On July 13, REjournals hosted the 3rd Annual 2022 Illinois Real Estate Journal Awards at Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago.
Over 600 CRE professionals from across Chicagoland attended for an evening of networking and celebration. One hundred seventy-five finalists were recognized, and 52 awards were given.
This year’s judges included 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; Danny Nikitas, Principal, Avison Young; and Deena Zimmerman, VP & National Retail Council Co-Chair, SVN Chicago Commercial.
We’d again like to recognize Bob Clark, Executive Chairman and Founder, Clayco, as our 2022 Illinois Real Estate Journal Awards Lifetime Achievement Recipient and extend sincere congratulations to all nominated.
Until next year!
Below is the complete list of the 2022 IREJ Award Winners:
Project Awards
Affordable Housing:
Fifth Avenue Apartments (WINNER)
SALUD Center
Hotel/Hospitality:
Sable Hotel at Navy Pier and Offshore Rooftop Venue (WINNER)
Industrial/Manufacturing/Science:
Lion Electric Chooses Joliet — Will County
Brewster Creek Commerce Center
Harbor Freight Tools Chicago
Project Condor
Bridge Point North Phase III
4300 North Brandon Road, Joliet, IL
Rivian Automotive Inc. (WINNER)
Clarius Park Joliet Building 2
3501 North Brandon Road, CenterPoint Intermodal Center — Joliet, IL
Wayfair
Home Depot
Office Interior Design:
iManage
Horizon Therapeutics — Lamar (WINNER)
Johnson Collaborative
24 East Washington — Macy’s Speculative Suites
Lamar Johnson Collaborative — Sloan
Kroll
Ajinomoto
Office:
Mosaic Construction
Kroll
320 South Canal (WINNER)
444 North Orleans
Industrial Redevelopment:
The Grid
Brett Anthony Foods
Tangent Technologies
Mohawk Redevelopment (WINNER)
Office Redevelopment:
Bell Works Chicagoland (WINNER)
1100 West Fulton, Herman Miller
JCFS Chicago Seigle Campus
Education Redevelopment:
Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep — Phs II (WINNER)
Illinois Institute of Technology
Industrial Interior Design:
Great Lakes Coca-Cola (WINNER)
Elk Grove Technology Park Tenant Improvement
Multifamily Interior Design:
Avra (WINNER)
Restaurant Interior Design:
DENGEO’s Restaurant (WINNER)
Medical Property:
NCH Buffalo Grove Outpatient Care Center (WINNER)
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, Inc.
The Fynn
One Chicago
Evo Union Park
The Grand Logan Lodge (WINNER)
Redevelopment:
Pepper Family Wildlife Center at Lincoln Park Zoo (WINNER)
Willis Tower Skydeck Renovations
Ravenswood Senior Living
Pullman National Monument Visitor Center and State of IL Historic Factory Grounds
Retail/Restaurant:
Cermak Fresh Market (WINNER)
Farmer’s Best Market
Senior Housing:
Verandah (WINNER)
Warrenville Horizon Senior Living
Single Family/Townhome—For Sale:
3D Virtual Tour Home Buying | 1760 Washington (WINNER)
Private Residence, Chicago Historic Landmark Restoration
Corporate Awards
Architecture Firm of the Year:
Eastlake Studio
Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Goettsch Partners (WINNER)
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
Cushman & Wakefield (WINNER)
Kiser Group
CONLON Commercial
General Contractor of the Year — Data Center:
Mortenson (WINNER)
General Contractor of the Year — Industrial:
Ryan Companies US, Inc. (WINNER)
Clayco
Keely 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:
McShane Construction Company (WINNER)
W.E. O’Neil Construction
Title Company of the Year:
Proper Title (WINNER)
National Title Solutions
Developer of the Year:
Sterling Bay (WINNER)
Ryan Companies US, Inc.
