Client Success Story: PSW Group

Ten With Ben 003: Exploring Your Lease Options

PSW Group, a leading recycler and producer of magnesium and aluminum, turned to Bradford Allen on back-to-back leases after recognizing the need to rethink their office strategy when the company doubled in size. Bradford Allen’s Nathan Meisner assisted in moving the firm from the world of co-working to an office space all their own—and when … Read more

Mid-Year Chicago Office Reports: Vacancies Tick Up Again but Large Leases Signed and More Properties Sold for Conversion

Bradford Allen released its “Q2/25 Office Market Report: Downtown Chicago” and “Mid-Year 2025 Office Market Report: Suburban Chicago.” CHICAGO — Bradford Allen, a national full-service real estate firm, today released its “Q2/25 Office Market Report: Downtown Chicago” and “Mid-Year 2025 Office Market Report: Suburban Chicago.” The firm’s in-house research team reported the CBD vacancy rate rose to 24.7%, up from 23.4% in the first … Read more

Groundbreaking on 301-Unit Mixed-Use Community in Arlington Heights, IL

Initial phase is part of master-planned community at gateway to suburb ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — Bradford Allen Development Company, part of Bradford Allen, a national full-service real estate firm, along with development partner Moceri+Roszak, today held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the first phase of their mixed-use community at the southeast corner of Arlington Heights and … Read more

Andretti Global Tops Out Phase I of New Headquarters Facility in Fishers, Indiana

FISHERS, IN – JUNE 28, 2024 – Andretti Global and Chicago-based developer Bradford Allen joined Clark Construction Group and their building crews on Thursday, June 27 to celebrate the topping out of Andretti Global’s new headquarters facility. (From left) Andretti Global Vice President / Andretti Technologies Managing Director Marissa Andretti, Andretti Global Chairman & CEO … Read more

Industry veterans Angela Burnett and Seán Kenny join management services

CHICAGO, IL — Bradford Allen, a national full-service real estate firm, today announced two additions to its growing management services business: Angela Burnett, LEED AP, as director, operations; and Sean P. Kenny as director, engineering. They will work out of the firm’s downtown Chicago headquarters. Both will report to Jennifer Murphy, president of management services, … Read more

Powering Growth: Natural Gas & Illinois Manufacturing with Meena Beyers

Ronan Remandabran discusses the critical role of natural gas with Meena Beyers, VP of Business and Community Development at NICOR Gas. Meena highlights its reliability and cost benefits, especially for powering Illinois’s growing industrial sector, including new energy-intensive industries. She also shares insights from her career progression from urban planning to energy, underscoring the impact … Read more

Q1 Chicago Office Report: CBD Rents Hold Steady as Vacancy Rate Continues to Rise

CHICAGO — Bradford Allen, a national full-service real estate firm, today released its Q1/24 Downtown Chicago Office Market Report showing that CBD average gross asking rents held steady at $43 per square foot. At the same time, the office vacancy rate continued to rise, surpassing 21%, and demand was soft, with negative absorption of 1.4 … Read more

Bradford Allen taps industry veteran Gordon Ogden for New York Office

Office market veteran will oversee firm’s New York-based tenant representation practice NEW YORK CITY, NY – December 12, 2023 — Jeffrey Bernstein and Laurence Elbaum, principals and co-founders of Bradford Allen, a national full-service real estate firm, today announced industry veteran Gordon Ogden has joined the brokerage as executive managing director. In this role, Ogden … Read more

Q3/23 Downtown Chicago Office Market Report

Moderate market activity amid high uncertainty In Q3/23, Chicago’s CBD occupancy levels and gross asking rates remained relatively unchanged from the prior quarter. The office market’s direct vacancy rate was 19.8%, while the average gross asking rate held at $44 p.s.f. Absorption levels turned negative this quarter at -432,000 square feet, resulting in year-to-date absorption … Read more

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