Ezequiel “Zeke” Flores is the CEO of Flying Retail one of the largest real estate concessionaire’s at O’Hare and Midway Airports. Zeke specializes in attracting strong national retail brands and partners to airports and has built a portfolio that includes retailers Brooks Brothers, Brookstone, America’s Dog, Green Market and Brighton which have created over 50 […]
Christian Williams is a partner with the National Retail Partners — Midwest. The NRP—Midwest is recognized as CBRE’s leading national retail investment team, representing a diverse set of clients ranging from REITs and pension fund advisors to private investors and developers. His team has completed over 900 transactions containing over 135 million square feet of […]
Lee Kiser is Principal and Managing Broker of Kiser Group, the leading multifamily brokerage firm in greater Chicagoland. He remains an active broker, with a personal career transaction volume greater than $5 billion. He co-founded Kiser Group in 2005 with his partner, Estella Kiser (General Counsel, Kiser Group). For nearly two decades, Lee has assembled […]
Jesal’s dedication to public service in Lincolnwood began in 2005 with his appointment to the Sign Appearance Review Board. He was first elected as Trustee in 2007 and had served the Village continuously in that role until 2021 when he was elected as Village President. During his tenure as a Trustee, Jesal served as Village […]
Gina Fridberg joined Wintrust Commercial Real Estate as Senior Vice President and will be focusing on acquisition and construction financing across all asset classes for Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana based sponsors. Wintrust has significantly grown their commercial real estate portfolio over the past several years and currently has over $5Billion in commercial real estate exposure […]
Peter is a partner at Iron Ridge Partners, LLC. Previously Peter cofounded Elliss Park Partners (EPP) as a vehicle to acquire, reposition, and hold retail, mixed-use, and industrial real estate assets. Preceding EPP, Peter was a founding Principal of Clark Street Real Estate, which was formed in 2005, and specializes in developing and redeveloping retail, […]
Mr. Manos is Commercial Real Estate President of BankFinancial. With over 25 years of experience in the lending industry John oversees the development and management of relationships locally and nationally having developed the banks Commercial Real Estate department from the ground up. He maintains comprehensive knowledge of loan origination wholesale and retail, credit guidelines, loan […]
Mr. Lev is President/CEO of Belgravia Group where he oversees the residential and commercial construction, development, marketing and sales operations for the firm which has developed over 2,000 new homes in Chicago delivering best in class products in Chicago’s trendiest neighborhoods. Mr. Lev is involved with the University of Illinois by guest lecturing in the […]
Stephen Rachman is a Senior Vice President Investments in the Chicago Downtown Office. He began his career with the firm in 2002 as a broker focused on the multifamily housing market in northwest Cook County, Illinois. He was promoted to the position of Sales Manager in the Chicago Downtown office in February 2003. Stephen was […]
Bill Barry joined Draper and Kramer, Incorporated in 1989 and currently heads the Commercial Finance Group. Mr. Barry has over 30 years of experience in financing various commercial real estate assets with a diverse range of financing structures including senior debt, bridge debt, mezzanine debt, and preferred and joint-venture equity. Prior to joining Draper and […]