MINNEAPOLIS (Sept. 5, 2007) – Ryan Companies US, Inc. was named one of this year’s “Best Places to Work” by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. The annual awards program honors Minnesota-based companies that excel in overall employee satisfaction.

“We are honored to receive this award – it is a true testimony to our hard-working employees at Ryan,” said Collin Barr, president Minnesota region, “We consider ourselves family, which helps us create an employee-driven culture built upon responsibility, integrity and respect.”

More than 30 percent of Ryan’s 575 Minnesota-based employees participated in the Best Places to Work survey – supplying feedback to questions surrounding work environment, innovations and new ideas, people in the organization and day-to-day operations. Armed with survey results, a team of Business Journal editors ranked the companies in three categories, according to size.

Ryan secured a place at the top of the medium-sized company category based upon employee satisfaction ratings highlighting the company’s flexibility, dedication to wellness, leadership and commitment to the community.

Ryan Companies US, Inc. is a leading national commercial real estate firm offering integrated design-build and development as well as asset, property and facilities management services to customers. For more than 69 years, Ryan Companies has used a single-source approach that offers flexibility in defining the scope of a project and strength in providing effective, timely solutions resulting in a higher certainty of success. In addition to its Minneapolis office, Ryan has offices in Chicago, Phoenix, San Diego, Tampa, Cedar Rapids, Davenport and Des Moines, Iowa.

Editor’s note:    Interviews with Ryan executives are available by contacting Sarah Voigt at 612-455-1784 or svoigt@psbpr.com