Bruce Fogelson brings his industry-wide real estate knowledge to everything he does. Starting as a commercial real estate and office broker in 1983 and then as 14 time award winning real estate builder-developer for decades, Bruce has over 35 years industry insight in addition to his degree in real estate and finance from the start.

Bruce has done over $100,000,000 in volume as a leasing broker and tens of millions for his own acquisitions, development, leasing and sales.

From commercial brokerage office leasing to land acquisition, design, development, construction, marketer, manager, leasing, sales, consultant and more, he brings everything to the table. Being an office tenant representative,  developer, buyer, builder, general contractor, landlord and seller,  many times over, makes for a better broker every time. Bruce offers each client his unique mix of seasoned expertise and insight that lets him tap every facet of the real estate industry and deliver remarkable results.

Bruce Fogelson has joined Jameson Commercial Real Estate as a licensed real estate agent.  With billions of dollars in transactions, Jameson Real Estate’s Commercial Division has been a proven member of the Chicagoland Real Estate community since 1982. The expertise you will find at Jameson Real Estate’s Commercial Division applies to all types of transactions, from purchases to sales to office leasing. Bruce has now joined Jameson to add access to more specialists including multi-family sales, retail and office leasing, land, industrial, and business real estate – all for the right fit for your commercial real estate needs.

Bruce Fogelson began his career as a broker for commercial office space in 1983, representing tenants exclusively.  As a tenant’s rep., Bruce provided all aspects of service for the tenant evaluating, finding and negotiating the best solutions for his clients.  Bruce has recently founded ChicagoOfficeBroker.com for the Chicago downtown market and ChicagolandOfficeBroker.com for the suburban market.  The motto for these specialties is “Time is of the essence in office leasing“^(TM).

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After commercial office leasing brokerage and having run his own full-scale real estate development companies for over two decades, Bruce knows the big picture and nuances that drive the real estate business. Having hired and directed some of the best brokers and many Chicago brokerage firms for his projects he knows the real estate brokerage business and tradecraft inside and out. Being a real estate buyer and seller, lessor and lessee so many times gives him a wider perspective plus foresight. From vision, purchase and development through to marketing, he has delivered, sold and leased land, commercial, retail units and buildings as well as residential projects from affordable to luxury housing, multi-family and mix-use through to multi-million dollar custom residences and creating the communities around them.

Through the every day part of Fogelson’s business, he has created value and opportunity through land acquisition, entitlements, zoning, planning, design, architecture, general contracting, construction, brokerage, marketing, sales and customer service.   Knowing the highest and best use, fit and finish, in addition to brokerage skills and as a developer, he knows personally the importance of each skill and trade and brings his highest standards to others.

Bruce also brings the added benefit as a general contractor to understand building projects by personally overseeing the numerous multifaceted details of office space, along with many types of development and construction.  Bruce has negotiated and overseen hundreds and hundreds of contracts of every type.

• Vision in site selection, layout and feasibility in land and building acquisition and leasing.

• Value in design and value engineering and cost cutting where economically prudent.

• Architectural planning, plans on the drawing board and in the field.

• Finance and banking from start to finish, including land and development lending, construction financing and mortgages.

• Managing bids, construction loan draws and payouts throughout every project and trade takes complex issues, financial management and people skills.

• Specifying, budgeting, soliciting bids, selecting proposals and running contracts of every type numbering in the thousands.

• Negotiated terms, not only with buyers, sellers, leases, lawyers, lenders and brokers, but also with contractors in every kind of trade including office buildout, title, demolition, excavation, environmental remediation, building from foundation to roofing and everything in-between. Fogelson has been supervising on-site construction, reconciling architectural plans and changes to customize projects for himself and for custom clients that shows real-world knowledge and versatility from behind a desk, through walls and into the field.

His thirty+ years of real estate education and experience only enhance Bruce’s well-earned hands-on approach. He has also served as a consultant to China and inventor with 4 patents.  His passion inspires innovative and original approaches to the real estate industry.

• Founding member of the Chicago chapter of the Home Builders of Greater Chicago

• Pioneering some of Chicago’s distinctive and emerging neighborhoods.

• Owner/developer of 30+ commercial, office, residential, multi-family and mix-use projects.

• Special Consultant, Urban Development for Ping Shan New District Shenzhen, China 2010–2014 China Agreement Exhibit.PDF

• Four Patents used for “Builder On-Line Assistant” putting standard and extra selections online. (See Below)

• University degree in real estate, development and finance.

• Chicago Realtor – Chicago Association of Realtors

• First licensed in 1983 as a commercial broker