The Monarch Realty Partners ‘MRP’ Platform and its value to our clients is based upon three defining attributes.
Deep Market Knowledge
“Do not try to do everything. Do one thing well.” – Steve Jobs
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t Monarch, we are laser-focused on one objective, brokering Chicagoland multifamily properties. By narrowing our focus to this segment of the commercial real estate industry, we are able to provide our clients an in-depth understanding of the Chicagoland multifamily market including an unparalleled knowledge of specific properties, pricing and investment trends, and the capital markets.
We maintain an extensive database of multifamily buildings throughout the Chicagoland area including details on property owners and recent sale transactions. Our experience covers all types of apartment buildings – from Class A to Class C, vintage to new construction, city to suburban, center entrance 6-flats to courtyards, greystones to mid-century four plus ones, high-rises to garden style, market rate to affordable – we have sold them. Understanding the unique physical and operational characteristics of each of these building types coupled with an in-depth knowledge of the local markets and neighborhoods, allows us to provide our clients an unparalleled expertise in underwriting, marketing and selling multifamily properties.
Extensive Investor Relationships
“The way of the world is meeting people through other people.” – Robert Kerrigan
Monarch is committed to providing our clients’ properties the broadest exposure to the most qualified investors. Our database includes thousands of local, national and international investors and developers. It is the product of years of researching and selling multifamily and mixed-use properties, attending industry conferences and events, and is the result of the hundreds of sales calls, meetings, and property tours that we incorporate every week.
At Monarch, we are constantly cultivating new relationships. We take the time to understand each investor’s specific goals and investment criteria. In doing so, we are best able to assist them in identifying new acquisitions and most importantly, best assist our clients in effectively marketing and selling their properties. For our clients, this means their assignments receive both the broadest exposure and the highest probability of success.
Proven Transaction Capabilities
“Gettin’ good players is easy. Gettin’ ’em to play together is the hard part.” – Casey Stengel
None of the aforementioned matters if there isn’t a closing. At Monarch, we believe that successful transactions are the result of hard work, creating a win-win for both buyer and seller, and clear communication between all parties. With a multitude of parties involved in every transaction from the buyer and seller, to their attorneys, lenders, appraisers, physical and environmental inspectors, surveyors, title and escrow officers and often times the local municipality, it is incumbent that there be one party capable of interacting and coordinating with all others. This is the broker, the common thread in every transaction, the one party that is responsible for guiding a transaction from listing through closing.
Monarch’s principals have a proven track record of closing transactions, having done so over 300 times. We have sold individual assets as well as large portfolios. We have sold stabilized as well as distressed properties. We have sold core, value-add and opportunistic properties. We have closed transactions for 4-unit buildings as well as 400-unit buildings. We have completed transactions for lenders including note sales, certificates of sale, and real estate owned (REO) sales. We have completed small balance transactions and we have completed transactions over $100MM. We understand what is required to move a transaction from a concept to the closing table.
