Kretchmer Associates - Real Estate & Urban Planning Consultants

Kretchmer Associates understands market dynamics and how to measure need and demand. They are thoughtful, detail-oriented and big-picture smart.

That's how one client described us, and it sums up the value we add to every project. Working with developers, lenders, planning agencies, and municipalities across the Midwest, we provide honest, well-researched, and clearly-documented advice – always hitting your deadlines.

Combining over 30 years of real estate and urban planning experience with extensive local knowledge, we help you secure financing, obtain approvals, and decide on the best way to move your project forward.

Read more about us, our process and our services. Let us know how we can support your project.

Affordable Housing

Our studies help secure Low-Income Housing Tax Credits & other financing and obtain municipal approvals.

Senior Housing

We're experts in independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing projects.

Market-Rate Residential

We help you enhance marketability, secure funding and obtain municipal approvals.

Commercial & Retail

We help you understand market needs so you can attract and retain developers and the right tenants.

Industrial

We've advised on projects spanning warehousing, R&D, and heavy industry for municipalities.

Beth Demes

I have worked with Valerie for many, many years and never make a site decision without her expertise. Kretchmer Associates understand market dynamics and how to measure need and demand. They are thoughtful, detail-oriented, and big-picture smart.

Beth Demes

The Alden Foundation

Erik Cooper

We love working with Kretchmer Associates. They’re incredibly thorough in their research and good at communicating with us as the client. We know we can put trust in their work, and as developers, nothing is more important.

Erik Cooper

Community Reinvestment Foundation

Blair Minton

I’ve used Kretchmer Associates for every for-profit and tax credit project that I’ve done in Illinois and Indiana over the past 5 years. Their work isn’t full of the typical ‘fluff’ that others charge for, but instead drills down to exactly what I need to know to design senior projects that work. I highly recommend Kretchmer Associates for any type of senior project, whether independent living, assisted living or memory care.

Blair Minton

Journey Senior Living

Tina Pourroy

We use Kretchmer Associates to perform the market study for all of our tax credit development projects. They are always professional and thorough and they know exactly what the Illinois Housing Development Authority and the Federal Home Loan Bank are looking for. It’s a slam dunk with Kretchmer Associates!

Tina Pourroy

Housing Authority of Joliet

Darrin Jolas

Without a doubt, the success we have experienced in developing our affordable assisted living platform is in no small measure attributable to Kretchmer Associates. Their market analysis on a state-wide level guided us to certain markets, while their insights into particular sites helped define our success. We are working to develop our tenth Silver Birch Living community in the State of Indiana. Valerie and her team are directly linked to that progress.

Darrin Jolas

Vermilion Development