POWER BROKERS: Tampa/St. Petersburg Winners

Leading industry researcher CoStar Group Inc. compiles lists of the top commercial real estate firms and agents in more than 90 U.S. markets based on transactional volume and leasing activity.

The Washington D.C.-based company's most recent annual Power Brokers data, from internal data and submitted material, provides a snapshot of top sales and leasing firms, office, retail and industrial leasing brokers and sales brokers. Overall leasing volume for individuals is based on an aggregation of the square footages of all the lease transactions, according to CoStar.

For 2015, in the Tampa/St. Petersburg market, 20 companies and 40 individuals received awards, while in the Southwest Florida market, 21 companies and 44 individuals were recognized. Here are the winners from Tampa/St. Petersburg: