CRE N Illinois Proper Title adds new account executives with hiring, promotion Palatine, Illinois-based Proper Title, LLC has promoted Dawn Wheatland to account executive from sales coordinator and hired Stacey Gore as an account executive.
CRE L Iowa The future looks bright -- and busy -- for Des Moines Take an educated workforce and a prime location in the center of the United States. Add in a low cost of doing business and a strong interstate highway system. It’s a formula for commercial real estate success. And city that has all this? Des Moines, Iowa.
CRE N Illinois Sterling Bay boosts commitment to diversity with hire of Keiana Barrett Seeking to enhance and expand the it’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA), Sterling Bay has appointed Keiana Barrett as its first director of diversity and strategic development. Barrett will lead Sterling Bay’s efforts to develop and implement strategic programs that forge a diverse, inclusive community, cu…
CRE N Illinois First phase of Bears' Halas Hall modernization completed Mortenson recently completed the first phase of the partial demolition, expansion and renovation of Halas Hall, the iconic Lake Forest, Illinois headquarters of the Chicago Bears. The first phase, turned over on April 1, focused on football operations and included demolition of part of the original facility and building a 165,000-square-foo…
CRE N Illinois Owen Wagener & Co. leases more than 66,000 SF in numerous Chicago-area deals Owen Wagener & Co., based in Schaumburg, Illinois, recently closed over 66,000 square feet of real estate deals at 13 properties around the Chicago area. The transactions occurred in Addison, Arlington Heights, Bensenville, Bridgeview, Carol Stream, Crestwood, Elk Grove Village, Glendale Heights, Johnsburg, Lake Bluff, Schaumburg, Thorton a…
CRE N Illinois Graycor takes on Tough Mudder, aiming to raise over 50K for ALS Association Graycor Family of Companies, including Graycor Construction Company Inc., Graycor Industrial Constructors Inc. and Graycor Southern Inc., will participate in the Tough Mudder event to raise money for charity for the fourth consecutive year. The Chicago team will tackle the 10-12-mile obstacle course in Rockford, Illinois on Saturday, August…
CRE V Michigan Michigan's REDICO hires VP of leasing Doug Van Noord has joined REDICO, a full-service real estate development and investment company headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, as vice president of leasing.
CRE W Minnesota Minnesota's Kraus-Anderson Insurance names VP Burnsville, Minnesota-based Kraus-Anderson Insurance has promoted Jon Diessner to vice president of operations. He will oversee the agency’s property/casualty, employee benefits and surety operations.
CRE N Illinois Waterton names VP of design and construction Waterton, a Chicago-based real estate investor and operator, has appointed industry veteran Peg Blackall as vice president of design and construction to oversee the firm’s architectural, design and construction processes.
CRE O Indiana Indianapolis' Birge & Held hires director of property management Therese Cochran has joined Indianapolis’ Birge & Held as director of property management, client assets. In this role, Cochran serves as the head of Birge & Held’s third-party management platform.
CRE i Ohio VP of Cleveland's Alex N. Sill to lead national insurance association Jeffrey O’Connor, vice president of Cleveland-based Alex N. Sill Company, LLC, has been elected president of the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters for its 2019-2020 term.
CRE Midwest Liberty Trust VP to oversee 19-million-square-foot Midwest portfolio Neal Driscoll, vice president and market officer for Liberty Property Trust in Illinois and Minnesota, will oversee the company’s 19-million-square-foot portfolio across the Midwest. He will add properties in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky; Columbus, Ohio; and Indianapolis to his responsibilities.
CRE Midwest SME names regional VP for Ohio and Indiana Plymouth, Michigan-based engineering firm SME has named Michael Meddock as regional vice president for Ohio and Indiana. He is responsible for overseeing and coordinating services including project management, technical report review, project planning and business development.
CRE W Minnesota Midwest Commercial Hall of Fame: NKF's Jim Damiani Each year, Midwest Real Estate News runs its Midwest Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame issue, highlighting the careers of the top CRE pros in our region. This year, we are also running these profiles online. Today, we look at the success of Jim Damiani, executive managing director of the Minneapolis office of Newmark Knight Frank.
CRE N Illinois Teena Lorie Harris joins Farbman Group in Chicago market as property manager Farbman Group, a full-service commercial real estate firm based in Southfield, Michigan, with offices throughout the Midwest, has named Teena Lorie Harris as property manager for properties in Northbrook, Elk Grove and Naperville, Illinois. Harris will oversee the firm’s suburban Chicago portfolio including the operations, general site mana…
CRE N Illinois Clayco architecture firms LJC and BatesForum to merge Lamar Johnson Collaborative (LJC), a subsidiary of Clayco, will combine with Clayco-owned BatesForum, creating one architecture firm of more than 240 professionals in five offices. Lamar Johnson will head up the new organization, which will continue to be known as LJC and based in Chicago.
CRE N Illinois Peg Blackall appointed VP of design and construction at Waterton Waterton, a Chicago-based real estate investor and operator, has appointed industry veteran Peg Blackall as vice president of design and construction to oversee the firm’s architectural, design and construction processes.
Retail V Michigan NAI Wisinski helps gym find new location in Grand Rapids Bill Tyson of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan and Patrick Mohney of Blue Rock CRE assisted Anytime Fitness in securing a lease at Bretwood Centre in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Healthcare N Illinois Who’s got their finger on the pulse of healthcare real estate? The healthcare real estate sector has changed strikingly in the last decade, driven by aging demographics and increased ambition to deliver services outside of acute care settings. Over the next 10 years, the asset class will likely see even more drastic changes.
Office i Ohio Booming? No. But Cleveland's office market remains steady The biggest office sale in Cleveland in the first quarter of the year came relatively late: Oaktree Capital Management’s $51.5 million purchase of PNC’s operations at 4100 W. 150th St. But while that transaction grabbed most of the headlines, it wasn’t the only big office sale of the first quarter here.