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Public Sector Assignments

For the City of Chicago

Since 1997, Goodman Williams Group has completed more than three dozen planning assignments for the City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development. In addition to completing market analyses as part of neighborhood and corridor plans, Goodman Williams Group has provided real estate research to support the development and implementation of a variety of public policy initiatives.

  • Millennium Park impact study
  • Zoning bonus policies
  • Central Area Plan
  • Block 37 planning and impact analyses
  • USX redevelopment plans
  • TIF district redevelopment plans
  • Neighborhood corridor plans
  • RFP preparation for industrial sites
  • Central Area development database
  • Central Area land sales database
  • Open space impact fee assessment
  • Single-room occupancy (SRO) housing study

Community Planning Assignments

Goodman Williams Group frequently adds its market expertise to multidisciplinary consulting teams that may include land planners, transportation planners, and architects. Representative public-sector assignments are listed below.

  • Barrington
  • Elmhurst
  • Evanston
  • La Grange
  • Libertyville
  • Lockport
  • Mattawan, Michigan
  • Merrillville, Indiana
  • Naperville
  • North Chicago
  • Oak Forest
  • St. Charles


Private-Sector Market Studies

Assignments for private-sector clients typically involve site-specific due diligence, market feasibility, or fiscal impact analyses. Below is a partial list of real estate developers, service firms, and lenders for whom Goodman Williams Group has worked during the past several years:

  • The John Buck Company
  • Covenant Retirement Communities
  • Draper and Kramer
  • Flat Top Grill
  • Franciscan Sisters of Chicago
  • The Habitat Company
  • The Hummel Group
  • IBI Group
  • McCaffery Interests
  • Mesirow Stein Real Estate
  • Newcastle Limited
  • Northern Builders
  • Rand McNally
  • Related Midwest
  • RSC, Inc.
  • The Shaw Company
  • Sho-Deen, Inc.
  • Shorebank Advisory Services
  • Telesis Corporation
  • Thrush Development Company
  • Trammell Crow Residential
  • U.S. Equities

Goodman Williams Group is certified as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE)
by the City of Chicago.