2026 Real Estate Awards

The real estate industry has been at the heart of WBJ’s coverage for years. If you know who is buying, selling, leasing, building, closing, and demolishing in Central Massachusetts, you have a strong understanding of the region’s economy and the direction it’s headed.

As part of our ongoing coverage, we’ve had a front-row seat to the constant battles where real estate professionals must emerge victorious in order to accomplish anything: financing, zoning, environmental contamination, difficult buyers, difficult sellers, sudden changes in office trends, pandemics, state regulations, local regulations, construction worker shortages, sudden bankruptcies of subcontractors, etc., etc., etc.

It’s a miracle anything gets built.

To honor these miracle workers, WBJ is launching a new Real Estate Awards, as part of the inaugural Central Mass. Real Estate Forum on Sept. 29. The selection process for awards is always difficult, because so many people and companies are worthy of consideration. For this inaugural class, though, the best of best rose to the top.

Welcome to the first of many WBJ Real Estate Awards.

– Brad Kane, editor