Awards

The Industry’s Premier Awards Event

The annual Awards for Excellence recognizes the industry’s best of the best in transaction and development categories. Held each November, the awards event closes out the year for NAIOP and showcases the talent, ingenuity and stability of the Chicago CRE markets.

37th Annual Awards for Excellence
Thursday, November 7, 2024
at The Old Post Office | 433 West Van Buren Street, Chicago

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Important Dates
  • June 2024 | 2024 Awards for Excellence Nominations Open
  • August/September 2024 | Nominations Committee Meets to Review Nominations and Determine Finalists
  • October 2024| Finalists Announced
  • November 2024 | Winners Announced at NAIOP Chicago 37th Annual Awards for Excellence
  • Questions? Contact NAIOP Chicago

Giving Back

The NAIOP Chicago Awards for Excellence has a long history of supporting charitable causes while also promoting recognition of the real estate industry.

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  • NAIOP Chicago Foundation

    The 501c3 arm of the NAIOP Chicago Chapter is dedicated to furthering the work of the University Scholarship program, supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives, and advocating for policy efforts in the industry.

  • University Initiative

    In 2014, NAIOP Chicago launched their University Initiative and now donates the revenue from the Awards event to fund the University Scholarship Program, which supports and encourages the next generation of real estate professionals.

  • Local Charities

    Previously, NAIOP Chicago partnered with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, donating over $350,000 to their efforts in the Chicagoland area, and Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, raising more than $250,000 to enhance and expand their programs for children and families.

Award Winners

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2024 Winners

Congratulations to our 2024 NAIOP Chicago Awards for Excellence Winners!

Thank you to all who submitted for our 37th Annual Awards for Excellence this year! Below are the 2024 NAIOP Chicago Award Winners, which were announced on November 7, 2024 at our 37th Annual Awards for Excellence:

Developer of the Year

Office Redevelopment of the Year

Industrial Build-to-Suit Development of the Year

Industrial Speculative Development of the Year – Small Scale

Industrial Speculative Development of the Year – Large Scale

Multifamily Development of the Year

Special-Use Development of the Year

Broker Transaction | Downtown Office

Broker Transaction | Suburban Office

  • Wheels at Zurich Centre
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Rick Benoy & Todd Mintz, JLL
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Dan McCarthy & Steven Spinell, JLL

Broker Transaction | Industrial

  • 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

Broker Transaction | Industrial Investment

Architecture Firm of the Year

Engineering Firm of the Year

Contractor of the Year

Property Management Firm of the Year

Congratulations to our 2024-25 University Scholarship Recipients

  • Frank Ballarin & Danny Carlson | Marquette University
  • Davide Comai & Samuel Marty | Roosevelt University
  • Konrad Hornik & Lorena Tayahua | DePaul University
  • Genevieve McCarthy & Brady Sarkon | University of Chicago
  • Olivia Parker | Northwestern University
2024 Finalists

Congratulations to our 37th Annual Awards for Excellence Finalists

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
  • Haier at Clarius Park Morris
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Mike Fonda & Adam Haefner, Avison Young
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Ted Gates, David Prell & Brent Woodruff, CBRE
  • NORKOL at 900 Knell Road
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: Dan Leahy, NAI Hiffman
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: George Cibula & Rick Daly, DarwinPW Realty
  • 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
2023 Winners

Congratulations to our 36th Annual Awards for Excellence Winners!

Thank you to all who submitted for our 36th Annual Awards for Excellence this year! Below are the 2023 NAIOP Chicago Award Winners, which were announced on November 9, 2023 at our 36th Annual Awards for Excellence:

Developer of the Year

Office Development of the Year

Industrial Build-to-Suit Development of the Year

Industrial Speculative Development of the Year – Small Scale

Industrial Speculative Development of the Year – Large Scale

Multifamily Development of the Year

  • Domain CityGate | Willow Bridge Property Company (formerly Lincoln Property Residential) & Calamos Real Estate

Broker Transaction | Downtown Office

Broker Transaction | Suburban Office

  • CF Industries at 2375 Waterview Drive
    • Landlord/Seller Brokers: David Burkards, Andrew Davidson & Kyle Robbins, Transwestern
    • Tenant/Buyer Brokers: Daniel McCarthy, Grady Quinn, Sophia Spinell & Steven Spinell, JLL

Broker Transaction | Industrial

Broker Transaction | Office Investment

Broker Transaction | Industrial Investment

Architecture Firm of the Year

Engineering Firm of the Year

Contractor of the Year

Property Management Firm of the Year

Congratulations to our 2023 -24 University Scholarship Recipients

  • Ashlee Bakunowicz | DePaul University
  • Christopher Bertucci | Northwestern University
  • Tyler Buck | University of Chicago – Booth School of Business
  • Rosie Gonzalez | University of Chicago – Booth School of Business
  • Victoria Reznik | Northwestern University
  • Neeva Shrestha | Roosevelt University
  • Connor Shrigley | Marquette University

AE Honoree

The NAIOP Chicago Awards Jury sometimes will confer a special Award for Excellence during the Awards for Excellence event, honoring an individual in commercial real estate who has shown exemplary success and professionalism in the industry.

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