Marie Schutt is the managing editor of Chicago Agent

2015 marks the 10-year anniversary of Chicago Agent magazine’s Agents’ Choice Awards. This year, the feature drew 48,000 votes, an impressive number to cap off a decade of celebrating the best and the brightest in Chicagoland real estate.

Agents, lenders, developers and managing brokers look forward to the Agents’ Choice Awards because each award represents thousands of votes of confidence from the winner’s peers. Nobody knows the unique challenges and measures of success in this industry like those who live and breathe real estate, so even being nominated is truly a great honor.

This year, we have an outstanding list of finalists and winners, and the location of our party to honor them couldn’t have been more fitting. Chicago Agent owes OneEleven W. Wacker a big thank you for providing us with our chic, airy 28th floor space, where all attending were treated to a striking view of the city lights below and an exciting victory for the Cubs, which was a great opening act for our awards ceremony.

So  – who won Best Dressed? Who were our city and suburb Rookies of the Year? Turn to page 16 to find out.