CoStar Research released its annual Power Broker list for the New Orleans metro on February 27, 2026. This prestigious recognition spotlights the firms and brokers achieving the highest transaction volumes in sales and leases over the prior measurement period. The list serves as an important tool for market participants in the New Orleans, Metairie, and Kenner areas to benchmark deal flow and enhance relationship capital.

The Power Broker awards are based on the highest sale and lease transaction volumes recorded in CoStar’s database. While the full winners list and detailed metrics are behind a paywall, the recognition provides insight into the most active brokers and firms for 2025 in the local commercial real estate market.

CoStar’s Power Broker awards help identify those closing the biggest deals, offering significant value for developers, institutional owners, and lenders looking to source key relationships. The list acts as a signal for where liquidity and deal activity are concentrated across different asset classes in the New Orleans metro.

Market participants often use the Power Broker outcomes to identify talent and potential merger and acquisition or partnership targets. For local firms, this recognition can be leveraged for recruiting and marketing purposes, highlighting those with proven execution in specific submarkets such as office, retail, industrial, and multifamily.

The release of the Power Broker list is an annual event that CRE professionals in the region closely watch. With CoStar’s methodology focusing on transaction volume, the rankings provide an independent perspective on the dynamics of the local real estate market over the past year.

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