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2025 The ApartmentBuildings.com 100
Dealmakers of the Year
- Arcus Harbor Real Estate Capital
- Berkadia Orange County & San Diego Mortgage Banking Team
- Birk Sklar Team, Kiser Group
- Brandon Polakoff, Avison Young
- Brendan O’Leary, Transwestern
- Brian Eisendrath, Institutional Property Advisors
- Brian Kuhn and Jon Reible, KeyBank Real Estate Capital
- Brian Smuckler, JLL
- Chad Musgrove, M&T Realty Capital Corporation
- Dan Blackwell and Mike O’Neill, CBRE
- Drew Fletcher, Greystone Capital Advisors
- Ellie Perlman, Blue Lake Capital
- Erik Anderson, Newmark
- Hailey Ghalib, Affinius Capital
- Harvey Russell, NAI Advent
- John Darrow, Slatt Capital
- Joseph Koicim, Marcus & Millichap
- Ken Wellar, Global Real Estate Advisors
- Kitty Wallace, Colliers
- Logan Lee, Moody National Companies
- Maggie Burke, Capital One
- Marc Renard, Cushman & Wakefield
- Mark Goodman, Goodman Commercial
- Michelle Herrick, JPMorgan Chase
- Neander Lima, Empire Group
- Regions Real Estate Capital Markets Multifamily Origination Team
- Sharon Karaffa, Newmark Multifamily Capital Markets
- Shimon Shkury and Victor Sozio, Ariel Property Advisors
- Simon Ziff, Ackman Ziff
- Tyler Hague, Will Mathews and Ed Thomas, Colliers National Multifamily Advisory Group
- Vic Clark, Lument
- Walker & Dunlop New York Capital Markets Team
- Steve Bram, George Smith Partners
- Thomas Olivetti and Taylor Sims, Northmarq
- Thorofare Capital Originations Team
- Tom Britt, SitusAMC
- Hessam Nadji, Marcus & Millichap
Birk Sklar Team, Kiser Group
Kiser Group partners Noah Birk and Aaron Sklar teamed up in 2017 to launch the company’s Birk Sklar Team, which focuses on Chicago’s South and West Side submarkets. One of the team’s notable deals involved the sale of a 250-unit high-rise in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. The $22-million price tag set a transaction record in Chicago’s South Side.
Birk and Sklar’s mentoring, training and leadership philosophy transformed what began as a two-person operation into a 12-broker team. Under the duo’s guidance, the team holds the largest share of Chicago’s multifamily transactions, based on transaction numbers. Through their efforts, Birk and Sklar shed light on an underserved community, attracting local and out-of-state investments to support community development and drive economic growth.
The co-leads have both been honored as Costar’s Top Broker in Illinois and Real Estate Journal’s Broker Team of the Year.
These are some of the reasons why Noah Birk and Aaron Sklar were selected to receive ApartmentBuildings.com’s first annual AB 100 Dealmaker of the Year Award, which recognizes those who demonstrate creativity, skill and success in the multifamily industry.