Rankings & Awards

2017 Top Design/Build Firms

2017 Top Design/Build Firms

The McShane Companies is ranked #69 on Engineering News-Record’s Top Design/Build Firms listing. McShane Construction Company was founded upon the design/build project delivery method and first appeared on ENR’s Top Design/Build Firms rankings in 1998. As a practitioner and early… ...

2017 Best Curb Appeal Award

2017 Best Curb Appeal Award

Apex 41, a luxury apartment residence completed by McShane Construction, received the 2017 Best Curb Appeal Award by the Chicagoland Apartment Association. The contemporary residence was constructed in a podium format with a five-story metal-framed residential component atop a two-story,… ...

2017 Community Impact Award

2017 Community Impact Award

Urban Land Institute Chicago recognized The Arts & Recreation Center at Ellis Park on Chicago’s South Side with its Community Impact Award. After over a decade of planning, The Arts and Recreation Center at Ellis Park transformed a vacant site… ...

2016 Lifetime Achievement Award

2016 Lifetime Achievement Award

Chief Executive Officer, Jim McShane was recognized for his leadership in the Chicago real estate community by Urban Land Institute Chicago. Since founding The McShane Companies in 1984, Jim McShane has consistently guided with innovation and an innate understanding of… ...

2015 Contractor of the Year

2015 Contractor of the Year

McShane Construction Company was named as the 2015 Contractor of the Year by NAIOP Chicago. Selected through live voting from its peers, McShane received the honor for the fifth time in company history, with the firm also winning in 2007,… ...

2015 Distinguished Service Award

2015 Distinguished Service Award

Jim McShane received the Distinguished Service Award from the Chicago Building Congress. Jim was recognized for his dedicated service on the Chicago Building Congress Board of Directors. The Chicago Building Congress is the only vertically-integrated trade association in the Chicago… ...

2015 Architectural Excellence Award

2015 Architectural Excellence Award

Adaptive reuse project, Grove Apartments in Oak Park, Illinois received The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design by LISC Chicago. Originally designed as a car dealership by renowned industrial architect, Albert Kahn and constructed in… ...

2015 Multifamily Executive Awards

2015 Multifamily Executive Awards

The Shops and Lofts at 47 mixed-use development was named the Grand Winner in the Mixed-Income category by Multifamily Executive magazine. After years of limited development activity, The Shops and Lofts at 47 brought new, attractive, and much-needed housing and… ...

2014 Merit Award Winner

2014 Merit Award Winner

Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy in Chicago, Illinois was named Merit Award winner in Rehab Construction by the Chicago Building Congress. McShane Construction led the fast-track adaptive reuse project that transformed this 1920s-era heavy timber and brick building into an… ...

2014 Chairman’s Award

2014 Chairman’s Award

Valparaiso University’s College of Arts and Sciences received an Honorable Mention for Creative Detailing by the Metal Construction Association. Awards are based on overall appearance, significance of metal in the project, innovative use of metal and the role of metal… ...