Lifetime Award
2021 Lifetime Honoree
Congratulations to our 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree:
Randall K. Rowe, Chairman, Green Courte Partners, LLC
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Mr. Rowe will receive the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award on October 11, 2021, in conjunction with the 2021 ULI Fall Meeting taking place in Chicago.
About the Lifetime Achievement Award
The ULI Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award was established to recognize leaders in Chicago’s real estate community whose contributions to real estate – and to civic, charitable and philanthropic endeavors – exemplify the spirit and mission of ULI. Now in its 25th year, the annual Awards event supports the many programs and initiatives coordinated by the District Council.
Past Lifetime Achievement Award recipients include the late Marshall Bennett, the late Charles Shaw, Lester Crown, John Buck, Eugene Golub, Penny Pritzker, former Mayor Richard M. Daley, Thomas S. Ricketts, and the late Gerald D. Hines among many other leaders in the industry.
Past Recipients
2019
the late Gerald D. Hines, Founder & Chairman, Hines and the Hines Midwest team
2018
Thomas S. Ricketts, Executive Chairman, Chicago Cubs & Chairman, Incapital LLC
2017
Richard M. Daley, Former Mayor, The City of Chicago & Of Counsel, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
2016
Jim McShane, CEO, The McShane Companies
2015
Lynn C. Thurber, Chairman, LaSalle Investment Management
2014
Neil G. Bluhm, Founder and President, JMB Realty Corporation; Founder and Managing Principal, Walton Street Capital, LLC
2013
Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
2012
Eugene Golub, Founder and Chairman, Golub & Company LLC
2011
John A. Buck, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The John Buck Company
2010
John S. Gates, Jr., Chairman and CEO, PortaeCo, LLC
Chairman of the Board, Regional Transportation Authority (RTA)
2009
the late James R. Loewenberg, Co-chief Executive Officer, Magellan Development Group
2008
Richard A. Hanson, Principal and Founder, Mesa Development, LLC
2007
Norman R. Bobins, Chairman Emeritus, LaSalle Bank Corporation
2006
Robert A. Wislow, Chairman and CEO, U.S. Equities Realty
2005
Douglas Crocker II, Chairman and CIO, Transwestern Multifamily Partners, LLC and former CEO, Equity Residential
2004
the late Stuart L. Scott, Jones Lang LaSalle
2003
Richard A. Stein, Mesirow Stein Real Estate, Inc.
2002
the late Matthew Bucksbaum, General Growth Properties, Inc.
2001
Edward R. James, Edward R. James Partners, LLC
the late Kenneth J. James, Kenneth James Builders, LLC
2000
the late William A. Alter, The Alter Group
1999
Lester Crown, Material Service Corporation
1998
the late Richard J. Brown, Cambridge Homes
1997
the late Charles H. Shaw, The Shaw Company
1996
the late Bernard Weissbourd, Metropolitan Structures
1995
the late Marshall Bennett, Marshall Bennett Enterprises