Conor Commercial Real Estate
Lendlease
Bridge Industrial
CenterPoint Properties
Riverside Investment & Development
CRG
Engineering Firm of the Year:
Eriksson Engineering Associates, Ltd. (WINNER)
CAGE Civil Engineering
Manhard Consulting
Real Estate Law Firm of the Year:
Gould & Ratner LLP (WINNER)
Freeborn & Peters LLP
Lender of the Year:
Marquette Bank (WINNER)
Professional Service Company of the Year:
Bee Line Support (WINNER)
Luxury Living Chicago Realty
Level-1
Strada Real Estate Services, Inc.
Property Management Company of the Year:
WPD Management
Zeller (WINNER)
Hiffman National
Building Service Company of the Year:
Bee Line Support
USA Fire Protection (WINNER)
Construction Cleaning Company
General Contractor of the Year:
Executive Construction, Inc.
Redmond
Skender (WINNER)
People Awards
Architect of the Year:
Kate Davis, Global Practice, Director, Principal, NCIDQ, LEED AP, HKS (WINNER)
Susan F. King, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, LFA, HED
Douglas Hammen, NCARB, IIDA, douglasDesign+associates inc
Industrial Broker of the Year:
Fred Regnery, Colliers (WINNER)
Kelly Disser, NAI Hiffman
Andrew Maletich, Cawley Chicago
Investment Broker of the Year:
Craig Martin, Interra Realty (WINNER)
Steve Horvath, CONLON Commercial
Champion of Diversity:
Keiana Barrett, Sterling Bay (WINNER)
Bradley Borowiec, Zeller
Mark Rose, Avison Young
Emerging Leader of the Year, Female:
Emily Mackie, Inspired Interiors
Emily Gadomski, Mid-America Group
Christina Hubacek, NorthPoint Development (WINNER)
Emerging Leader of the Year, Male:
Ned Frank, Colliers (WINNER)
Dan Polito, ACCEND Construction
Brewster Hague, Greenstone Partners
Kevin Kramer, Village of Hoffman Estates
Executive of the Year:
Aaron Galvin, Luxury Living Chicago Realty (WINNER)
John Redmond, Redmond
Gary Rose, Clear Height Properties
Property Manager of the Year:
Colleen Needham, Draper and Kramer, Inc. (WINNER)
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
Amy Blumenthal, Gould + Ratner (WINNER)
Volunteer of the Year:
Alba Colavitti, CRG (WINNER)
Alissa Adler, Colliers
Woman of the Year:
Jamie Henry, Bee Line Support
Dr. Suzet McKinney, Sterling Bay (WINNER)
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:
Dan Leahy and Adam Roth, NAI Hiffman (WINNER)
Jason West, SIOR, and Sean Henrick, SIOR, CCIM, Cushman & Wakefield
Joe Learner and Robert Sevim, Sevills
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 and Aaron Sklar, Kiser Group
Pat Kennelly and Paul Waterloo, Interra Realty
Danny Spitz, Jason St. John, Paul Tesdal and Brewster Hague, Greenstone Partners (WINNER)
Matt Halper and Danny Mantis, Kiser Group
Transaction and City Awards
Most Significant Investment Sale Transaction:
CBRE — Bridge Point North Phase III
Cinespace Film Studios (WINNER)
1315 North Branch
1100 West Fulton Market
210 North Carpenter
Bradley Place
Most Significant Industrial Lease Transaction:
Multinational Fortune 500 Warehouse Lease/Regnery
Republic National Distributing Company—Romeoville
CBRE — Bridge Point North Building 9 (WINNER)
Wayfair
Home Depot
Most Significant Multifamily Sale Transaction:
The Cloisters, Interra (WINNER)
Park Ridge Commons, Kiser Group
Most Significant Office Lease Transaction:
SMS Assist (WINNER)
Vistex Pointe
DMI at Kemper Lakes Business Center
City/Municipality of the Year:
Elk Grove Village (WINNER)
Village of Romeoville
Village of Hoffman Estates
Village of Buffalo Grove
Village of Machesney Park
