2024 Awards for Excellence Finalists

Congratulations to our 37th Annual Awards for Excellence Finalists!

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37th Annual Awards for Excellence
November 7, 2024
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM at The Old Post Office

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2024 Awards for Excellence Finalists:

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Office Redevelopment of the Year

  • 225 W. Washington St. | Agave Holdings, LLC
  • CBOT | R2 Companies

Industrial Build-to-Suit Development of the Year

  • LogistiCenter at Pleasant Prairie | Dermody Properties
  • Panduit Distribution Center | Crow Holdings Industrial
  • Project Dolphin | Venture One Real Estate
  • Project Go Big or Go Home (GBOGH) | Crow Holdings Industrial

Industrial Speculative Development of the Year – Small Scale

  • 565 Pinnacle Drive | Panattoni Development Company
  • 1460 Thorndale | High Street Logistics Properties
  • Carlow XXI | Northern Builders
  • O’Hare Logistics Center 13-15 | Seefried Properties
  • Prologis Romeoville | Prologis

Industrial Speculative Development of the Year – Large Scale

  • 1303 Jack Court | MWI Property Group
  • Monee Logistics Center | Seefried Properties
  • Park 88 Logistics Center | TradeLane Properties and Phelan Development
  • Sanders Farm Building 2 – Amazon | Crow Holdings Industrial
  • Venture Park 47 | Venture One Real Estate

Multifamily Development of the Year

  • Dash – Downers Grove | Opus Development Company, L.L.C.
  • Edith Spurlock Sampson Apartments | Pirhl
  • Embry | Sulo Development
  • The Domaine at Hawthorn Row | Focus

Special-Use Development of the Year

  • Chatham Discover Customer Care Center and Shine Bright Community Center | DL3 Realty Advisors LLC
  • Journeyman at The American Factory | Journeyman
  • Mainfreight Carol Stream| Timber Hill Group
  • Prologis Elk Grove Data Center | Prologis

Broker Transaction | Downtown Office

  • GoHealth at TheMart
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Jason Houze & Tyler Reaumond, CBRE
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Phil Geiger, Stream Realty Partners & Andy Strand, JLL
  • Harrison Street at 919 West Fulton Market
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Alex Najem, Fulton Street Companies
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Dan Arends, Ryan Barr & Alain LeCoque, Colliers
  • Lessen at 203 North LaSalle
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Kathleen Bertrand, Eric Myers & John Nelson, Transwestern
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Jake Ehrenberg & Brian Means, JLL
  • Winston & Strawn at 300 North LaSalle
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Maggie Brophy & Greg Tait, Irvine Company
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Nancy Pacher, CBRE

Broker Transaction | Suburban Office

  • Evanston Station at 909 Davis Street
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Matt Hickey & Brett Ratay, Lincoln Property Company
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Chris Cummins, Dan McCarthy & Steven Spinell, JLL
  • Honeywell International at 6111 North River Road
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Patrick Elwood, Dan Graham & Kevin Torch, CBRE
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Andrew Kaplan, James Otto, Chris Reynolds &  Abi Zaleski, CBRE
  • LanzaTech in Skokie
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Scott Brandwein & Max Zwolan, JLL
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Holly Duran, Jeff Newcom & Jeff Mulder, Colliers
  • Wheels at Zurich Centre
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Rick Benoy & Todd Mintz, JLL
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Dan McCarthy & Steven Spinell, JLL

Broker Transaction | Industrial

  • E-Commerce Corporation at TheSilos at Sanders Farm
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Adam Haefner, Martin Mikaitis, Zeke Rowan, & Nick Fazio, Avison Young
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Ryan O’Leary, KBC Advisors
  • NORKOL at 900 Knell Road
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Dan Leahy, NAI Hiffman
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: George Cibula & Rick Daly, DarwinPW Realty
  • Project Go Big or Go Home (Haier/GE Appliances) at Clarius Park Morris
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Mike Fonda & Adam Haefner, Avison Young
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Ted Gates, David Prell & Brent Woodruff, CBRE
  • Reynolds Consumer Products at TREA Monee Logistics Center
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Ellie Birkeneder & Trevor Ragsdale, JLL
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Grant Glattly, JLL
  • Samsung at 701 Central Avenue
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Sean Henrick & Ryan Klink, Cushman & Wakefield
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Jason West, Cushman & Wakefield

Broker Transaction | Office Investment

  • 150 North Michigan Avenue
    • Brokers: David Caprile & Bryan Rosenberg, Eastdil Secured
  • 333 West Wacker
    • Brokers: Dan Deuter, Cody Hundertmark & Thomas Sitz, Cushman & Wakefield
  • 400 South Jefferson
    • Brokers: Craig Cassell & Jeff Skender, Cushman & Wakefield; Mark Baby & Patrick Russo, Stream Realty Partners
  • 939 West North Avenue
    • Brokers: Blake Johnson & David Knapp, CBRE
  • Sears Headquarters, Hoffman Estates
    • Brokers: Anne Dempsey, Bill Fausone, Dougal Jeppe, Suzanne Serino & Jason Simon, Colliers

Broker Transaction | Industrial Investment

  • 1303 Jack Court
    • Brokers: Rob Prioletti & Daniel Smolensky, TMG Real Estate Advisors
  • Halsted Pershing Business Center
    • Brokers: Sean Devaney, Ed Halaburt & Kurt Sarbaugh, JLL
  • I-55 Corridor Portfolio
    • Brokers: Megan Barker, Jim Carpenter, Mike Tenteris & Adam Tyler, Cushman & Wakefield
  • O’Hare Logistics Portfolio
    • Brokers: Ryan Bain, Michael Caprile, Zach Graham & Joe Horrigan, CBRE
  • Tranformco/Gotion at 333 South Spruce Street
    • Brokers: Sam Durkin, Matt Greaney, Greg Matter, Meredith O’Connor, Trevor Ragsdale, Keith Stauber & Ada Wong, JLL
  • Weber 55 Logistics Park
    • Brokers: Jeff Devine, Steve Disse, & Tyler Ziebel, Colliers

Architecture Firm of the Year

  • Ware Malcomb
  • Whitney Architects

Engineering Firm of the Year

  • Jacob & Hefner Associates, Inc.
  • Pinnacle Engineering Group
  • SPACECO
  • V3 Companies

Contractor of the Year

  • Alston Construction Company
  • Executive Construction Inc.
  • Keeley Construction
  • McShane Construction Company
  • Meridian Design Build
  • Morgan Harbour Construction
  • Pepper Construction
  • Premier Design + Build Group
  • Ryan Companies

Property Management Firm of the Year

  • CBRE
  • Cushman & Wakefield
  • Hiffman National

Developer of the Year

  • Becknell Industrial
  • Bridge Industrial
  • Prologis
  • Seefried Properties
  • Venture One Real Estate