Let’s Chat: Renter Power! The rental market and owner concessions

Knowledge is power when you are approaching a commercial lease. Bill Himmelstein, Founder & CEO of the Tenant Advisory Group brings to this session decades of experience negotiating the best lease agreements for his tenant clients. Hear about the current rental market and how you can position yourself to secure concessions from landlords.

Featured Speaker

William Himmelstein, Founder and CEO

William “Bill” Himmelstein graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BSBA in marketing and management and a minor in psychology. He started the Tenant Advisory Group, LLC, in July 2008 after gaining experience at several of the major commercial real estate firms in Chicago. Bill has been a tenant representative broker for over 22 years, focusing his efforts on working with professional service firms, technology based companies, manufacturers and private practice physicians. He is a designated Certified Commercial Investment Manager (CCIM) and a Managing Broker. Bill is often described as being extremely honest. He acts with a high level of integrity, accountability, responsiveness and determination in achieving the best possible deal terms for all of his clients. He has completed well in excess of 300 transactions in his career with a value of over $1 billion. He has been guest professors at UIC, DePaul and Columbia Colleges. He has spoken in front of crowds as large as 5,000 people. He’s spoken on behalf of the City of Chicago. He’s spoken to the American Bar Association. He’s hosted a digital real estate show through Advisor TV and was a founding member of both the Coleman Circle for Entrepreneurs and the Chicago Leadership Alliance. He is part of a team developing over $150M of hotels across the country. He has invested in and served on the advisory board of over a dozen early stage technology based companies.

Fun facts: The smartest thing he has ever done, according to Bill, was to marry his wife, Diana who was a neuroscientist when they met. They welcomed their first son in January 2013 and their second in February 2016!