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2026 Top Broker Awards
Seattle & Northwest
- Colliers’ Matson Industrial Team Handles 48 Transactions Spanning Over 2 Million Square Feet
- Corey Marx, David Young and Chris Ross with JLL Close over $1.6 Billion in Seattle Area
- Cushman＆Wakefield’s Boise Office Team Closes 76 Transactions at Over 434,000 Square Feet
- Andrew Hitchcock with CBRE Transacts Deals Totaling Over 3 Million Square Feet
- CBRE’s Michael Dash Oversees 61 Deals Totaling Over 2 Million Square Feet
- CBRE’s Scotta Ashcraft Handles 76 Transactions Across Over 1.2 Million Square Feet
- Cushman＆Wakefield’s Puget Sound Multifamily Capital Markets Team Handles 178 Transactions Totaling $1 Billion
- Eli Hanacek with CBRE Closes Over $2 Billion in Transactions
- IPA’s Philip Assouad and Giovanni Napoli Complete 25 Transactions at a Deal Volume of Over $924 Million
- Joe Scalzo, with the Neil Walter Group, Closes Over 1 Million Square Feet Across 40 Transactions
- The Berkadia Seattle Investment Sales Team Generates Over $733 Million Across 54 Closings
Eli Hanacek with CBRE Closes Over $2 Billion in Transactions
Sales Total
$2,038,250,000
Eli Hanacek has over 25 years of experience in the multifamily industry, with a broad range of expertise in brokerage, acquisitions, dispositions, development, asset management, marketing, and construction. Since joining CBRE’s PNW Multifamily team, he has been involved in over $25 billion in transactions comprised of over 1,200 properties and over 110,000 existing units, including over 100+ transactions of land experience.
Specializing in complex transactions, Hanacek has executed on multi-state portfolios, retail-anchored mixed-use properties, condominium conversions, unentitled land, and property types ranging from suburban and urban value-add to trophy urban core. In 2025, he completed more than $2 billion in transactions.
Notable deals include the $192.85-million sale of Soma Towers from Su Development to Sobrato Development. The 273-unit property, with 29,964 square feet of commercial space, was closed within 60 days, marking Sobrato’s entry into the thriving Bellevue submarket.
These are some of the reasons we selected Eli Hanacek as one of Connect CRE’s Seattle & Northwest 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.