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INNOVATIVE. PROACTIVE. EXPERIENCED.

Catalyst Realty is a full service commercial real estate company in Chicago. We bring a disciplined, innovative, and progressive approach to your investment. Catalyst and its affiliates manage, sell, finance, renovate and consult on all types of buildings and asset classes. Explore our services below and let us know how we can help you achieve your goals.

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Property Management

Successful property management requires ongoing attention to local city codes, legal requirements, occupancy standards, and maintenance. Catalyst Realty specializes in partnering with investors and property owners alike to capitalize on rental incomes and investment properties. Our focus is to create customized management plans to enhance property value while staying in line with owners’ goals and values. No building is too small or large to welcome into our family; we let you relax while we assure rents are collected promptly and properties are safe and comfortable for all residents.


By employing reliable, experienced staff members, we are confident that each property Catalyst manages stays up to code and is well-maintained. Additionally, our marketing expertise ensures increased exposure to the public, resulting in minimal vacancies, and less stress for owners. We take pride in our capability to provide round the clock service to tenants and act as a buffer between tenants and property owners. Please contact us today to receive a management quote. 


A full list of the services we offer through our Property Management Team includes:


  • Rent Collection
  • Leasing and Renewals
  • Tenant Screening, HAP Management
  • Property Maintenance, Operations and Repairs
  • Risk Management
  • Budgeting and Financial Reporting
  • 24/7 Emergency Maintenance
  • Property Inspections
  • Communications with Tenants
  • Delinquency Procedures
  • Parking Issues and Enforcement
  • and More

Construction Management

Catalyst Realty, through its licensed and insured affiliate, Phoenix Construction Group Inc., provides comprehensive and integrated construction services from small scale individual unit renovations to complete gut renovation projects of larger buildings. Catalyst is well experienced in assessing existing conditions and determining what the most appropriate, cost-effective, and durable upgrades are. Our goal is to value engineer each project to maximize rents and minimize construction costs, respectively. Catalyst has established relationships with a wide range of vendors, and will always choose the ones most appropriate for the job with your best interests in mind. Please reach out to our professionals today for questions or a quote.


Our services include:


  • Full restoration of investment properties including complete floorplan reconfiguration and replacement of all mechanical systems.
  • Building operating optimization projects such as redesigning and replacing old HVAC and boiler systems with new individual HVAC solutions that are minimally invasive to install and return immediate benefits to the bottom line of your investment
  • Smaller, aesthetic rehabilitation scopes such as lobbies, kitchens, baths, floors and paint.
  • Large capital expenditure projects such as roofs, masonry, porches, windows, etc..
  • Construction management and owner’s representation services
  • Architectural planning and design services with an emphasis on value engineering with our license architectural and engineering design partners
  • Site studies to unlock more value in your building by legally adding additional income producting rental units
  • Permitting services, expediting expertise and zoning guidance
  • Leverage with our property management experts to originate a construction cost-benefit analysis so that investors understand the return on their renovation investment.
  • Integration with our leasing team who specialize in leasing buildings while still under construction. One of our primary goals is minimize the time your building is vacant.
  • Rigid risk management protocol to ensure subcontractor compliance and job site safety
  • Advising and consulting to real estate investors on tested and proven renovation plans that unlock hidden value.

Real Estate Financing

We facilitate a complete range of dept and equity options for all types of commercial and multifamily real estate. We create innovative solutions involving all financing structures and can help you identify the appropriate type of financing for your project, source it, and get you to the closing table. We specialize in securing agency, balance sheet, bridge/construction, and CMBS debt through our established network of reliable, nationwide lenders. Regardless of the transaction size, every client benefits from fresh thinking and enjoys an extraordinary level of start-to-finish advisory expertise from our team members. Please reach out to us today for your financing needs. 


Catalyst can support property owners and investors with real estate financing solutions that include: 


  • Multifamily
  • Low income housing
  • Manufactured Housing
  • Student Housing
  • Age Restricted Senior Living
  • Assisted Living
  • Fannie Mae - FNMA
  • Freddie Mac - FHLMC
  • HUD: 221D4, 223F, Other
  • Small Balance Lending
  • Retail - Strip, Grocery Anchored, Power Centers, Regional Mall, Lifestyle Centers
  • Office - Suburban and CBD
  • Industrial - Flex, Warehouse & Distribution, Manufacturing
  • Single Tenant
  • SBA loans
  • LP and GP equity

Advisory Services

Whether you are a seasoned property owner or just starting to think buying your first building, we can help. We leverage the knowledge of all our business units for a wholistic approach to all aspects of the real estate life cycle. Starting with the inspection and due diligence phase to properly identify defects in a building so there are no surprises, determine optimal capital expenditures, formulate an operating plan, finance the asset, determine the exit strategy and effectively execute the entire project. No matter your experience, one thing we have learned is that you must establish realistic expectations with clients of what the markets can deliver. Our advisory services follow a fundamental premise: With real expectations come real results. 


This means we:


  • Help clients understand the current and future leverage capacity of their property investments
  • Leverage all available knowledge of all aspects of the real estate life cycle, from properly identifying risks and value-add opportunities during the inspection and due diligence phase, to executing 
  • Analyze the true value of properties so that inflated perceptions do not cloud rational decisions
  • Advise owners and investors on current market conditions and lending options throughout the capital stack
  • Provide informative market studies to understand the potential, and risks of a given course of action
  • Help clients foresee the future so they can most effectively create long-term real estate investment strategies

Catalyst Realty does not deal in distortions that can impair vision and judgment. Instead, we offer experienced counsel driven by market realities that clients can turn to time and again to establish realistic financial expectations and, very importantly, achieve real results. Contact us today about your project. 

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The online Owner Portal streamlines communication, protects your investment, and helps you maximize the value of your properties.
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SIMPLIFIED & SECURE PAYMENTS

Make and receive payments from the mobile-friendly Online Portal. Directly send funds for owner contributions, including emergency maintenance repairs, renovations, or reserves via eCheck or Debit Card.

24/7 ACCESS & PROPERTY INSIGHTS

Get on-demand access to financial statements, monthly summaries, year-end tax statements, and important documents from anywhere using our robust mobile capabilities.

ENHANCED COMMUNICATION

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