Better Built By Design
Over 25,000,000 sq. ft. of completed real estate transactions with a value of over $10,000,000,000 have been completed by Belgravia Acquisitions and their associates on behalf of developers, retailers, financial institutions, law firms, accounting firms, corporations, advertising agencies, city and state agencies, and apartment building owners. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Belgravia Acquisitions is a diversified brokerage and development consulting firm specializing in the development of comprehensive real estate strategies on behalf of its national clientele.
- Land & Building acquisitions or sales for new development projects
- Tenant representation in the leasing or purchase of office retail or industrial space.
- Building ownership representation in the leasing of multi-tenant office, retail, or industrial buildings
- Development Consulting
- Strategic Alliances
Belgravia Acquisitions is led by Burton K. Friedman. Described by the Chicago Tribune as irrepressible, Mr. Friedman has 40 years of experience as an Interior Space Planner/Architect and Broker. Mr. Friedman brings a strong history of successful real estate accomplishments and awards including:
- Largest land acquisition transaction, 2001
- Largest central business district retail lease in history, 2000
- Largest land transaction, 1996
- Largest land acquisition, 1988
- In excess of 2,000,000 sq. ft. completed office lease transactions
- Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Food Depository Broker of the Year
Notable Acquisitions:
- Adams & Clinton Land Parcel: Exclusively represented Robert Pritzkerin the acquisition of a 56,000 sq. ft. land parcel at Adams & Clinton that led to the development of the 250,000 sq. ft. Transunion Credit Headquarters Building and the 250,000 sq. ft. IIT Kent Law School Building.
- IIT Kent Law School Building: Acted on as exclusive agent in the sale of the existing 2000,000 sq. ft. IIT Kent Law School Building at Monroe and Wacker.
- Monroe & Wacker Land Parcel: Exclusively represented Prime Realty & Trust in the acquisition on a 62,000 sq. ft. parcel of land at Monroe and Franklin and Wacker for 906 sq. ft. $56,000,000.
- North Avenue Gateway Center in Chicago, IL: Exclusive leasing of the 240,000 sq.ft. office development.
- Joffrey Ballet Chicago, IL: Sale of a 19,000 sq. ft. land parcel.
- LaSalle National Bank: Land acquisition for drive thru banking facilities and lease negotiations for office space in the Chicagoland area. Not-for-Profit/Pro Bono Transactions include: L.I.S.C./Local Initiative Support Corporation: Exclusively represented L.I.S.C. in the leasing of 10,000 sq. ft. at One North LaSalle. The real estate commission of $78,000 was contributed back into the transaction in the form of construction allowance and rental abatement.
Other Notable Transactions:
- Allison Davis & Associates
- Boodel Sears
- Artmark Importers
- Best Buy
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Brotherhood Railroad & Airline Clerks
- Capri Capital
- Carrol Kruse Sam & Dolin
- Central States Pension Fund
- Cherry & Flynn
- Chicago Bears
- Chicago Bulls
- Chicago City Colleges
- Cohen & Greenbaum Advertising
- Cohen Grossman & Rosenberg
- DBMS Computer Corp.
- Dillon/Reed Investment Banking
- Dressler Goldsmith Sutker Shore & Milnamow
- Exxon Enterprises
- Hochman & Delott
- FIrst National Bank of Chicago
- FMC Corporation
- Friedman & Koven
- Haskell & Perrin
- Hill & Knowlton Public Relations
- Holleb & Coff
- ITT
- Jack Levy & Associates Advertising
- Jenner & Block
- Jim Beam Corp.
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Kohl's Department Store
- Knight Engineering
- Kupferberg Goldberg & Neimark
- LaSalle National Bank
- Lloyd Kadish & Associates
- Lubin Bergman Organization
- Margie Korshak & Associates
- Melman Addis Tico & Susman
- Montgomery Wards
- Multiplex Health Clubs
- Much Shelist Freed Denenberg & Rubenstein
- Neal Gerber & Eisenberg
- Northwestern Radiology Group
- N.W. Ayer Advertising
- Ohmite Manufacturing
- Rudnick & Wolfe
- Salomon Brothers
- SIPI Metals Corporation
- Schwarz & Friedman/Michael Best Friedlich
- State Bank of India
- Starbucks
- State of Illinois
- Thermoflex Corporation
- Unity Savings & Loan
- Thomas Klutznick & Associates
- WBEZ FM
- William Kabaker & Associates
- Winston & Strawn
- Zwiren & Partners Advertising
