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July 13, 2022
Hyatt Regency O'Hare Chicago

9300 W BRYN MAWR AVE ROSEMONT, IL

4:30pm-6:00pm
cocktail hour

6:00pm
dinner & program

IREJ 2022 Award Program
IREJ 2022 Award Banners

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People Award Banners
Company Award Banners
Project Award Banners
Photos from the Awards Event

Project Awards

  • Affordable Housing

    ☆ WINNER! Fifth Avenue Apartments
    Salud Center

  • Hotel / Hospitality

    ☆ WINNER! Sable Hotel at Navy Pier and Offshore Rooftop Venue

  • Industrial / Manufacturing / Science

    Lion Electric Chooses Joliet-Will County
    Brewster Creek Commerce Center
    Harbor Freight Tools Chicago build-to-suit
    Project Condor
    Bridge Point North Phase III
    4300 N. Brandon Rd., Joliet, IL
    ☆ WINNER! Rivian Automotive Inc.
    Clarius Park Joliet Building 2
    3501 North Brandon Rd., CenterPoint Intermodal Center - Joliet, IL
    Wayfair
    Home Depot

  • Office Interior Design

    iManage
    ☆ WINNER! Horizon Therapeutics - Lamar Johnson Collaborative
    24 E Washington - Macy's Speculative Suites
    Lamar Johnson Collaborative - Sloan
    Kroll
    Ajinomoto

  • Office

    Mosaic Construction
    Kroll
    ☆ WINNER! 320 South Canal
    444 North Orleans

  • Industrial Redevelopment

    The Grid
    Brett Anthony Foods
    Tangent Technologies
    ☆ WINNER! Mohawk Redevelopment

  • Office Redevelopment

    ☆ WINNER! Bell Works Chicagoland
    1100 W Fulton, Herman Miller
    JCFS Chicago Seigle Campus

  • Education Redevelopment

    ☆ WINNER! Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep - Phs II
    Illinois Institute of Technology

  • Industrial Interior Design

    ☆ WINNER! Great Lakes Coca-Cola
    Elk Grove Technology Park Tenant Improvement

  • Multifamily Interior Design

    ☆ WINNER! Avra

  • Restaurant Interior Design

    ☆ WINNER! DENGEO'S Restaurant

  • Medical Property

    ☆ WINNER! NCH Buffalo Grove Outpatient Care Center
    Silver Cross Medical Office Pavilion D
    NorthShore - Edward-Elmhurst Health: Woodridge Clinic
    The Sheridan at Oak Brook - Core & Shell
    Advocate Medical Group - Lake Villa Outpatient Center

  • Multifamily

    Wrigleyville Lofts by Draper and Kramer, Incorporated
    The Fynn
    One Chicago
    Evo Union Park
    ☆ WINNER! The Grand Logan Lodge

  • Redevelopment

    ☆ WINNER! Pepper Family Wildlife Center at Lincoln Park Zoo
    Willis Tower Skydeck Renovations
    Ravenswood Senior Living
    Pullman National Monument Visitor Center and State of IL Historic Factory Grounds

  • Retail / Restaurant

    ☆ WINNER! Cermak Fresh Market
    Farmer's Best Market

  • Senior Housing

    ☆ WINNER! Verandah
    Warrenville Horizon Senior Living

  • Single Family / Townhome - For Sale

    ☆ WINNER! 3D Virtual Tour Home Buying | 1760 Washington
    Private Residence, Chicago Historic Landmark restoration

Corporate Awards

  • Architecture Firm of the Year

    Eastlake Studio
    Lamar Johnson Collaborative
    ☆ WINNER! Goettsch Partners
    Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture
    Ross Barney Architects
    OKW Architects
    Epstein
    Partners by Design
    douglasDesign+associates inc

  • Brokerage Firm of the Year

    Tenant Advisory Group LLC
    Quantum Real Estate Advisors, Inc.
    Interra Realty
    Savills Chicago
    Lee & Associates of Illinois
    The Boulder Group
    ☆ WINNER! Cushman & Wakefield
    Kiser Group
    CONLON COMMERCIAL

  • General Contractor of the Year - Data Center

    ☆ WINNER! Mortenson

  • General Contractor of the Year - Industrial

    ☆ WINNER! Ryan Companies US, Inc
    Clayco
    Keeley Construction
    Meridian Design Build
    PREMIER Design + Build Group
    Peak Construction Corporation
    Pepper Construction
    Morgan Harbour Construction
    Alston Construction Company

  • General Contractor of the Year - Multifamily

    ☆ WINNER! McShane Construction Company
    W.E. O'Neil Construction

  • Title Company of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Proper Title
    National Title Solutions

  • Developer of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Sterling Bay
    Ryan Companies US, Inc.
    Conor Commercial Real Estate
    Lendlease
    Bridge Industrial
    Centerpoint Properties
    Riverside Investment & Development
    CRG

  • Engineering Firm of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Eriksson Engineering Associates, Ltd.
    CAGE Civil Engineering
    Manhard Consulting

  • Real Estate Law Firm of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Gould & Ratner LLP
    Freeborn & Peters LLP

  • Lender of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Marquette Bank

  • Professional Service Company of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Bee Line Support
    Luxury Living Chicago Realty
    Level-1
    Strada Real Estate Services, Inc

  • Property Management Company of the Year

    WPD Management
    ☆ WINNER! Zeller
    Hiffman National

  • Building Service Company of the Year

    Bee Line Support
    ☆ WINNER! USA Fire Protection
    Construction Cleaning Company

  • General Contractor of the Year - Office

    Executive Construction Inc.
    Redmond
    ☆ WINNER! Skender

People Awards

  • Architect of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Kate Davis, Global Practice Director, Principal, NCIDQ, LEED AP, HKS
    Susan F King, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, LFA, HED
    Douglas Hammen, NCARB, IIDA, douglasDesign+associates inc

