Gathering to help celebrate the grand opening of the new RE/MAX Sauk Valley office at 110 W. Lynn Blvd., Sterling, Ill., on Sept. 11 were its three owners, Tim McCaslin (left), Jim Cesarek (center) and John Rosengren (second from right). With them were two representatives of the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network: Senior Franchise Sales Consultant Jeff Metz (right) and Regional Director Jim Merrion.Enhances RE/MAX Leadership of Northern Illinois Real Estate Market
The northern Illinois real estate office of RE/MAX Sauk Valley celebrated the opening of its new office at 110 W. Lynn Blvd., Sterling, Ill. The grand opening reception for more than 350 guests was held on Sept. 11 and featured a flyover by the 75-foot-tall RE/MAX hot air balloon.
Owned by partners Jim Cesarek, Tim McCaslin and John Rosengren, RE/MAX Sauk Valley is now home to 23 agents and a support staff of four. The newly renovated office occupies approximately two-thirds of a 6,700-square-foot building acquired earlier this year.
“We absolutely had to find larger office space, and now we have a great facility that offers us ample room to accommodate future growth as the real estate market continues to strengthen over the next several years,” said McCaslin. “We had been in our old office at 3200 E. Lynn Blvd., for eight years, but when we added 11 agents earlier this year after the Mel Foster Company closed its Sterling office, it was obvious we needed more space.”
RE/MAX Sauk Valley has long been one of the outstanding offices in the RE/MAX northern Illinois real estate network. Earlier this year the office was honored for recording more closed sales (457) and more closed sales volume (more than $58 million) in 2008 than all other RE/MAX offices in northern Illinois that are outside the Chicago metropolitan area.
It was also recognized as a CMN Miracle Office, meaning that every agent made a 2008 contribution to the Children’s Miracle Network.
McCaslin emphasized that the new office, located just a block from Ill. Hwy. 40 on the north side of Sterling, positions RE/MAX Sauk Valley for the future even as it solves its need for immediate space.
“This community will continue to grow, and we have been fortunate that our local real estate market has outperformed much of the nation over the last several years. We now expect home sales activity and interest in commercial properties to increase in the coming months,” he said. “In fact, we are seeing some early signs of what we believe will be an upward trending market.”
Owned by partners Jim Cesarek, Tim McCaslin and John Rosengren, RE/MAX Sauk Valley is now home to 23 agents and a support staff of four. The newly renovated office occupies approximately two-thirds of a 6,700-square-foot building acquired earlier this year.
“We absolutely had to find larger office space, and now we have a great facility that offers us ample room to accommodate future growth as the real estate market continues to strengthen over the next several years,” said McCaslin. “We had been in our old office at 3200 E. Lynn Blvd., for eight years, but when we added 11 agents earlier this year after the Mel Foster Company closed its Sterling office, it was obvious we needed more space.”
RE/MAX Sauk Valley has long been one of the outstanding offices in the RE/MAX northern Illinois real estate network. Earlier this year the office was honored for recording more closed sales (457) and more closed sales volume (more than $58 million) in 2008 than all other RE/MAX offices in northern Illinois that are outside the Chicago metropolitan area.
It was also recognized as a CMN Miracle Office, meaning that every agent made a 2008 contribution to the Children’s Miracle Network.
McCaslin emphasized that the new office, located just a block from Ill. Hwy. 40 on the north side of Sterling, positions RE/MAX Sauk Valley for the future even as it solves its need for immediate space.
“This community will continue to grow, and we have been fortunate that our local real estate market has outperformed much of the nation over the last several years. We now expect home sales activity and interest in commercial properties to increase in the coming months,” he said. “In fact, we are seeing some early signs of what we believe will be an upward trending market.”
