More Regions
2025 Top Broker Awards
Florida & Gulf Coast
- CBRE South Florida Industrial Capital Markets Team
- Berkadia Central & North Florida Multifamily Team
- Adam Palmer
- Cushman & Wakefield Capital Markets Team for Florida Industrial and Office Properties
- JBM Institutional Multifamily Advisors
- JLL Central Florida Industrial Team
- David Murphy and Monica Wonus
- Cushman & Wakefield’s Miami Office Agency Leasing Team
- Clay Sidner and Jeremy Hakala
- Zach Winkler

Clay Sidner and Jeremy Hakala
Leasing Total
350,000-plus square feet
Handled 35 lease transactions totaling more than 350,000 square feet
Represented one side of a $63-million office sale
Based in the firm’s Miami office, Newmark Senior Directors Clay Sidner and Jeremy Hakala are members of the company’s top national advisory team. Within the past year, the duo handled 35 lease transactions totaling 350,000 square feet. Sidner and Hakala also represented one side of a $62.5-million office transaction.
Notable leasing transactions included Greenberg Traurig’s 49,000 square feet at the Bank of America Plaza (Fort Lauderdale), Varonis Systems’ 18,353-square-foot transaction at 801 Brickell (Miami) and WR Berkley’s 21,363 square-foot lease at 600 Brickell Ave. (Miami).
These are some of the reasons we selected Newmark’s Clay Sidner and Jeremy Hakala as Connect CRE’s Florida & Gulf Coast Top Broker Award winners for 2025. These awards recognize industry professionals who have demonstrated the highest standards and transaction volumes in investment sales and leasing.