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How These Deals Actually Got Done

Every deal has a story that the closed price never tells — the vacancy that priced the building, the tax bill that almost killed it, the one broker who carried it from search to signature. These are a few of them, told deal by deal.

Selected Deals

Case Studies

Industrial · Bellwood, IL

The 45-Day Class 6B Tax Win

A ~$247K/year Cook County tax bill nearly killed a 98,905 SF warehouse purchase. A Class 6B incentive, secured in about 45 days, cut it to ~$112K and closed the deal at $2,975,000.
~$247K ~$112K / yr · 98,905 SF · ~$30/SF
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Industrial / Flex · Northbrook, IL

22 Units Untangled, Then Sold for $2.25M

An inherited 22-unit flex campus with 24+ tenants and almost no oversight. Jason got the rent roll current and mapped, leased the vacancies, and steered a clean institutional close.
24+ tenants $2,250,000 · 38,534 SF · seller rep
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Office · Glenview, IL

Half-Vacant to Owner-Occupied & Fully Leased

1740 Waukegan Rd: a half-vacant office building, sourced, purchased for a veterinarian owner-occupant, built out, and leased top-to-bottom — every phase run by one broker.
~1/2 vacant 100% leased · 7 offices · 1 tenant
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Retail Lease · Gurnee, IL

The Parking Study That Won the Zoning

Haraz Coffee House had the space but not the approval. A parking feasibility study, benchmarked against neighboring properties, carried the use through Village of Gurnee zoning to a signed lease.
Use approved · 5-yr lease · $26/SF NNN
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Retail + Multifamily · Norridge, IL

They Bought a Whole Block to Run One Store

A family bought an entire Norridge block — 8 storefronts + 16 apartments — just to run one store, and barely raised rents for 24 years. Now it’s a documented value-add reposition.
$4,900,000 · 7.29% 11.87% cap · 24 units
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Retail / Office Corridor · Libertyville, IL

Six-Plus Deals on One Street

Sleep study, barber, health spa, Oxtail Market — six closed transactions and nearly $1M in published volume on a single Libertyville corridor. Jason knows every door on Peterson Rd.
6 closed + 1 active · $961K+ volume · 5 new uses
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Retail / Automotive · Long Grove, IL

The Lease That Became the Exit Plan

Three retiring brothers, a ~75-year RV dealership site, and no buyer for everything at once. Jason structured a 3-year lease to a semi-truck dealer — income now, a likely purchase later.
3-yr lease likely sale · $13,000/mo · target rate
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Flex Lease-Up · Wheeling, IL

Two Small Units, Two Right Tenants

Two 1,100 SF flex units that generic marketing leaves empty — matched to the operators they actually fit: Better Bakes LLC at 537, an e-commerce seller at 541. Both leased the same month.
2 units 2 leases · $1,900/mo each · May 2026
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Waterfront Investment · Spring Grove, IL

Revenue Rose 25% by Reading the Reviews

A 3-unit waterfront Airbnb compound on Grass Lake. The owner read every review, fixed every complaint, and grew gross revenue ~25% — a documented turnaround now handed to the next owner.
+25% YoY · $60,423 gross · 393 nights · $749,900
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Mixed-Use · Barrington, IL

Seventy-Five Years of One Tenant

A downtown Barrington storefront with the same tailor for about 75 years and an apartment above it — a rare, tightly-held mixed-use building that Jason carried to a clean, quiet sale. Story first; the number stays private.
~75-yr tenant · retail + apartment · sold
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