Lendlease has built a reputation across the region for being able to complete the toughest projects that other contractors simply won’t take. This year that can-do attitude culminated in the Chicago office completing $953.2 million dollars of regional work in 2017, nearly doubling its prior year revenue of $578.51 million.

“I think it speaks a lot to nurturing the relationships we have had with clients and developers through the downturn and into the upswing that we’re in,” says Bert Brandt, Lendlease vice president and general manager in charge of the company’s Chicago office, which has responsibility for the whole Midwest region. “We’ve spent a lot of time and effort with our clients and developers and construction crews working to get the pipeline to where it is today, and now I think we’re seeing the result of that.”