Skender Wins Two 2024 Interior Contractor of the Year Awards

In the last month, Skender has earned two prestigious industry awards for General Contractor of the Year, both of which recognize outstanding work in interior construction.

Last night, Illinois Real Estate Journal named Skender as the General Contractor of the Year in the tenant interiors category. This was the third consecutive year the magazine recognized Skender with a top-builder honor.

Last month, Skender was awarded the 2024 Interior Contractor of the Year at the Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards benefiting the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Skender also won the award in 2022, 2018, 2016 and 2015.

Both awards, among the highest honors in the Chicago commercial real estate industry, are based on 2023 performance.

In 2023, Skender completed over 2.3 million square feet of interior construction, including 13 floors of LEED v4 Platinum Interiors for Salesforce at the brand new Salesforce Tower; the largest suburban buildout since 2018 for Ace Hardware, transforming 250,000 square feet at the former McDonald’s campus into a state-of-the-art headquarters for the hardware retailer; and a 110,000-square-foot “city and parks”-themed workspace for healthcare company Vizient on two floors of the historic Old Post Office.

With a strategic focus on its people and delivering the premier construction experience across all project types, Skender has earned multiple industry accolades recently, including six project-of-the-year awards and five contractor-of-the-year honors since 2022. Recent accolades include:

// 2023 Best Places to Work (No. 4 in large companies category, 7x winner since 2013) – Crain’s Chicago Business

// 2023 General Contractor of the Year Winner (Office Construction) – Illinois Real Estate Journal

// 2023 Indiana Project of the Year Winner (Under $10 Million) – Indiana Subcontractors Association

// 2023 Indiana GC Of the Year Finalist – Indiana Subcontractors Association

// 2023 Science Project of the Year Winner (Hazel Tech) – Illinois Real Estate Journal

// 2023 Large Project of the Year Winner (Salesforce) – CoreNet REAL Awards

// 2022 General Contractor of the Year Winner (Office Construction) – Illinois Real Estate Journal

// 2022 Interior Contractor of the Year Winner (Owner Projects) – Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards

// 2022 Interior Project of the Year Winner (Walgreens Tech Center) – Chicago Building Congress

// 2022 Preservation Excellence Award Winner (Maywood Supportive Living) – Landmark Illinois

// 2022 Safety Award Winner – Great Lakes Construction Association

// 2022 Redevelopment of the Year Finalist (1100 W Fulton) – Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards