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Top 25 Retail development companies based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 105 retail development companies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 3,975 professional contacts across them, including 661 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers retail development companies 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 21, 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.
The 25 largest retail development companies based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 2,353 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “On August 28th, 2018, GGP Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 138 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LG Group is a full service real estate development, construction, and design firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 124 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Perform Properties, we redefine retail experiences, shaping vibrant communities where all businesses, big and small, thrive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Starwood Retail Partners is the retail real estate operating and investment division of Starwood Capital Group, a private investment firm with over $95 billion in assets under…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “McCaffery is a privately owned, full-service commercial real estate company that has been in the business of investing, developing, leasing and managing real estate for more than…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Glenstar is a Chicago-based commercial real estate company specializing in industrial development, reimagined office and multi-family properties.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chicago-based HSA Commercial Real Estate is a diversified, national full-service commercial real estate firm that provides development, management, leasing and client services in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “RGLA, ranked as one of the Top 20 retail design firms in North America, provides design, architecture, branding, program management and rollout services to many of the world’s top…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mon Ami Real Estate is a value-driven investor-operator focused on the overlooked middle market: sub-$30M Class B/C retail & industrial across the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Bond Companies, we believe that progress and investing should move forward responsibly, not only for the betterment of our communities, but also for the betterment of the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Northpond focuses on the acquisition, development, and redevelopment of retail and mixed-use properties; located in select urban and suburban markets domestically.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fifield Companies is a boutique real estate developer with deep expertise in land acquisition, finance, construction management, architecture, design, marketing, operations, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Inter Continental Real Estate & Development Corporation (ICD) is a full-service real estate and development company, which has been in operation for over 35 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2004, Newport Capital Partners is a Chicago based, employee-owned specialized retail real estate investment manager and operator.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Core Acquisitions is a commercial real estate investment, development and asset management company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DL3 Realty is a leading commercial real estate development firm specializing in transformative projects that drive economic growth and community revitalization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Blue Star Properties has been involved in renovating more than thirty office, retail and industrial properties, breathing new life and adding value to otherwise underperforming…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “AHC is a privately held real estate firm with a focus on investment, development, and management of residential, retail and office projects in selected markets throughout the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Investors in the next generation of prime urban retail.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bucksbaum Properties is a real estate company based out of 71 S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Vequity is a retail real estate investment and development company located in Chicago, Illinois.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Chicago TREND Corporation is a MacArthur Foundation funded social enterprise established to drive neighborhood change by catalyzing and accelerating strategic retail…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a national real estate developer that targets markets with strong demographics and high rental growth to achieve the greatest risk-adjusted return potential for our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: retail development companies. 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 retail development companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of retail development companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name retail development companies. 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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Retail development companies based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
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 105 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 retail development companies, 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 “retail development companies”. 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 retail development companies), 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 retail development companies, 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, 661 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 21, 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.
Retail development companies by metro in the United States
- Retail development companies in New York240
- Retail development companies in Dallas141
- Retail development companies in Houston125
- Retail development companies in Los Angeles110
- Retail development companies in Chicago105
- Retail development companies in Atlanta102
- Retail development companies in Miami86
- Retail development companies in Austin70
- Retail development companies in Charlotte58
- Retail development companies in Denver56
- Retail development companies in Tampa43
- Retail development companies in Phoenix42
- Retail development companies in Washington41
- Retail development companies in Nashville40
- Retail development companies in Orlando40
- Retail development companies in Newport Beach37
- Retail development companies in Boston36
- Retail development companies in Birmingham35
- Retail development companies in San Diego35
- Retail development companies in Irvine34
- Retail development companies in San Francisco34
- Retail development companies in Minneapolis32
- Retail development companies in San Antonio32
- Retail development companies in Scottsdale31
- Retail development companies in Columbus30
- Retail development companies in Raleigh30
- Retail development companies in Philadelphia29
- Retail development companies in Indianapolis28
- Retail development companies in Seattle28
- Retail development companies in Boca Raton26
- Retail development companies in Greenville26
- Retail development companies in Las Vegas26
- Retail development companies in Fort Lauderdale25
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 retail development companies, 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 retail development companies are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 105 retail development companies 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?
GGP, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most retail development companies?
New York leads with 240 headquartered companies, followed by Dallas (141) and Houston (125).
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 661 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 105 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 21, 2026.
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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.
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