That’s the question The Real Deal’s reporters and editors ask as each year shifts into gear. Who gets deals done, gets money moving into projects, gets shovels going?

Those big players in the market are the main characters of our pages. We track the builders and dealmakers in every segment of the industry, from commercial to residential, development to finance. We follow the brokers and their bosses, the marketers and money.

And we make it our business to sort out the big leaguers from the wannabes.