In an effort to brighten the holiday season for children in need, Weichert, Realtors, along with its affiliated companies, has kicked off the company’s 30th Annual Toy Drive. Toys will be collected at each of the company’s sales offices

The people have spoken, and this is what they have to say: the following 14 companies and projects are the best of the best in the Chicagoland real estate industry. Chicago Agent’s third annual Agents’ Choice Awards survey winners

Ron Ewing is the new broker/owner of RE/MAX Horizon in Elgin. He acquired the franchise from long-time broker/owner Dean Gillman. RE/MAX Horizon is the top Elgin real estate office in annual sales closed, based on information from Midwest Real

Before the ribbon-cutting celebration for Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago, Donald Trump Jr. took some time to answer a few questions from Chicago Agent’s senior editor, Zipporah Porton. Below is a transcript of the interview. Zipporah Porton: Can

Rubloff Residential Properties announced its three top producing sales agents for 2007, who amassed a combined nearly $150 million in sales. For the third year in a row, Mario Greco earned the top spot, achieving more than $90 million

Chicago-based Lucien Lagrange Architects (LLA) has promoted Tim Hill, James Kemper, Alfredo Marr and Heather Weed to principal. They join founder Lucien Lagrange and Wayne Miller, named co-managing principal in 2007, on the firm’s leadership team. Hill, previously associate

Matt Silver, a top real estate agent with Rubloff Residential Properties, has been named Dean of the Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR) Realtor Institute. The IAR Realtor Institute, which provides educational programs designed to increase the knowledge of real

Gary Davis was awarded a Presidential Citation by the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago. The award was given at the organization’s annual Installation Dinner, held Jan. 19, 2008 at the Westin North Shore. Davis was recognized by 2007

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced that the Matt Garrison Group was ranked as the No. 9 team nationwide by transaction sides and No. 25 by sales volume in 2006, according to the second annual “Real Estate Top 200,” a

Warren Habib has been appointed chief financial officer and senior vice president of Baird & Warner. Habib has more than 21 years of success in finance and process management. Habib comes from HSBC where he held a number of

Stephanie Rosley joined Century 21 Sussex & Reilly’s Lincoln Square office at 4762 N. Lincoln Ave. She entered real estate 12 years ago and is currently a broker and studying for the GRI designation. Rosley was formerly managing broker

Weichert, Realtors-Monarque Properties, located at 20 W. Jefferson St. in Naperville, has added Susan Casas to its sales roster as a specialist in residential sales. She serves north Naperville and surrounding areas as a member of the Mainstreet Organization

Carmen B. Krushas has been named director of marketing, and Craig Orth has been named customer relations manager at the Belgravia Group. The announcement was made by Alan D. Lev, the company’s president. Krushas comes to the Chicago-based home

Education/Background: HORNER: Undergraduate degree in finance and banking from Northwestern University and an MBA from New York University, with an emphasis in finance SHIHADEH: Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in structural engineering from the University of Illinois

Education: Bachelor of Science and Architecture from Chicago Technical College, class of 1971 Work Experience: After working for Walgreens Corporation and Austin Engineering Co., Rich Pietranek Sr. took his first residential development job with Miller Builders as a construction

Installation ceremonies for the Illinois Association of Realtor officers were conducted at the Illinois Association of Realtors Convention at the Drury Lane Conference Center in Oakbrook Terrace. Kay Wirth, ABR, CRS, GRI, LTG, PMN, has been installed as the