Another noteworthy year for commercial real estate. That was the main takeaway of Illinois Real Estate Journal’s 4th Annual Real Estate Awards, held last night, June 1, at the O’Hare Hyatt Regency in Rosemont, Illinois.
Over 680 leaders in design, engineering, construction, development, legal and financial services gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of all sectors of local real estate. And making this year extra special? Two hundred finalists competed for 51 awards, exemplifying companies’ resilience in the face of economic uncertainty.
Illinois Real Estate Journal would like to extend special congratulations to Lifetime Achievement Award recipients Daniel L. Goodwin, Robert H. Baum, Joseph Cosenza and Robert D. Parks of Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc., one of the nation’s largest and most successful commercial real estate and finance groups. Combined, Inland entities have raised over $26 billion in capital, acquired over $54 billion in commercial real estate, conducted over $80 billion CRE transactions, sponsored over 784 investment programs and have owned and managed hundreds of millions of square feet of commercial property and over 96,000 apartment units in 49 U.S. states.
REjournals’ Ernest Abood said of Inland: “We [REjournals] have truly appreciated working with you and others on the Inland team representing one or more of your member companies … I want to give a shout out to Inland Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Executive Vice President Richard Jurek. At first we were tossing around the idea of selecting one person for the Lifetime Achievement Recipient, but where would John Lennon be without Ringo, or Paul without George? It was that point in comparing the ‘Fab Four’ that we came up with the ‘Founding Four’—I’ll bet you no one in this industry has ever been compared to The Beatles, nor will anyone ever be.”
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