The Deal of the Year Awards & Annual Meeting recognizes the most notable commercial real estate professionals and transactions in Wisconsin. The awards event was created to highlight accomplished CARW members who have displayed exceptional achievement in sale and/or lease transactions. We had a great group of submissions this year and all submissions can be viewed below the finalists on this page.
Submission categories include Office, Industrial, Retail, Investment, and Development!
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Wednesday, October 22nd
4:00-7:30
The Grain Exchange
Congrats to the 2025 CARW Deal of the Year Finalists! The following deals will be recognized at the awards dinner.
Development Category
Carmen Schools- Ascension Clinic Redevelopment 20th and Oklahoma – Submitted by TriCity National Bank
Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood – Submitted by KIN
Port Washington Data Center Campus – Submitted by Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke
Project Full Circle: The Menomonee Falls Logistics Center – Submitted by The Luther Group
Topgolf – Madison – Submitted by Mid-America Real Estate
Industrial Category
MillerKnoll Corporate Disposition / SACO AEI Growth Acquisition – Submitted by Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke
Palermo’s Pizza West Milwaukee – Submitted by Briohn Building Corporation
Ridgewood Industrial Center – Submitted by Wangard Partners
Investment Category
ABB – Sale Leaseback – Submitted by Newmark
Investment Sale – 3280 Clement Ave – Submitted by Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke
Uniek Ink – Submitted by Madison Commercial Real Estate, LLC
Office Deal Category
Enerpac Headquarters Relocation – Submitted by CBRE
Innovation Way Deal – Submitted by The Barry Company
Northwestern Mutual Relocates to Research One – Submitted by Hunter Real Estate
Retail Deal Category
Monterrey Market – 7025 Main Street in Milwaukee – Submitted by CBRE
Revitalizing Fond du Lac’s Retail Corridor: The Commons at Forest Plaza – Submitted by Mid-America Real Estate
Target Brown Deer – Submitted by Mid-America Real Estate
2025 Nominated Deals
ABB – Sale Leaseback – Submitted by Newmark
Branigan Expands & relocates to 241 N Broadway – Submitted by Hunter Real Estate
Carmen Schools- Ascension Clinic Redevelopment 20th and Oklahoma – Submitted by TriCity National Bank
City Center at Seven Thirty Five – Submitted by CBRE
CLA’s New Appleton Office – Submitted by NAI Pfefferle
Greenlink Residences – Submitted by Crux Commercial Partners
Elevation 1659 – Submitted by Ogden & Company, Inc
Enerpac Headquarters Relocation – Submitted by CBRE
Gruber Law Offices relocation to 411 East Wisconsin – Submitted by Colliers
Highland Memorial Park/Wimmer Bros. Sale – Submitted by The Barry Company
Innovation Way Deal – Submitted by The Barry Company
Investment Sale – 3280 Clement Ave – Submitted by Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke
Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood – Submitted by KIN
KinetiK Retail Lease-Up – Submitted by Colliers
MillerKnoll Corporate Disposition / SACO AEI Growth Acquisition – Submitted by Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke
Monterrey Market – 7025 Main Street in Milwaukee – Submitted by CBRE
Northwestern Mutual Relocates to Research One – Submitted by Hunter Real Estate
Palermo’s Pizza West Milwaukee – Submitted by Briohn Building Corporation
Port Washington Data Center Campus – Submitted by Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke
Project Full Circle: The Menomonee Falls Logistics Center – Submitted by The Luther Group
Racine and Kenosha Retail Shopping Center Acquisitions – Submitted by CBRE
Read/Breunig Menomonee Valley Redevelopment – Submitted by The Barry Company
Recovery.com | 316 Washington – Submitted by Cushman Wakefield | Boerke
Revitalizing Fond du Lac’s Retail Corridor: The Commons at Forest Plaza – Submitted by Mid-America Real Estate
Rexnord West Milwaukee Campus Transformation – Submitted by Paradigm Real Estate
Ridgewood Industrial Center – Submitted by Wangard Partners
Sale-Leaseback of Aztalan Engineering Business Campus in Lake Mills WI – Submitted by The Barry Company
South Milwaukee Industrial Campus – Submitted by Colliers
Steinman Property/Truck Country Land Sale – Submitted by The Barry Company & The Dickman Company
Target Brown Deer – Submitted by Mid-America Real Estate
The Revv – Submitted by Three Leaf Development
Topgolf – Madison – Submitted by Mid-America Real Estate
Uniek Ink – Submitted by Madison Commercial Real Estate, LLC
West Allis Dual Redevelopment: Eye Care Specialists Clinic + Caribou Coffee – Submitted by Luther Group
Yaskawa | Franklin – Submitted by Cushman Wakefield | Boerke