San Francisco-based Maven Commercial, a leader in retail leasing, office, and investment sales, announced today the creation of a Chicago office in partnership with industry veteran Lorraine Adney.
As an independent broker for the last three years, Adney has represented retailers in leasing over 350,000 square feet in the Chicago market. Her many years of retail experience includes shopping center consulting and retailer representation assignments in national and international markets from Hong Kong to Palm Beach and Tulsa to Berlin.
Chicago-based “and very Chicago proud,” Adney has helped shape the high-street retail scene in neighborhoods throughout the region. She arranged leases forover 25,000 square feet of space on Rush Street in the Gold Coast representing brands such as Rag & Bone and Versace. She also provided the catalystfor the retail boom on Southport Avenue with close to 17,000 square feet of deals including anchor Anthropologie.
“The Maven platform and partnership with Pamela Mendelsohn and Santino DeRose are a great opportunity for me, and for Chicago,” says Adney. “Maven is a thoroughly modern group with the confidence to embrace today’s challenges as inspiration for innovative action for the future. I could not be more excited.”
“Today’s retail landscape is experiencing unprecedented change which demands advisors with a steady and refined vision and an abundance of creativity,” she added.
Added Mendelsohn, “We have worked with Lorraine for years in prior capacities and there’s a strong, complementary fit in our dedication to clients and commitment to long-term success. The national and international connections we share will make leasing assignments, for all of us, even stronger.”
