Chuck Gitles

Chuck Gitles

September 5, 2025

Chuck is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with privately held businesses in the Chicagoland area. Chuck has over 30 years of experience as a commercial banking relationship manager and management consultant serving middle market and Fortune 500 clients. American Community Bank & Trust was founded in 2000. They focus on building relationships with privately […]

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Brad Weiner

August 19, 2025

Brad Weiner is the Co-Founder and Managing Principal of National Apartment Partners LLC, a private real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition, renovation, and strategic operation of value-add multifamily assets. With a focus on high-growth markets across the Southeast, South, and Midwest, the firm enhances underperforming properties through significant renovations, creating modern, safe, and […]

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Keely Polczynski

August 19, 2025

Keely Polczynski is a Senior Managing Director in Newmark’s Chicago office focused on the sale of institutional retail real estate. Polczynski, who has generated sales surpassing $6.5 billion in value over her career, advises clients nationally in their disposition efforts. Polczynski is a key member of the Newmark Retail Capital Markets Group, which focuses on […]

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Allen Shelden

June 9, 2025

Allen serves as Director of Real Estate-Development for Meijer, a mid-west supercenter retailer. In his role, Allen is responsible for the organization’s real estate expansion strategy, overseeing site selection, acquisitions, project planning, and capital investment to drive business growth. Over Allen’s 20+ years career he has always been involved in real estate development, corporate law, […]

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Mitch Goltz

March 25, 2025

Mitch is a seasoned real estate investor and developer with a primary focus on the retail sector throughout the Chicagoland area. Over the past 20 years, he has played a key role in the acquisition, development, leasing, and disposition of over one million square feet of retail, residential, industrial, and office properties, with a total […]

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Kenneth C. Marino

February 20, 2025

Mr. Marino is the President of GROBMAR Investments, LLC, a retail shopping center developer. GROBMAR focuses on neighborhood strip centers along with single-tenant outlot developments throughout the Chicagoland area and the Southeast portions of the United States. Prior to starting GROBMAR Investments, he was the founding partner for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in St. Louis and […]

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Michael S. MaRous

February 20, 2025

Mr. MaRous, MAI, CRE, graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BS in Urban Land Economics and shortly after began his career working with a Chicago real estate appraisal and consulting firm. He founded MaRous & Company in 1980. During his career, he has appraised all types of real estate located in […]

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Sam Harmelech

February 10, 2025

Sam is the Associate General Counsel, Real Assets of Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (“LGIMA”). In this role, Sam works with the Real Estate Equity team to negotiate, structure, due diligence, and close acquisitions, as well as working with the asset management team to work on the day-to-day management of the assets and […]

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Benjamin Goldberg

November 25, 2024

Benjamin Goldberg is the Director of Originations covering new loan originations up and down the East Coast where he is responsible for investment sourcing, credit and underwriting analysis, due diligence, and investment closing.  His focus involves originating first mortgage loans on commercial real estate located throughout the United States specifically sourcing floating-rate bridge loans ranging […]

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Regina Stilp

November 19, 2024

Regina Stilp is a leading commercial real estate developer and champion of Chicago with over 20 years experience developing sustainable, desirable properties that galvanize communities. As Founding Principal of Farpoint Development, Regina co-founded the firm in 2016 and has guided its growth across the Midwest and Southeast, spearheading development work totaling $4.9 billion in value created. […]

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