NAIOP Arizona Awards 2025 Excellence Honor to Cushman & Wakefield’s Mike Haenel

Mike Haenel, 40-year industry veteran and a top performer in Industrial Brokerage in Arizona

PHOENIX, Ariz. (April 24, 2025) – Mike Haenel, an Executive Vice Chair with Cushman & Wakefield in Phoenix, has been named NAIOP Arizona’s 2025 Award of Excellence recipient.

The award will be presented at the Best of NAIOP awards ceremony on May 1 at the Arizona Financial Theatre. The event will also celebrate Best of NAIOP’s 30 incredible years of excellence in commercial real estate.

The NAIOP Arizona Award of Excellence recognizes individuals who have made a significant and positive impact on the commercial real estate industry in Arizona over a period of at least 15 years, along with direct contributions to the chapter.

The Arizona Chapter of NAIOP is among the largest of the 53 chapters, with over 1,000 individual members representing around 450 companies. NAIOP Arizona provides unparalleled industry networking and education, and advocates for effective legislation on behalf of its members.

“On behalf of the NAIOP Arizona Board, our members and staff, we’re thrilled to honor Cushman & Wakefield’s Mike Haenel as our 2025 Award of Excellence recipient.  A Vice Chair and Member of one of Cushman & Wakefield’s most productive teams, Mike’s resume of projects has transformed Greater Phoenix,” said NAIOP Arizona Chair Phil Breidenbach, SIOR.

“Also impressive is his leadership as a former NAIOP Chair, and with many other professional organizations and charities. Of all Mike’s accolades, he is most respected for the deep personal relationships he has with so many of us.  Mike has changed lives in our community. We are grateful for both his friendship as well as his leadership,” Breidenbach said.”

Haenel has more than 40 years of experience in the sale and leasing of industrial/back-office buildings and land throughout Arizona. Haenel and his business partners, Andy Markham, Will Strong, and Phil Haenel of Cushman & Wakefield, specialize in the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of industrial real estate, servicing the needs of corporate, institutional, and entrepreneurial owners/users in Arizona and other markets.

“I am humbled in receiving this honor from NAIOP Arizona. NAIOP is an organization that provides a tremendous platform for committed members in the region and across the world to work more closely together toward the greater good of the commercial real estate industry, our business, and as people. I am very proud to be a longstanding member of NAIOP,” Mike Haenel said.

“I am grateful for all the wonderful relationships that I have made throughout the past 40 years in the commercial real estate industry and the Valley of the Sun. I have been helped by so many! A special thank you to my family, Cushman & Wakefield, our entire team, clients, colleagues and all those that have helped make a difference in our community,” he added.

Mike Haenel is deeply connected to his community and grateful to be able to give back. He is a member of The Thunderbirds and actively involved with St. Mary’s Food Bank and St. Vincent de Paul. He also takes pride in his past involvement at Barrow Neurological Institute, Brophy College Preparatory and Xavier College Preparatory.