New firm has money to back net-lease projects
(Crain's) — Ralph Cram is heading Northbrook-based Envoy Net Lease Partners, which has financial backing and plans to finance about $80 million in developments in the next year and a half.
How one man is bringing foreclosed homes to the rental market
(Crain's) — James McClelland runs the Mack Cos. , a Tinley Park firm that buys and then rents foreclosed homes. Mr. McClelland talks with Alby Gallun about how he got started and what the…
Q&A with Habitat CEO
(Crain’s) — Mark Segal’s Chicago-based apartment company is building a 450-unit building in River North. He expects the sector’s strength to continue: “As we look at the …
In one hand and out the other
(Crain's) — Randall Rowe's Green Courte Partners LLC recently closed a $407-million fund, its third. He immediately spent a bunch of it on the Parking Spot and plans to keep on piling up…
Cushman brings on ex-Buck exec
(Crain’s) — Barb Schenberg will try to help the firm rebuild its business repping downtown landlords, which has suffered from losses including the assignment at NBC Tower.
CBRE lands office sales veteran
(Crain's) — Paul Lundstedt, whose focus has been the suburbs, seeks more work in the competitive downtown market.
High on Hyde Park
(Crain's) — Eli Ungar's Antheus Capital is the biggest apartment landlord in the neighborhood after the U of C. In a Q&A, he talks about why he likes the area and addresses the concern that his …
Why River North is hot for rentals
(Crain's) — In the debut of our Dealmakers video series, Greg Mutz, CEO of apartment builder Amli Residential, talks with Crain's Alby Gallun about his firm's 409-unit project at Hubbard and…
Jones Lang taps vet for construction practice
(Crain's) — Cy Rangel hopes to land more work from current brokerage clients, but demand for interior space remains low and competition for jobs is fierce.
Point man for Old Main Post Office
(Crain's) — Martin Mulryan is the project manager for British developer Bill Davies’ planned $3.5-billion, 10-year redevelopment of the huge structure spanning Congress Parkway.
Former John Buck exec becomes Newcastle CFO
(Crain's) — Kent Swanson is leaving of the world of high-end office buildings and entering the less glamorous, but potentially more profitable, world of neighborhood apartments and retail.
Veteran condo developer joins Clayco
(Crain's) — Thomas Weeks will emphasize finding new business for the St. Louis firm, which is expanding here as part of an effort to land more work nationwide.
Putting dollars into distress
(Crain's) — David Jackson and two others founded Northbrook-based StreetMac Asset Managers last year to invest in troubled retail properties. “We're offering help to players that are…
Gas station family fuels medical office developer
(Crain's) — Brad Wilson has bought several suburban sites for proposed medical offices, with a Kentucky gas-station family agreeing to invest $100 million in his Bluestone Healthcare Partners…
Q&A with Equity International CEO
(Crain's) — Gary Garrabrant just closed on a $650-million fund for the firm, which he and Sam Zell founded in 1999. He's enthusiastic about investing in India and Colombia, less so about China…
Architecture firm expands in Chicago
(Crain's) — Lisa Adams will look to triple the size of HKS' 13-person office in the coming years. The Dallas company established a local presence with its acquisition this month of Maregatti…
McShane taps industrial vet as COO
(Crain's) — Mark Saturno will look for new deals and financing sources at the local development company. ‘Our biggest challenge is how to operate a business in a slow-growth economy,…
UGL Services names head of property advisory
(Crain's) — Donna Becco Schroeder wants to increase the size and client roster of the firm's Occupier Consulting Services Group.
BMO taps new leader of U.S. real estate
(Crain's) — Mark Decker, who has worked for two presidential administrations and also was friends with a Kent State victim, must try to persuade a cautious bank to take more risk.
Cantor Commercial exec positions unit for CMBS recovery
(Crain's) — Steve Kay is looking for aggressive growth for the commercial real estate lending unit of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. , but he faces a slowing demand for his loans, which are resold as…
