reawards2025-mn – REJournals

3:30pm - 5:00pm Cocktail Hour

5:00pm - 7:30pm Awards Program

May 1, 2025

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington

7800 Normandale Boulevard
Minneapolis, MN

Project Awards

Affordable Housing - Greater Minnesota

Apartments Austin
☆ WINNER! Alexander Baker Apartments
Brewery Creek Duluth
1st & 3rd Apartments Austin
Affordable Housing - Minneapolis

☆ WINNER! Canvas Apartments Minneapolis
Ernestine Apartments
Plymouth Avenue Apartments in Minneapolis
Affordable Housing - St. Paul

Harbourline St. Paul
☆ WINNER! Restoring Waters and Nellie Francis Court
Soul Apartments St. Paul
The Balsam on Broadway St. Paul
Affordable Housing - Suburban

Arbor Court
Callisto Commons Fridley
LICA - Affordable New Construction
Nicols Pointe
☆ WINNER! Wangstad Commons Brooklyn Center
Education & Daycare

New Creations Waconia
☆ WINNER! PACT Charter School
Government / Community Facility - Greater Minnesota

Charles S. Crandall Center
☆ WINNER! Owatonna High School
Government / Community Facility - Twin Cities

Antlers Park Redevelopment
MN Vehicle Inspection Facility
Panoway on Wayzata Bay
Rosemount Public Works and Police Building
St. Francis City Hall and Fire Station
☆ WINNER! V3 Sports Center
Greater Minnesota - Commercial

Lake Leaf Cultivation
☆ WINNER! Massman Companies Alexandria
Premier Bank Rochester
Sky Harbor Airport Terminal Reconstruct Duluth
Two Harbors Municipal Liquor Store
Greater Minnesota - Multifamily

☆ WINNER! Alexander Baker Apartments International Falls
Pillars of Hermantown
Sunset Trail Community Building Rochester
The Force on 5th Avenue Project Duluth
Green / LEED Development of the Year

☆ WINNER! North Loop Green
The Balsam on Broadway
The Nine at Lexington Station
Hotel / Hospitality

☆ WINNER! Hotel Alexander
Industrial - Greater Minnesota

Aquatix® by Landscape Structures Inc.’s Expansion
☆ WINNER! Climate by Design International
Interstate 35 Industrial Park/Niagara Bottling
KAMP Automation
Lake Leaf Cultivation
Industrial - North & East

Neogen Oakdale
nVent Manufacturing
☆ WINNER! University of Minnesota Microbial Cell Production Facility
Industrial - North & West

Golden Valley Business Center
Minneapolis Glass 610 Junction West
Pella Northland
Tesla 610 Junction West
☆ WINNER! The Cubes at French Lake
Industrial - South

Columbia Business Center
☆ WINNER! FORCE America
Hohenstein’s
Lakeville Industrial, Sweet Harvest Foods
SOMIC Packaging, Inc.
Infrastructure

☆ WINNER! The Panoway on Wayzata Bay
Interior Design - East

Broadway Street Development Headquarters
☆ WINNER! Flats on 94
Prevolv Showroom
The Balsam on Broadway
The Bosk
Interior Design - Greater Minnesota

Arris Duluth
☆ WINNER! Pillars of Hermantown
Sunset Trail Community Building
Interior Design - Minneapolis

4th & Park Apartments
☆ WINNER! LaSalle Plaza Reposition
Schafer Richardson
Surdyk’s Liquor Store
Interior Design - Northeast

Lochner
Mounds View Family Dental
☆ WINNER! The Ansel
Interior Design - South

51 France
Canvas at Inver Grove Heights
☆ WINNER! Chip’s Pickleball Club
Memorial Blood Centers - Apple Valley
Noble
The Carver
Interior Design - West

Arbor Court
☆ WINNER! Boketto
Lennar Homes
Shine Wealth Financial Advisors
The Hallon II

Company Awards

people Awards

Transaction Awards

Most Significant Investment Sale Transaction in 2024 - Corporate

WestHealth
☆ WINNER! University of Minnesota - Meta
Hunt Electric Corporation Purchase
Thomson Reuters HQ Campus

LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT

2025 MINNESOTA REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT RECIPIENT

George Sherman

George Sherman has planned and delivered multi- and single-family housing for more than 46 years. As principal in developing more than 11,900 rental units and more than 1,400 for-sale housing units, the total value of his development portfolio exceeds $4 billion.
George is recognized as an industry veteran favored by cities and development partners for his ability to commit to a vision for development and deliver the expected results.
George is involved with all aspects of Sherman’s development efforts of both the Market-Rate and Tax Credit Multifamily divisions, as well as the Commercial, Hospitality, and Retail developments.
George is a sought-after speaker at real estate development and urban planning seminars because of the wealth of insight and foresight his development experience provides. George is former board chairman of the Central Community Housing Trust and previously served on the board for the Minnesota Housing Partnership.
George has received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Real Estate from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and the 2016 Presidents Award from the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota. He has been named an Industry Titan by Twin Cities Business Magazine on its list of 100 People to Know and was named a Business Icon by Minnesota Business in 2020. George was inducted into the Minnesota Business Hall of Fame in 2020 and the Minnesota Real Estate Hall of Fame in 2022.