RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, one of the most successful Chicago real estate brokerage groups in the northwest suburban area, recently moved two of its key offices to new locations that offer increased visibility and convenience.
The firm’s Algonquin office relocated to a new 4,000-square-foot facility at 2045 Harnish Dr. at Randall Road in Algonquin, IL, from its old location at 101 S. Main St. The Algonquin office is managed by Joanne Levicki and currently has 23 agents and room for 40.
RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest relocated its Crystal Lake, Ill., office to 7107 Pingree Road near the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 14. The new facility is also 4,000 square feet and replaces not only the firm’s former Crystal Lake office at 500 Coventry Ct., but also its nearby Cary office at 445 Park Ave.
“Moving the Algonquin office was an objective we set for ourselves when we acquired the Algonquin, Crystal Lake and Cary offices several years ago,” said Mike Chaires, who along with his partner Bill Flemming is broker/owner of RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest, which also has offices in Palatine and Lake Zurich. “When we needed to move the Crystal Lake office, it created an opportunity to consolidate two offices into one facility.
“As a result, the offices serving those three Chicago real estate communities enjoy more visible, easily accessed locations and provide state-of-the-art facilities,” he said.
According to Chaires, the consolidation of the Crystal Lake and Cary offices was made possible by the fact that the new office in Crystal Lake is only 2.5 miles from the former Cary office. The manager of the new office is Mary Opfer, who had been based in Cary.
“It’s an ideal location to serve the entire Crystal Lake, Cary, Fox River Grove area. Plus, we now have all 25 of our agents in a single location, which should generate valuable business synergies that benefit both our agents and their clients and will allow us to more effectively focus our resources while implementing a number of operational efficiencies,” said Chaires.
Another important consideration in the office relocations, he said, was the need to update the facilities to keep pace with the rapidly evolving technology that is so central to the way people buy and sell homes today.
“Our business has changed so dramatically in the last 10 years in terms of how agents and consumers operate that older offices are becoming obsolete, and frankly it is a lot easier to update a facility by moving into something new, rather than going through the pain of remodeling an existing office,” Chaires said. “We have long had a great group of agents, and now we have the right locations and facilities so that we are ready to grow as the market strengthens.”
