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Top 25 Real estate private equity firms based in Chicago, United States

Name: Real estate private equity firms based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 517 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 517 real estate private equity firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 92,138 professional contacts across them, including 38,483 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (1,413 companies); Chicago has 517.

This list covers real estate private equity firms headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 5, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 5, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

517Companies

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The 25 largest real estate private equity firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 517 real estate private equity firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to real estate private equity firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	JLL	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	10001+	76,504 contacts →
	Strong evidence “JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated) is a leading global commercial real estate services and investment management company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
2	Lasalle Investment Management	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	985 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LaSalle is one of the world's leading investment managers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
3	Core Spaces	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	826 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BUILD UP.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
4	Amli Residential	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	690 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AMLI is one of the preeminent multifamily companies in the nation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
5	Waterton	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1,001-5,000	629 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Waterton is a real estate investment and property management company with a focus on U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
6	Revantage, A Blackstone Portfolio Company	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	621 contacts →
	Strong evidence “A global corporate services leader proudly serving Blackstone Real Estate portfolio companies and investments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
7	Ventas, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	439 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ventas is a leading S&P 500 company with approximately 1,400 properties serving the secular megatrend of a large and growing aging population.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
8	Heitman	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	392 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1966, Heitman LLC is a global real estate investment management firm with $47 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2025.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
9	Habitat	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	388 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We’re a full-service real estate company, with an emphasis on service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
10	Harrison Street Asset Management	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	381 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Harrison Street Asset Management is a leading global alternative investment management firm with over $108 billion in assets under management through highly differentiated assets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
11	Livcor, A Blackstone Portfolio Company	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	319 contacts →
	Strong evidence “LivCor, a Blackstone portfolio company, is a real estate company specializing in multi-family housing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
12	PPM America, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	292 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PPM America, Inc.(PPM) is a client-focused investment manager.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
13	CA Ventures	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	n/a	232 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CA Ventures (“CA”) is a vertically integrated real estate investment management company operating across the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
14	East Lake	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	175 contacts →
	Strong evidence “East Lake is a leader in providing quality real estate services, including property, facilities & construction management, development, owner's representation, and program…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
15	Golub & Company	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	167 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since its founding in 1960, Golub & Company has built a strong reputation as a trusted co-investor and developer with its many institutional and private capital partners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
16	MAC Properties	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	154 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mac Properties is committed to realizing its vision of enabling better lives through better homes by building, renovating, and managing exceptional apartment rentals and fostering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
17	Sterling BAY	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	149 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a national real estate company managing a portfolio that exceeds $5 billion in assets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
18	Walton Street Capital	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	139 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Walton Street is a private real estate investment firm that manages a diversified equity and debt platform on behalf of its global institutional clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
19	Peak Properties	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	132 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Since its founding in 1998, Peak Properties has emerged as a leading real estate management and investment company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
20	Zeller	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	124 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Zeller is a vertically integrated commercial real estate investment and development firm that has offered investors exceptional expertise, innovation, and insight to value for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
21	Bridge Industrial	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	118 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bridge Industrial is a privately owned vertically integrated real estate operating company and investment manager that focuses on the acquisition and development of Class A…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
22	Second Avenue	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	105 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Second Avenue is the premier platform for enabling institutions to deploy meaningful capital into single-deeded residential assets (SFR) while retaining control and valuable lines…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
23	Styl Residential	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	101 contacts →
	Strong evidence “STYL Residential is a vertically integrated, owner-operated multifamily real estate company that makes a difference.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
24	Pangea Properties	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	93 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Pangea Properties (REIT) is a real estate investment and management company with its headquarters located in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
25	Realty & Mortgage CO	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	88 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1906, Realty & Mortgage Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: real estate private equity firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names real estate private equity firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of real estate private equity firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name real estate private equity firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Real estate private equity firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026

41.8%Verified-email coverage

178.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 5, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

305

11-50

140

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 517 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among real estate private equity firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “real estate private equity firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names real estate private equity firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among real estate private equity firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 38,483 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 5, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Real estate private equity firms by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names real estate private equity firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many real estate private equity firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 517 real estate private equity firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

JLL, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most real estate private equity firms?

New York leads the United States with 1,413 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (609) and Dallas (572). Chicago has 517.

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 38,483 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 517 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 5, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.