  • Industrial Broker of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Fred Regnery, Colliers
    Kelly Disser, NAI Hiffman
    Andrew Maletich, Cawley Chicago

  • Investment Broker of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Craig Martin, Interra Realty
    Steve Horvath, CONLON Commercial

  • Champion of Diversity

    ☆ WINNER! Keiana Barrett, Sterling Bay
    Bradley Borowiec, Zeller
    Mark Rose, Avison Young

  • Emerging Leader of the Year, Female

    Emily Mackie, Inspired Interiors
    Emily Gadomski, Mid-America Group
    ☆ WINNER! Christina Hubacek, NorthPoint Development

  • Emerging Leader of the Year, Male

    ☆ WINNER! Ned Frank, Colliers
    Dan Polito, ACCEND Construction
    Brewster Hague, Greenstone Partners
    Kevin Kramer, Village of Hoffman Estates

  • Executive of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Aaron Galvin, Luxury Living Chicago Realty
    John Redmond, Redmond
    Gary Rose, Clear Height Properties

  • Property Manager of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Colleen Needham, Draper and Kramer
    Eric Thompson, Avison Young

  • Real Estate Lawyer of the Year

    Scott Weinstein, Field and Goldberg
    Eric Greenfield, Polsinelli
    Brian Patrick Liston, Liston & Tsantilis
    Jessica Lingertat, Gould + Ratner
    David Arnburg, Gould + Ratner
    ☆ WINNER! Amy Blumenthal, Gould + Ratner

  • Volunteer of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Alba Colavitti, CRG
    Alissa Adler, Colliers

  • Woman of the Year

    Jamie Henry, Bee Line Support
    ☆ WINNER! Dr. Suzet McKinney, Sterling Bay
    Anne Dempsey, Colliers
    Alba Colavitti, CRG
    Darcy Rutzen, M & J Wilkow
    Susan Bergdoll, Duke Realty
    Jamie Redmond, Redmond

  • Broker Team of the Year, Office or Industrial

    ☆ WINNER! Dan Leahy and Adam Roth, NAI Hiffman
    Jason West, SIOR, and Sean Henrick, SIOR, CCIM, Cushman & Wakefield
    Joe Learner and Robert Sevim, Savills
    Peter Kelly, Brett Ratay and Matt Hickey, Lincoln Property Company

  • Broker Team of the Year, Investment Sales

    Randy Blankstein, Jimmy Goodman and John Feeney, The Boulder Group
    Noah Birk & Aaron Sklar, Kiser Group
    Pat Kennelly and Paul Waterloo, Interra Realty
    ☆ WINNER! Danny Spitz, Jason St. John, Paul Tesdal, and Brewster Hague, Greenstone Partners
    Matt Halper and Danny Mantis, Kiser Group

Transaction and City Awards

  • Most Significant Investment Sale Transaction

    CBRE - Bridge Point North Phase III
    ☆ WINNER! Cinespace Film Studios
    1315 North N. Branch
    1100 West Fulton Market
    210 N. Carpenter
    Bradley Place

  • Most Significant Industrial Lease Transaction

    Multinational Fortune 500 warehouse lease/Regnery
    Republic National Distributing Company - Romeoville
    ☆ WINNER! CBRE - Bridge Point North Building 9
    Wayfair
    Home Depot

  • Most Significant Multifamily Sale Transaction

    ☆ WINNER! The Cloisters, Interra
    Park Ridge Commons, Kiser Group

  • Most Significant Office Lease Transaction

    ☆ WINNER! SMS Assist
    Vistex Pointe
    DMI at Kemper Lakes Business Center

  • City / Municipality of the Year

    ☆ WINNER! Elk Grove Village
    Village of Romeoville
    Village of Hoffman Estates
    Village of Buffalo Grove
    Village of Machesney Park

HIGHLIGHTS

LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT

2022 ILLINOIS REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENT

Bob Clark

In 1984, Bob Clark founded Clayco as a start-up construction company. In that first year, Clayco’s revenue reached $1 million. Since then, Clark has grown Clayco into one of America’s top 20 building companies with revenues near $5 billion for 2021 with 2,500 employees.
Clayco specializes in real estate development, engineering, architecture and construction in Industrial, Corporate, Institutional and Residential markets in communities across North America. As Executive Chairman, Clark spearheads the company’s strategy, vision and recruiting.
The company is privately held and provides full-service, turnkey building services through its real estate services capabilities and fully integrated subsidiaries: Lamar Johnson Collaborative, a full-service architecture and design firm and Concrete Strategies, a fully integrated self perform concrete contracting company with over 1,200 employees.
Since its inception in 1984, Clayco has completed revenues of over $25 billion, including over 250 million square feet of new construction and 40 million square feet of renovation work in the United States. The company has completed development of over 8,500 acres of land and is a leader in each of the markets served.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Marianne Grierson
312-388-6181
[email protected]

Mark Menzies
312-933-8559
[email protected]

Ernie Abood
773-919-8799
[email protected]

Frank Biondo
248-670-2691
[email protected]

For More Information or Questions, Please Contact
Alyssa Gawlinski

219.741.5718
[email protected]

OUR JUDGES

Bob Six

CEO

Zeller

Lynn Smith, P.G.

Senior Project Manager/ CPS Asset Manager

Carnow, Conibear & Associates, Ltd.

Gail Lissner

Managing Director

Integra Realty Resources – Chicago

Danny Nikitas

Principal

Avison Young

Deena Zimmerman

Vice President& National Retail Council Co-Chair, SVN Chicago Commercial

SVN Chicago Commercial

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