The Scene
People, places and parties in Chicagoland

Members of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals dressed all in white to honor their 2020 board of directors, who were installed in a ceremony at TAO Chicago.

Members and supporters of Mainstreet Organization of Realtors’ Young Professionals Network donned their gaudiest holiday duds to celebrate the season at local craft brewery Alter Brewing.

Guaranteed Rate Affinity brought associates, agents and affiliates to Café Brauer, the historic Prairie School-style landmark building next to the Lincoln Park Zoo, to celebrate another successful year for real estate.

The Women’s Council of Realtors West Suburban Network celebrated its 2020 board of directors at a gala event in Woodridge.

Industry professionals gathered to raise a glass to a decade of EXIT Strategy Realty. Attendees enjoyed a champagne toast alongside appetizers and well-wishing for the brand, which has grown from a tiny office of eight agents to a combined office footprint of more than 9,000 square feet hosting 225 agents.

Brokers from @properties’ Hinsdale, Downers Grove and Western Springs offices were shuttled to downtown Chicago in a Guaranteed Rate-sponsored limo bus for a hard hat tour of Superior House, now
under construction in River North.

A select group of brokers, lenders, association leaders and other industry heavyweights flocked to Renelle on the River to be the first to learn who would be the winners of the 2019 Agents’ Choice Awards.

Time Equities, JK Equities and OAK Capitals hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the much-anticipated Helmut Jahn-designed condo building in the South Loop.

Elite 6 Dinners hosted a panel discussion and cocktail party to benefit Imerman Angels, a charity that provides free one-on-one cancer support for survivors and caregivers.

BINGO! Joel Schaub of Guaranteed Rate held an appreciation event for agents, clients and affiliates at the Corinthian Yacht Club.

Illinois Realtors’ 2020 leadership team — including President Ed Neaves, Treasurer Zeke Morris and President-elect Sue Miller — was sworn at the Chicago Marriott Naperville last month.

The North Shore-Barrington Association of Realtors celebrated its 100th year in existence as well as its 2020 leadership team at the Chicago Botanic Gardens’s Regenstein Center in Glencoe.

Brokers gathered for a lunch and learn event at Coldwell Banker Hyde Park where they had the opportunity to meet Ben Slayton, the first black member of the National Association of Realtors.

On September 17th, over 40 real estate brokers gathered for a private event hosted at Montauk Sofa for BGD&C Luxury Custom Home Builders’ session on “Prolific Inspiration in Custom Homes.”

Professionals from Chicago’s interior design community gathered with real estate brokers and members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago to enjoy food, drinks and networking on the rooftop at Guaranteed Rate’s corporate headquarters in the Ravenswood

NAHREP Chicago hosted a mixer at North Avenue Beach’s Shore Club. Featuring networking, games, music and even an onsite cigar roller, the event allowed National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals and their guests a chance to soak up some serious beach