Odyssey Retail Advisors LLC, a leading real estate advisory firm, announced the opening of a new office in Chicago to provide additional regional support for its growing national client base, to be led by Sharon Kahan and Amy Sider. Headquartered in New York, Odyssey represents premier global retailers, major developers, and landlords within the luxury and contemporary fashion sector.
Sharon Kahan has nearly 30 years of experience leading urban retail and advising luxury and contemporary brands throughout Chicago, most recently as SVP at CBRE. Kahan has twice been named Chicago’s ‘Retail Broker of the Year’ by the Chicago Food Depository, the most prestigious award in the city’s real estate sector. Sharon is a longstanding member of the Magnificent Mile Association and was the founder of Women in Retail Leasing (WIRL), a specialty group for women in the retail real estate industry. She and her husband co-founded non-profit organization Maggie’s Place.
Amy Sider has worked in-house for developers and represented landlords and tenants on a regional and national level since 2002. She specializes in retail, mixed-use, and lifestyle brands in Chicago’s major retail neighborhoods and exclusive suburbs. She joins Odyssey from CBRE, where she served as FVP.
