RE/MAX City Moves Chicago Real Estate Office In Norwood Park To New Location At 7020 W. Higgins Road

RE/MAX City, a Chicago real estate office, has relocated its Norwood Park office on Chicago’s Northwest Side to 7020 W. Higgins Road from its prior location at 5435 N. Harlem Ave in Chicago, IL.

“The new space is well suited to the evolving needs of our Chicago real estate agents and their clients. We provide sophisticated computer and communications systems, smaller work spaces and an intensive program of educational offerings that keep agents abreast of the marketplace,” said Henry Sakowski, broker/owner of RE/MAX City.

He explained that today’s real estate professionals and the clients they serve rely increasingly on computers and cellular phones to communicate and to screen properties, making the larger office spaces of the past somewhat superfluous.

“A large percentage of agents now work primarily from home offices and need only a small desk space at the main office,” said Sakowski, so our new space is designed to accommodate that shift in working styles. We have nearly 100 agents and room for more, but we offer fewer large enclosed offices than in the past.”
Instead, the focus at RE/MAX City is helping agents to adapt to changing market conditions by providing seminars and access to experts, such as attorneys, bankers and mortgage brokers.

“Agents are encouraged to understand short sales and foreclosure. We require every agent to attend at least one seminar on this topic. As a result, many of our agents now work with banks, helping evaluate properties that may face foreclosure and handling the sale of those properties on which the lender does foreclose,” said Sakowski. “In addition, we hold weekly meetings on technology and business development to help agents navigate the current business environment.”

The new office has a three-person support staff, and it offers a mix of work spaces that range from private offices to cubicles. It also includes two conference rooms, kitchen and lunch room. Sakowski and his partner, Martin Lata, plan to bring in a full-time real estate attorney and a mortgage broker early in 2009.