Kinzie Real Estate Group In The News

Kinzie Builders to Construct $40M Senior Living Community

Kinzie Builders, a division of Kinzie Real Estate Group, has been retained as general contractor for Verandah, a 55+, assisted living and memory care community in Hanover Park, approximately 35 miles northwest of Chicago. Read More…

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How Kinzie Real Estate Group Found Success in Diversification

Kinzie Real Estate Group has grown significantly since it was founded in 2011, from nine employees at its inception to 55 today. Kinzie found success and growth through branching out its interests. Read More…

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Paint Primer: Quick, Affordable Change-Artist

Christine Lutz, a broker with Kinzie Brokerage in Chicago, says many buyers aren’t able to visualize how a room may look in any color than the one currently painted on the walls. Read More…

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Building Community by Giving Back

While constructing custom homes has left a fingerprint in many area communities, one family of builders wanted to do more to give back. Read More…

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Northgate Crossing Apartments Await the Expanding Suburb of Wheeling

The long-anticipated Wheeling Town Center, a mixed-use activity hub on the south side of Dundee Road, is expected to break ground this fall. Read More…

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Kinzie Group Turns Five, With Triple-Digit Growth

The company was founded just as the markets were recovering, and plans to start $100 million of projects this year. Read More…

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Kinzie Real Estate Group To Renovate Home For Mundelein Woman Paralyzed In Shelter Collapse At O’Hare Airport

Kinzie Real Estate Group announced the firm will donate time to oversee the construction to renovate a home for Tierney Darden, the 24-year-old Mundelein woman paralyzed when a shelter collapsed on her at O’Hare airport in August. Read More…

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Why A Receiver Is So Important

By definition, a receiver is appointed by a court to take control of and manage a distressed asset, and is often given full authority to decide how best to operate the property until bankruptcy proceedings are complete. Read More…

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Constructing An Environmentally Responsible Community In Illinois

The Oaks of Vernon Hills, a luxury garden-style apartment community in Vernon Hills, Ill., developed by REVA Development Partners, has earned Silver LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Read More…

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Association Practices and Policies that Hamper Condo Sales

“The market is pretty good, especially in particular pockets and neighborhoods,” said Christine Lutz, director of residential brokerage at Kinzie Real Estate Group in Chicago. “But you have to have a good product to start with.” Read More…

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Inside Kinzie Group’s New Shared Office Space

When Kinzie Group principal Steve Spinell decided his company needed new office space, he found inspiration in co-working and designed the seventh floor at the Boylston Building in River North for sharing. Read More…

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10 Things To Remember When Leasing Up A New Community

The most important phase of a new-construction community lease-up is the pre-leasing. The benefit to the resident is first pick of the units—and often a better price. Read More…

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Abundance Of Green Space At The Oaks In Vernon Hills

Trees. Green space. Elbow room. Those are key reasons people choose to live in the suburbs, and the developers of The Oaks in north suburban Vernon Hills understand that. Read More…

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Four Keys to a Successful REO Sale

As many sectors of the real estate market recover, opportunities continue to grow for investors and financial institutions to sell REO assets. In fact, the workout and disposition of these assets have been a large part of Kinzie’s business since it was formed in 2011. Read More…

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The Priciest Home Listings – And Why They’re Still A Hot Commodity

The residential real estate market is cooling down from last year’s rally, but not at the top. Sales of single-family homes for $1.5 million or more rose nearly 20 percent through the first 10 months of this year in the Chicago area, according to brokerage Baird & Warner. Read More…

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Buy Author Gillian Flynn’s Ukrainian Village Graystone

Bestselling author, journalist, and critic Gillian Flynn is listing her 1890s Ukrainian Village house later this week for something near $750,000. Read More…

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Architect David Adler’s Only Winnetka Work Will Be on the Market at $1.599

There are 43 David Adler-designed mansions in the Chicago area, but only one in ultra-wealthy Winnetka: this six-bedroom brick Georgian from 1937. Read More…

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The Short List: Christine Lutz’s Tips for Selling New Luxury Homes

This week, we talked with Christine Lutz, the director of the residential brokerage for Kinzie Real Estate Group, who shared her tips for selling newly built luxury homes. Read More…

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An Olympian Among Us

For those not lucky enough to be eating borscht in Sochi, we snagged a member of the local real estate community with his own Olympic tale. Kinzie Real Estate Group EVP and managing broker Steven Maher was on the US Olympics luge team at the ’88 Calgary games. Read More…

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REVA Development Partners Breaks Ground on Luxury Rental Community The Oaks of Vernon Hills

Chicago-based REVA Development Partners has broken ground on a 304-unit luxury rental community in Vernon Hills, The Oaks of Vernon Hills. Read More…

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Chicago’s Conversion Conundrum

Condo conversions can be risky business. MHN talks to Steven Maher, managing broker and director of Investment Sales for Kinzie Real Estate Group, about condo conversion trends in Chicago. Read More…

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Construction Today: Kinzie Builders – The Oaks of Vernon Hills

Kinzie Builders [a part of Kinzie Real Estate Group] may be a new name in the Chicago-area real estate scene, but its leadership and staff are well versed in developing and building residential properties. Read More…

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Kinzie Real Estate Group Launches Semi-Custom Home Sales at Enclave in Lake Barrington

Chicago-based Kinzie Real Estate Group, a full-service real estate firm, announced the launch of its Home+Lot program at Enclave of Heritage Estates in Lake Barrington, Ill. Home site sales at the gated, estate-style community began this summer. Read More…

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BMO Harris Restarts Foreclosed Lake Barrington Residential Development

A joint venture between BMO Harris Bank N.A. and Chicago-based Kinzie Real Estate Group relaunched sales in June at Enclave of Heritage Estates, a 32-lot project near State Route 22 and Kelsey Road in the northwest suburb. Read More…

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Vernon Hills Apartment Development Lands Financing

A 304-unit apartment project in north suburban Vernon Hills has a landed a new equity partner and construction loan, clearing the way for work there to begin this month. Read More…