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Kretchmer Associates

Kretchmer Associates

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About Kretchmer Associates

Whether you’re a private firm, a non-profit developer, a municipality, or a planning agency, we help you understand market demand and make informed decisions.

With a high success rate, over 30 years of experience, and specialized local knowledge, we’ve developed a reputation as one of the Midwest’s leading real estate and urban planning consultants.

Founded in 1985, Kretchmer Associates is a certified WBE with expertise in all aspects of residential, retail, commercial, and industrial real estate analysis. We’ve worked extensively in the Chicago metro area as project lead and subcontractor, and have broad experience throughout the rest of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnesota.

When you work with us, you get a service that is:

Straightforward

Providing objective advice and analysis. We empower you to make the best decision about how to move your project forward. We let you know straight away if any aspect of your project doesn’t make sense, delivering recommendations on how to make it viable.

Client-centric

We focus on your requirements at every stage. As one client said, our work “isn’t full of the typical ‘fluff’ others charge for – it drills down to exactly what I need to know.” We also understand your time constraints and always meet your deadlines.

Community-focused

We believe in the power of real estate to improve communities and the lives of the people who live in them. We do this through helping you meet market needs and attract investment in a way that has a long-term, positive impact on the area.

We’ve Worked In

202
Municipalities and Chicago community areas in the Chicago region (out of 361)

67
Municipalities in Illinois outside of the Chicago metro area

26
Municipalities in Indiana

25
Municipalities in Wisconsin, Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Minnesota

See a Map of All Our Project Locations

Learn More About Our Services

Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing

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

Senior Housing

Senior Housing

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

Market-Rate Residential

Market-Rate Residential

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

Commercial & Retail

Commercial & Retail

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

Industrial

Industrial

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

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Bob Dean

While leading the planning department at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, I worked with Kretchmer Associates over a 3-year period on nearly 20 market analysis assignments. These varied tremendously in terms of geography, from Chicago neighborhoods to inner-ring suburbs to ex-urban communities, and in terms of the subjects addressed, from residential to industrial to commercial. I was continually impressed by the ability of Valerie and her team to work on a variety of assignments, the quality and timeliness of their work, their responsiveness to our requests, and the value that she and her team provided. I would recommend Kretchmer Associates to any local government or community organization seeking to better understand the development market in their area.

Bob Dean
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

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

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

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Kretchmer Associates
807 Davis Street #2004
Evanston, Illinois 60201-7103
(847) 864-8895
vsk@kretchmerassociates.com

About Us

Founded in 1985, Kretchmer Associates is a certified WBE with expertise in all aspects of residential, retail, commercial, and industrial real estate analysis in the Chicago metro area and throughout the rest of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnesota.
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