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2025 Top Broker Awards
Phoenix & Southwest

Craig Coppola and Andrew Cheney
Leasing Total
813,927 square feet
Closed 134 office leasing transactions in 2024
Lease deals totaled $43.7 million in value
Craig Coppola, one of the eight founding principals of Lee & Associates Arizona firm, partnered with Andrew Cheney in 2004 to form the firm’s top-producing office team. Both brokers hold the CCIM, CRE and SIOR designations.
In 2024, the duo closed 134 leasing transactions totaling 813,927 square feet and boasting a value of $43.7 million. Notable highlights included the Arizona Federal Credit Union lease at 3178 E Camelback Rd., involving a 5,165-square-foot lease at a coveted, iconic intersection that had been unavailable for 30 years. Coppola and Cheney also negotiated Tri Pointe Homes’ lease expansion of 33,384 square feet, representing one of central Scottsdale, AZ’s largest transactions.
These are some of the reasons we selected Lee & Associates Craig Coppola and Andrew Cheney as Connect CRE’s Phoenix & Southwest 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.
