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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 Ed Lampitt and Matt Eastin Handle 78 Deals Totaling Over 3 Million Square Feet
Leasing Total
3.5 million square feet
The Cushman & Wakefield team of Ed Lampitt and Matt Eastin is among the foremost industrial real estate experts across Missouri and the St. Louis region.
They have worked on leasing and development projects across the area’s top-performing submarkets, including The Howard Bend Levee District (in Maryland Heights and Chesterfield) and West County. The team also works in St. Louis’ Metro East area, a hub for big-box retail.
Lampitt and Eastin closed 78 transactions in 2025, totaling 3.5 million square feet.
These are some of the reasons we selected Ed Lampitt and Matt Eastin as 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.