The commercial real estate world was evolving and changing at a steady clip before the pandemic hit. Now it is morphing faster than ever. More than ten years into a slow but steady expansion cycle, the national commercial real estate markets have been unpredictable since the start of 2020, but heading into this year, cautious optimism has persisted.

The changes and uncertainty have made for an understandably challenging trip through uncharted terrain, but the savviest commercial real estate executives have helped steer the course for their industry and its customers. This list contains some of the very best of them in the region today.