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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

Dan Leahy With NAI Hiffman Closes Over 6.5 Million Square Feet in Transactions
Leasing Total
6,565,663 square feet
Dan Leahy is an executive vice president and partner at NAI Hiffman, specializing in assisting industrial users and owners with real estate strategy and implementation. He is also a founding member and managing director of NAI Global Logistics. In 2025, Leahy handled nearly 6.6 million square feet in deals.
Notable highlights included brokering a 977,145-square-foot lease for RJW Logistics at CenterPoint Intermodal Center in Joliet, IL, totaling $79.7 million in transaction volume. Leahy also handled a 546,433-square-foot lease valued at $6.7 million for KeHe Distributors at LINK Logistics’ facility in Romeoville, IL and spearheaded Elogistics Service Corp.’s 408,176-square-foot lease with the Opus Group’s Tollway Center in North Aurora, IL, a deal valued at $21.9 million.
These are some of the reasons we selected Dan Leahy 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.