Atlas Partners
312.516.5700

620 N. LaSalle Street
Suite 217
Chicago, IL 60654

Consulting Investments Investments Investments Investments

About The Firm

Atlas Partners, LLC is a 26-year-old real estate consulting and investment company. In the past, we have specialized in the monetization of real estate assets, but currently are focused on other activities which include acquisitions for our principals of both real estate and distressed debt. Our principals, with in excess of 70 years of commercial real estate experience, add value by fast understanding of the real value and exit strategies appropriate for the specific real estate assets under consideration.

Our main focus is the acquisition of stressed and distressed Commercial and Industrial loans from banks and non-bank lenders. We prefer particularly “messy” cases and frequently deal with unpaid wages to both union and non-union employees. Our principals’ commercial finance experience permits us to unravel situations that are especially complex.  Our preference is to purchase loans with a real value of $1 million to $4 million.  Because we are deploying principal funds, we have a very flat and short decision process and have closed multiple purchases in as little as ten days.

We also have an affiliate which makes investments in early stage and start-up businesses.  Our primary investment thesis is:  Good People with Good Ideas.

Services Offered

01Commercial Brokerage

Manage leasing, subleasing and sale of commercial and income-producing property.

02Property and Portfolio Evaluation
  • Estimate current market rent and/or sale value of property
  • Estimate time required to liquidate property
  • Identify potential alternative use scenarios to maximize property value
03Consulting
  • Evaluate fee and leasehold properties
  • Oversee lease renegotiation and termination agreements
  • Develop and implement plans of action to maximize recovery of value from real estate
04Implementation of Disposition
  • Hire and manage broker(s) to dispose of properties nationwide;
  • Act as broker for local properties;
  • Hire and/or manage title, survey, appraisal, physical and/or environmental studies;
  • Direct and/or conduct sale, lease or sublease negotiations; supervise auctions;
  • Review legal documents and recommend deal changes;
  • Conduct financial analysis of possible transaction structures;
  • Buyout or lease terminations;
  • Rent reduction negotiations;
05Strategic Planning
  • Establish plan for store and plant closings and/or continued operation
  • Recommend “financial restructuring” of real estate assets (e.g., sale-leaseback, financing or subleasing)
  • Recommend professional firms to be retained by client (or as Atlas subcontractors)
06Expert Witness Services
Offer reports and testimony in selected situations that require sophisticated understanding of commercial real estate issues.

Partial Client List

Commercial Lenders

  • Amcore Bank N.A.
  • Citibank N.A.
  • First American Bank
  • Home Products International, Inc.
  • JPMorgan Chase, N.A.
  • MB Financial Bank, N.A.

Corporate

  • Dixon Ticonderoga Company
  • Door to Door Storage, Inc.
  • Home Products International, Inc
  • Pacific Industries, Inc
  • Reunion Industries, Inc.
  • Regency Centers Corporation
  • Sentinel Realty Advisors Corporation
  • Simon Property Group, Inc.
  • Southwest Recreational Industries, Inc.

Private Equity Sponsors

  • Beltway Capital, LLC
  • Contrarian Capital Management, LLC
  • Equity Group, Inc.
  • Monroe Equity Partners
  • Summit Investment Management LLC
  • Heico Companies LLC
  • Thompson Street Capital Partners, LLC

Law Firms

  • Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
  • Beck, Chaet, Bamberger & Polsky, S.C.
  • Buckley & King LPA
  • Burnes & Thornburg LLP
  • Cahill, Gordon, & Reindell LLP
  • Cairncross & Hempelmann P.S.
  • Cooley, Godward, Kronish LLP
  • Daspin & Aument LLP
  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • Dykema Gossett PLLC
  • Felderstein Fitzgerald Willoughby & Pascuzzi LLP
  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • Frost, Brown, Todd LLC
  • Goldberg Kohn Bell Black Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd.
  • Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC
  • Gould & Ratner LLP
  • Greenberg, Traurig, LLP
  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • Jenner & Block LLP
  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • McGuireWoods, LLP
  • Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
  • Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
  • Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
  • Novack and Macey LLP
  • Pascuzzi, Moore & Stroker
  • Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • Quarles & Brady LLP
  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
  • Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
  • Stevens & Lee P.C.
  • Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
  • White & Case LLP

Turnaround Firms

  • AEG Partners, LLC
  • AlixPartners, LLC
  • Aurora Management Partners, Inc
  • BBK Ltd
  • BDO Consulting
  • Broadway Advisors, LLC
  • Claybrook & Associates
  • Clear Thinking Group, LLC
  • Coffey Management Company
  • Commercial Recovery Associates, LLC
  • Corporate Architects, LLC
  • Croley Martell & Associates, Ltd.
  • Crowe Horwath LLP
  • Edward Hostmann, Inc.
  • Executive Sounding Board Assoc., Inc.
  • Financial Resource Associates, Inc.
  • Getzler Henrich & Associates., LLC
  • Huron Consulting Group, Inc
  • Harney Management Partners, LLC
  • Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC
  • Moglia Advisors
  • MorrisAnderson & Associates, Ltd
  • NachmanHaysBrownstein, Inc
  • Navigant Capital Advisors, LLC
  • O’Keefe & Associates
  • Phoenix Management Services, Inc.
  • Rally Capital Services, LLC
  • Realization Advisors, Inc.
  • Tatum LLC

Lenders

  • Accord Financial Corp.
  • Amcore Bank N.A.
  • Bank of America Business Capital
  • Bank of America, N.A.
  • CapitalSource Finance LLC
  • Chase Business Credit
  • Churchill Financial Holdings
  • CIT Business Capital
  • Citibank N.A.
  • Citizens Financial Group
  • Cole Taylor Business Capital
  • FGI Finance
  • First American Bank
  • First Business Credit
  • GMAC Business Credit LLC
  • Home Products International, Inc.
  • JPMorgan Chase, N.A.
  • MB Financial Bank, N.A.
  • National City Bank, N.A.
  • PNC Business Credit PLLC
  • Rexford Funding LLC
  • Riviera Finance LLC
  • Summit Financial Resources, Inc.
  • U.S. Bank N.A.
  • Wachovia Capital Finance
  • Webster Business Credit Corporation
  • Wells Fargo Business Credit, Inc.
  • Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc.
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312.516.5700

620 N. LaSalle Street
Suite 310
Chicago, IL 60654