I know the sacrifices business leaders make to find office space. Without an experienced tenant-rep, you're at the mercy of landlords and their brokers. Hire me, and I’ll save you time & money, maximize your negotiating leverage, and give you a strong defensive position.PROBLEMS I SOLVE ✔ Guiding tenants through the complex leasing process✔ Finding the ideal office space✔ Negotiating lease renewals ✔ Reducing skyrocketing rents✔ Reducing occupancy costs ✔ Lowering operating expense ✔ Negotiating landlord concessions✔ Planning for growth or contraction ✔ Negotiating purchase of a building or office condo ✔ Replacing a broker who is neglecting your needsSERVICES I PROVIDE ✯ As YOUR fiduciary agent there is NO COST for my services - landlords pay my commission with no obligation to represent them✯ I show you that the seemingly impossible is possible✯ I align your strategic objectives with your space requirements ✯ I provide creative strategy development, build-to-suit space planning, market analysis, financial analysis, and assertive negotiation ✯ I review draft leases, in concert with your attorney, protecting you from unfavorable terms, detrimental provisions, and hidden fees.✯ I negotiate to maximize cost saving “line items of benefit,” i.e. free rent, lower annual rent increases, favorable treatment of RE tax & operating expense pass-throughs, construction done by or paid for by the landlord.✯ Investing In Communities® can donate part of my commission to your favorite charitySince 1996, I have negotiated >800 transactions ranging from 500 sf to >30,000 sf for both leases & purchases in the metro Chicago area. Clients include Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Delta Institute, Miner, Barhhill & Galland, PrimeCare Community Health, Inc. To learn more: ✉ mp@maprealestate.comSpecialties: commercial real estate | lease negotiation | lease renewal | due diligence | customer satisfaction | rent reduction

Rethink Real Estate, Rethink Philanthropy℠’ is what Investing In Communities® (IIC) is all about. IIC evolved from a business development idea I had combined with my desire to give back to the community, and my belief that people buying, selling & leasing real estate would find this appealing. After several years of working out the kinks and the legal process, I refined the concept of client-directed/broker-funded philanthropy and launched IIC as an independent social enterprise. ☛ Today, IIC allows individuals and companies to support their favorite charities at no personal or company expense. A significant donation is made to a charity of their choice each time they buy or sell a home or lease office, retail, or industrial space anywhere in the USA. ☛ With IIC, individuals and companies can turn their residential and commercial real estate transactions into A Deal That Makes A Difference℠ for their favorite charities. ☛ IIC has already donated more than $650,000 to more than 100 charities.☛ With IIC you get to choose the broker and the charity. IIC makes it all easy and transparent, at no cost to you. ☛ Investing In Communities® receives the referral fee, which agents routinely and gladly pay. We then pass along 70% of that fee to a charity of your choice.The recipients listed below, with the amount contributed, are all based in Chicago.✪ PrimeCare | $32,000✪ Chicago Lawyers Committee | $14,320✪ Citizens Utility Board | $21,346✪ Shriver Center| $36,511✪ Delta Institute | $11,330✪ Ascend Justice | $9,905✪ TPAN | $16,066To find out more about IIC: ✉ mp@iiconline.orgSpecialties: Negotiating Landlord Concessions | Philanthropy | Not-For Profit | Charitable Organizations | Charities | Community Building | Commercial Real Estate | Office Leases | Home Purchases | Home sales | Retail Leases | Industrial Leases | Not-for-Profit Companies | Relocation | Social Enterprises | Fundraising