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2026 Top Broker Awards
Chicago & Midwest
- Berkadia’s Michigan/Ohio Team Handles 34 Transactions Totaling Over $576 Million
- Cushman&Wakefield’s Ed Lampitt and Matt Eastin Handle 78 Deals Totaling Over 3 Million Square Feet
- Cushman&Wakefield’s Minneapolis/St. Paul Advisory Services Team Completes 67 Deals Totaling Over 1.5 Million Square Feet
- Dan Leahy With NAI Hiffman Closes Over 6.5 Million Square Feet in Transactions
- Marcus & Millichap’s Mark Ruble Leads Team in Handling 176 Transactions Worth Over $546 Million
- Newmark’s Multifamily Investment Team Negotiates 9 Transactions Totaling Over $689 Million
- Northmarq Midwest Multifamily Investment Sales Team Handles 33 Deals Totaling $663 Million
- Occidental Management Completes 37 Transactions Totaling Over 950,000 Square Feet
- Walker&Dunlop’s Midwest Multifamily Sales Group Handles 26 Transactions Totaling $988 Million
- Colliers’ Peter Kepic Handles 124 Leases and Sales Totaling Over 24 Million Square Feet

Cushman&Wakefield’s Minneapolis/St. Paul Advisory Services Team Completes 67 Deals Totaling Over 1.5 Million Square Feet
Leasing Total
1,572,042 square feet
Cushman & Wakefield’s Minneapolis/St. Paul Advisory Services Team consists of Jaclyn May, Tom DeSautel, John McKenna and Lexis Lowell. The group works with office deals throughout the region, completing 67 transactions totaling 1.57 million square feet in 2025.
One significant transaction involved a 44,000-square-foot lease relocation for Northwestern Mutual at Solo 3311 in Bloomington, MN. The team also worked with VAA on a 45,000-square-foot relocation lease.
Additionally, the advisory services group brokered two major deals for Land O’Lakes, including a build-to-suit industrial warehouse lease of a 390,000-square-foot warehouse in Platte City, Mo., and a sale/leaseback of a 66,000-square-foot industrial warehouse in Nashville.
These are some of the reasons we selected Cushman & Wakefield’s Minneapolis/St. Paul Advisory Services Team as one of Connect CRE’s Chicago & Midwest Top Broker Award winners for 2026. These awards recognize industry professionals who have demonstrated the highest standards and transaction volumes in investment sales and leasing.