Episode 33 – Retail is Alive! Innovations in Retail Real Estate with Marget Graham and Jaime Bertsche of Mid-America Real Estate Group

Joining Phil this episode are Marget Graham and Jaime Bertsche of Mid-America Real Estate Group, the leading full-service retail real estate organization in the Midwest.  During this holiday time, we always think of retail.  Over the last few years, retail real estate has been beaten down in the markets and in the press, as it went through a tumultuous time.  Marget and Jaime, key aspects of Mid-America’s third party landlord brokerage division, share the ways that large retail properties are being used in exciting new ways. Malls and other shopping centers are increasingly converting to mixed-use developments incorporating entertainment, residential and medical components and utilizing common spaces to attract new tenants and customers.  Some shopping centers even have swim schools where retail used to be!

Marget Graham is a Principal/Vice President responsible for co-managing new business development and leasing efforts in the Mid-America Asset Management portfolio.  She has been with Mid-America Asset Management since 2000 and has specialized solely in Landlord representation. Jaime Bertsche, Vice President, has been with Mid-America Asset Management since 2004, also specializing solely in Landlord representation.  Marget and Jaime have extensive experience in an array of product types including mixed-use developments, specialty leasing of lifestyle centers, ground-up projects, power centers, traditional grocery anchored centers and urban retail properties. Through their work in each respective area, they have formed strong relationships with local, regional and national retailers.

Marget Graham

Jaime Bertsche

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Learn more about Mid-America Real Estate Group here: http://www.midamericagrp.com/

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Episode 20 - Donna Salvatore

Data analytics are everywhere. The commercial real estate industry is ultra-competitive and companies are looking for any sort of edge.  Phil sits down with Donna Salvatore, the CEA and founder of Megalytics, a Chicago based tech company providing data analytic services to the commercial real estate industry.  Phil and Donna discuss the value of utilizing big data, the trend of data being applied to various industries, and specific applications to the commercial real estate industry. Megalytics has proprietary software which assimilates data from over 100 sources and scores prospective commercial tenants to help property owners determine the tenant’s ability to meet financial obligations.   

Megalytics is an impressive Chicago based start-up that enables timely, effective investment and management decisions through an automated platform that integrates large and disparate data sources and proprietary algorithms and scoring models to help standardize due diligence and risk assessment processes.   The founder, Donna Salvatore, has a 37-year track record for successful launching and growing new businesses in data analytics and technology, with 22 years as CEO of a number of different SaaS/IT companies. Before founding Megalytics, she was Group CEO of Techniche (Australia) managing a global portfolio of IT Companies located in the UK, Germany and Australia as well as doing M&A work. Prior to that she was the CEO of an early stage health care company in healthcare population management and medical homes. Prior to that she was CEO of an artificial intelligence/knowledge management company with a focus on CRM.

Learn more about Megalytics here:  http://megalytics.net/

DISCLAIMER – No information contained in this Podcast or on this Website shall constitute financial, investment, legal and/or other professional advice and that no professional relationship of any kind is created between you and podcast host, the guests, SATC Solution Center L3C, or Schenk Annes Tepper Campbell Ltd. You are urged to speak with your financial, investment, or legal advisors before making any investment or legal decisions.

Episode 9 - Craig Nadborne - Q1 2017 Chicago Downtown Office Market Report

Craig Nadborne - Q1 2017 Chicago Downtown Office Market Report.  In this episode, Phil has Craig Nadborne, an office tenant rep broker and senior managing director at Bradford Allen, come on the podcast to explain the Bradford Allen quarterly report and describe the state of the office market in downtown Chicago.   Craig advises on the current rental rates, total inventory, the difference between A, B and C class buildings, current trends in new office buildings and renovating existing buildings, and what’s to come in future quarters.

Quarterly Report

Learn more about Bradford Allen here.

DISCLAIMER – No information contained in this Podcast or on this Website shall constitute financial, investment, legal and/or other professional advice and that no professional relationship of any kind is created between you and podcast host, the guests, SATC Solution Center L3C, or Schenk Annes Tepper Campbell Ltd. You are urged to speak with your financial, investment, or legal advisors before making any investment or legal decisions.