Urban Real Estate Research, Inc. performs a large volume of appraisals of retail properties each year for assessment, financing, estate and other purposes.  Urban has experience in the appraisal of all types of retail property – from a small single-tenant store to the largest multi-t3enant mixed-use property.  Some examples of these assignments of single-tenant buildings are structures housing restaurants, banks, automobile service centers and other retail establishments.

We’re diverse.

At the other end of the spectrum are not only the neighborhood, community, power and regional shopping centers we appraise but also the mixed-use commercial structure such as Water Tower Place on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

We’re national.

We’ve performed shopping center appraisals in the Chicago metropolitan area and across the nation.  Due o the large volume of work we perform, we have access to the most current data available, including direct knowledge of various lease and sale transaction within the marketplace.





Partial List of Shopping Centers Appriased
    Arlington Town Square
    900 North Michigan Avenue Building
    Chicago Ridge Mall
    Colony Square Shopping Center
    Deerbrook Shopping Center
    Dunning Square Shopping Center
    Evanston Plaza
    Evergreen Plaza
    Ford City East Shopping Center
    Ford City West Shopping Center
    Ford City Shopping Mall
    Golf Mill Shopping Mall
    Harlem - Irving Shopping Center
    Hoffman Village Shopping Center
    Lehndorff U.S.A. Limited / Dallas, Texas
    Lincoln Mall Shopping Center
    Market Place Mall / Champaign, Illinois
    Millbrook Shopping Center
    North Pier Terminal Building
    North Riverside Shopping Mall
    North Riverside Shopping Center
    Northwoods Mall
    Oakbrook Shopping Center
    Piper's Alley
    Prairie View Plaza
    Randhurst Shopping Center
    Rivercrest Shopping Center
    Sandburg Mall / Galesburg, Illinois
    South Towne Mall / Utah
    Streets of Woodfield
    The Northbrook Place
    Town & Country Shopping Center
    Village Green Shopping Center
    Village Square of Northbrook
    Water Tower Place
    Wilmette Commons Shopping Center
    Woodfield Green

Partial List of Retail Appriased
    Ace Muffler Company
    Bloomingdales - 900 North Michigan Avenue
    Busy Bee Nursery
    Bridgestone/Firestone
    Butera Stores / Golf Mill
    Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company
    Certified Grocers Midwest, Inc.
    Circuit City / Bedford Park
    Consumer Tire & Supply
    Crate & Barrel
    Cub Foods
    Dominicks Finer Foods
    Duke's Ace Hardware
    Fayva Shoe Stores
    Frank's Nursery
    F.W. Woolworth Stores
    Handy Andy Hardware
    Holiday Boat Sales
    H-J Service Station
    J.C. Penney
    Jiffy Lube
    K-Mart Department Stores
    Kohl's Department Stores
    Lord & Taylor
    Marc's Big Boy Corporation
    The May Company / St. Louis
    McDonald's
    M.C. Mages Sporting Goods
    Tony Piet Motor Sales
    Polk Brokers - EyeLab, Inc.
    Plunkett Furniture Company
    Rob-Roy Golf Course
    Ruby Dry Cleaners
    Prairie Super Stores, Inc.
    Sam’s Club Stores
    Sax Fifth Avenue
    Schultz Gas Service
    Sears / Schaumburg
    Sweeny's Food Mart & Service Station
    Venture / Oak Lawn
    Wal*Mart Department Stores
  • A 56 story, new office building with 1,300,000 square feet in Denver, Colorado including a parking garage with 1,300 spaces for internal purposes.
  • A 135,000 square foot shopping center on the south side of Chicago for refinancing for Water Tower Bank.
  • Five properties is Springfield, Illinois, for the State of Illinois Department of Central Management Services.  These properties included one office building under construction, one office building recently completed, two renovated office buildings, and the Department of Corrections training complex.
  • A 38,500 sq. ft. office building located in Framingham, Massachusetts for foreclosure purposes at the request of First Capital Life Insurance.
  • A 45,100 sq. ft. renovated historic office/retail complex located in Worcester, Massachusetts for foreclosure purposes at the request of First Capital Life Insurance.
  • A 8,000 sq. ft. to-be-built office building located on 6800 Centennial Drive in Tinley Park, Illinois for financing purposes at the request of Rubloff Development Group, Inc.
  • 1645 W. Jackson - 300 South Ashland - Teamster City - Chicago, IL  We were asked to determine the fair market rental for space in these two buildings (about 200,000 square feet of building area) so that the vacant space in the property could be marketed to third parties.
  • A Chicago office building containing 6,500 square feet of building area and 2,800 square feet of land area for the purchasing purposes.
  • A 75,000 square foot office building situated on 75,000 square feet of land for sale purpose.
  • A commercial building in Chicago containing 346,574 square feet of building area and 135,919 square feet of land (subject to air-rights) for purchasing.
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