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At 33 Realty we care about your business

At 33, our primary goal is to provide you with the ultimate customer service experience while simultaneously maximizing your financial rewards. We will save you countless dollars, hours and headaches with our progressive management plans and income-producing strategies. We will ensure you succeed in your real estate endeavors.

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Our Story

Real estate market is in turmoil, seems like a perfect time to start a real estate company, Drew leaves engineering and 33 is born

2009
2009

We realize it’s time to have a proper business location so we move into the basement of 2636 N. Lincoln, our first office

2010
2010

Real estate market is still in turmoil, seems like a perfect time to abandon a stable corporate job. Eric jumps ship and the partnership is formed

2012
2012

Eric and Drew finally convince Sean Connelly to join the team. 33's Investment Brokerage arm is started and sales immediately skyrocket

2014
2014

Construction demand is through the roof and we realize we need to fortify operations; Cubed Construction, 33's multi family / commercial renovation company, is founded

2015
2015

We fill spot #507 on INC. 5000's list of America's fastest growing private companies

2016
2016

Team Member count reaches 50 and we're running out of room at Lincoln. We move to 357 W. Chicago and take over 5,600 SF of retail and office space to house our growing company

2016
2016

We land on the INC. 5000 list for our second time in 3 years filling spot #2939

2018
2018

Head count surpasses 100 and we take over another 2,600 SF of space at 357 Chicago

2019
2019

Sean Connelly exceeds $100M in gross sales for his third year in a row, we land #49 on RE Journal’s Best of The Best Midwest Brokers and Drew and Eric welcome Sean into the partnership

2019
2019

Sales for 33 & Cubed continue growing and we land on the INC. 5000 list for our third time in 5 years filling spot #4380

2020
2020

We emerge from the pandemic and increase our headcount to over 150 employees

2021
2021
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Our Team

At our inception in 2009, we were forced to navigate through the wreckage imposed by the 2008 housing crisis.  We saw service providers abandoning the market and knew clients were in desperate need of reliable operators for their real estate.  We also understood that to fully optimize a real estate investment we’d have be experts across all service lines. We’ve spent every day since our first building and endlessly working to perfect the integrated services model that has become 33.

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Services We Offer

Property Management

Property Management

At 33, our primary goal is to provide you with the ultimate customer service experience while simultaneously maximizing your financial rewards. We will save you countless dollars, hours and headaches with our progressive management plans and income-producing strategies.
Investment

brokerage

Since 2009, 33 Realty's Investment Brokerage team has been representing buyers and sellers of middle-market assets in Greater Chicagoland and surrounding areas. 33’s integrated service offering model enables us to tap in-house resources to underwrite the operations of functioning assets as well as validate projections in construction, leasing, and management.
Leasing

Leasing

We take the value of your property seriously and we will spend hours assessing your property to ensure we maximize your returns. Through our superior market knowledge and attention to detail, we will deliver an experience that exceeds your expectations.
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distressed real estate

Our philosophy is to take a multi-tiered approach to asset management, which focuses on asset enhancement, cost management, and income appreciation. We work with an array of financial institutions, both locally and nationally, including, but not limited to, banks, private equity firms, family offices and hedge funds.
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