Innovator Award with Jeff Shapack (B.A.)– founder & CEO of Shapack Partners – presented by Michael Brennan (BS) founder of Brennan Investment Group.

In 2009, Jeff founded Shapack Partners and by early 2011 Shapack Partners asserted itself as a leader in the creation of Fulton Market district. Since that time, Shapack Partners has been acquiring and developing properties in Fulton Market including Soho House Chicago, The Hoxton Hotel, 811 Fulton (an office building anchored by Knoll, Inc.) 167 Green (a 750,000 SF office building), and The Parker Fulton Market (a 29-story luxury residential apartment building), in addition to several nationally acclaimed restaurants such as Momotaro and Formento’s. Jeff graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Michael Brennan is the Co-Founder, Chairman, and Managing Principal of Brennan Investment Group, a Chicago-based private real estate investment firm that acquires, develops, and operates industrial properties in select major metropolitan markets throughout the United States. Brennan owns and manages an industrial portfolio with a market value in excess of $3 billion.