Category: Press Releases

Draper and Kramer’s Lacy Guice Receives Multi-Housing News Excellence Award in Leasing Professional of the Year Category

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Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, a national full-service real estate firm, is pleased to announce Lacy Guice, leasing specialist, was selected as a 2025 Multi-Housing News Excellence Award recipient with silver recognition in the Leasing Professional of the Year category. The honor was announced at the Multi-Housing News Excellence Awards celebration, held Dec. 4 at Oasis … Continued

Draper and Kramer’s Commercial Finance Group Closes $54 Million Loan for Vinayaka Hospitality’s Acquisition of Westin Michigan Avenue Along Chicago’s Magnificent Mile

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Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, a national full-service real estate firm, today announced that Mark Perkowski, senior vice president with Draper and Kramer’s Commercial Finance Group (CFG), has arranged a $54 million loan on behalf of Vinayaka Hospitality for its acquisition of the Westin Michigan Avenue, a 752-key full-service hotel located at 909 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. Vinayaka … Continued

Draper and Kramer Acquires 263-Unit Luxury Rental Community in Oak Park, Ill.

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Chicago-based Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, announces it has expanded its Chicago-area portfolio with the acquisition of Eleven33, a 12-story, 263-unit luxury rental community in Oak Park, Ill., about 10 miles west of downtown Chicago. The firm will also assume management of the property. Located in the heart of downtown Oak Park at 1133 South Blvd., … Continued

Draper and Kramer Named One of ‘CRE’s Best Places to Work’ for 2025 by GlobeSt.com

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Chicago-based Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, a national full-service real estate firm, is pleased to announce it has been named one of “CRE’s Best Places to Work” for 2025 by commercial real estate news outlet GlobeSt.com. The annual recognition identifies the industry’s most respected and rewarding workplaces by evaluating information and data collected from the viewpoints … Continued

Draper and Kramer Announces Passing of Longtime Company Executive and Board Member Frederick C. Ford

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Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, a national full-service real estate firm, has announced the passing of longtime company executive and board member Frederick C. Ford, age 98, on Monday, July 14, 2025. Ford, widely considered a prominent leader of the local business and real estate community, spent most of his career at Draper and Kramer, eventually … Continued

Draper and Kramer’s Kathryn Jorgensen Honored as a Connect CRE 2025 Next Gen Award Recipient for Chicago & Midwest

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Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, a national full-service real estate firm, is pleased to announce Kathryn Jorgensen, vice president, investment management, was selected as a Connect CRE 2025 Next Gen Award recipient in the Chicago & Midwest region. Given out annually by Connect Media, the Next Gen Award highlights commercial real estate’s most talented young professionals … Continued

Draper and Kramer’s Martha Gaitan-Manning Receives 2025 CPM of Excellence Award from IREM Chicago

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Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, a national full-service real estate firm, is pleased to announce Martha Gaitan-Manning from its residential management team received the Certified Property Manager (CPM) of Excellence Award for 2025 from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)’s Chicago chapter. The honor was presented to Gaitan-Manning at IREM Chicago’s annual Premier Awards, held … Continued

Draper and Kramer’s Laiche R. Gutter Wins 2025 CAMME Award for Property Manager in Affordable Category

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Draper and Kramer, Incorporated is pleased to announce that Laiche R. Gutter from the firm’s residential management team has been honored with the 2025 Chicagoland Apartment Marketing and Management Excellence (CAMME) Award for Property Manager in the Affordable category. Gutter is the property manager at The Oaks, a 190-unit senior living community owned and operated … Continued

13 Draper and Kramer Properties Named 2024 SatisFacts Resident Satisfaction Award Recipients

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Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, a national real estate services firm, is pleased to announce 13 rental communities from its national management portfolio were named 2024 Resident Satisfaction award winners by SatisFacts, the multifamily industry’s premier authority on resident satisfaction and retention. In addition, four of those same Draper and Kramer-managed rental communities also won an … Continued

Tempo Nine Mile Station at The Point in Aurora, Colo., Set to Welcome First Residents

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A joint venture of Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, Koelbel and Company, Mile High Development and Urban Roots Development, Inc., today announced it is set to welcome first residents beginning Feb. 1 at Tempo Nine Mile Station, a new 255-unit rental community at 12150 E. Dartmouth Ave. in Aurora, Colo. Leasing is now underway for the … Continued