Thank you to everyone who submitted for our 38th Annual Awards for Excellence! We’re excited to recognize the outstanding projects and people shaping Chicago’s commercial real estate community. Congratulations to the 2025 NAIOP Chicago Award Winners, announced on October 30, 2025, at our 38th Annual Awards for Excellence!

Developer of the Year

  • Northern Builders

Office Redevelopment of the Year

  • The Bell | Onni Group

Industrial Build-to-Suit Development of the Year

  • The Logistics Campus – PepsiCo | DERMODY

Industrial Speculative Development of the Year – Small Scale

  • O’Hare Logistics Center 16 | Seefried Properties

Industrial Speculative Development of the Year – Large Scale

  • Bridge Point Romeoville | Bridge Industrial

Multifamily Development of the Year

  • Flora | Trammell Crow Company

Special-Use Development of the Year

  • Edged Chicago Data Center ORD01-1 | Seefried Properties

Broker Transaction | Downtown Office

  • 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

Broker Transaction | Industrial

  • RJW Logistics Group at Third Coast Intermodal Hub
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Traci Buckingham Payette & John Suerth, CBRE
    • Dominic Carbonari, Kate Coxworth & Tara Torbik, JLL 

Broker Transaction | Office Investment Sale

  • 600 West Chicago
    • Brokers: David Caprile, Steven Garside & Bryan Rosenberg, Eastdil Secured, LLC

Broker Transaction | Industrial Investment Sale

  • Northwest Logistics Park Portfolio
    • Brokers: Megan Barker, Jim Carpenter, Mike Tenteris & Adam Tyler, Cushman & Wakefield

Architecture Firm of the Year

  • Gensler

Engineering Firm of the Year

  • Jacob & Hefner Associates, Inc.

Contractor of the Year

  • Executive Construction Inc.

Property Management Firm of the Year

  • CBRE

Congratulations to our 2025-26 University Scholarship Recipients

  • Brian Marren & Nicole Pacasova | DePaul University
  • Hayden Kleynhans, Jared Otarola & Jimena Perez | Marquette University
  • Timothy Hearld, Phillip Royster & Jeremy Scheck | Northwestern University
  • Paola Guzman | Roosevelt University