CRE Office Pulse 005: Leaders & Laggards in the Pandemic

In our previous Office Pulse, we challenged the conventional view that the suburban Chicago office market was suffering from record-high vacancy rates brought on by the pandemic. In this follow-up, we set out to examine Chicago’s central business district (CBD) office market using a similar methodology to understand how the pandemic affected longer-term occupancy trends … Read more

Reducing Industrial Real Estate Taxes

Chicagoland’s prominence as a logistics and industrial hub benefits residents, employees, landlords, and tax authorities alike. It brings jobs, goods, new commerce, and tax revenues to the metropolitan area. However, the real estate and infrastructure supporting these industries are spread over multiple counties and across tax jurisdictions. To level the property tax playing field, Cook … Read more

Bradford Allen’s Ben Azulay Re-Elected to TCN Board of Directors

Chicago, IL — Jeffrey A. Bernstein and Laurence B. Elbaum, Principals and Co-Founders of Bradford Allen, are pleased to announce the re-election of Ben Azulay, Principal at Bradford Allen, to the TCN Worldwide Board of Directors. Bradford Allen has been the Chicago office affiliate of TCN Worldwide since 2004, enabling comprehensive service to its clients … Read more

Ten with Ben 012: “Meet Tim Brigham”

In our latest episode, Ben sits down with Tim Brigham, all-star mortgage broker and BA client. With a competitive spirit and laser-sharp focus on his customer’s needs, Tim’s found a winning combination for success in real estate, and in life. In addition to managing Union Home Mortgage’s Chicago office, Tim runs the Superhero Collective, a … Read more

Bradford Allen Expands Brokerage Services to New York City, Appoints Glenn Isaacson as Regional President

New York, NY — Bradford Allen, a full-service, national commercial real estate services firm headquartered in Chicago, announced its expansion with the opening of a New York office and the strategic hiring of industry veteran Glenn Isaacson as President of the New York office. The announcement was made by the firm’s principals and founders, Jeffrey … Read more

Ten with Ben 011: “Welcoming Laurence Elbaum, Co-Founder of Bradford Allen”

With 30 years of experience in commercial real estate, today’s guest knows what the fundamentals of the business are all about. Meet Laurence Elbaum, Principal and Co-Founder of Bradford Allen. When he began Bradford Allen with business partner Jeffrey Bernstein in 2003, he was certain of just one thing: BA would succeed, because failure was … Read more

Ten with Ben 007: “Forecasting 2021”

Ben is back, and like most of us, he’s ready to leave 2020 in the rearview mirror! Kick off the new year with Episode 007 of Ten with Ben. We all hope 2021 will bring lots of excitement, but like Ben says, even after 20 years in the industry, “You just never know!” Listen as … Read more

Bradford Allen hires Alex Gordon to expand Downtown Agency Leasing team

Chicago, IL ­– Andy DeMoss, Senior Managing Director, Downtown Agency Leasing at Bradford Allen, is thrilled to announce that Alex Gordon has joined the firm. Gordon is the most recent addition to Bradford Allen’s Agency Leasing practice. Prior to joining Bradford Allen, Alex was an “in-house” leasing agent at Golub & Company, where he was responsible for the leasing … Read more

BA’s John Millner Named President, CCIM, IL Chapter for 2020

CHICAGO, IL – Jeffrey A. Bernstein and Laurence B. Elbaum, Principals and Co-Founders of Bradford Allen, are excited to announce that John Millner, Managing Director with Bradford Allen’s Agency Leasing practice, has been named President of CCIM’s Illinois Chapter for the 2020 term. Millner has served on CCIM’s Board of Directors as an Executive Member … Read more

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