Dawn McKenna, Team Lead
Sarah Barker, Agent
Allie Cipra, Agent
Karen Iantorno, Agent
Zoe Redei, Agent
Tory Rezin, Agent
Caitlin Smith, Agent
With a mix of condos, apartments and single-family homes; a great city; and Lake Michigan, Chicago is Dawn McKenna’s kind of real estate town. As the founder of the Dawn McKenna Group (DMG) at Coldwell Banker Realty with over 18 years of experience; offices in Hinsdale, Winnetka, Lake Forest, the Gold Coast and Naples, Florida; 27 agents; and more than $2 billion in transactions, McKenna knows a little something about the subject.
Serving the Chicago market, Chicago’s western suburbs, the North Shore and Naples, Florida, the DMG somehow combines a powerful network with personalized service. “Our clients know that we really, truly care about getting them the most money for their home or finding them the right place for their family,” McKenna says. DMG’s Chicago team includes six agents who add unique skills and experiences: Sarah Barker applies fashion and design gained working at the Nordstrom Trunk Club; Allie Cipra’s luxury special events background gives her a unique sense of space and style; Karen Iantorno’s 30 years of Illinois and Florida real estate experience while raising four children make her a valuable advisor in all market conditions; Zoe Redei’s time as a Chicago Red Stars professional soccer player brings a fierce competitive spirit to every transaction; Tori Rezin’s past as a data-crunching marketing whiz adds a marketing professional’s eye to every deal; and Caitlin Smith joined the DMG at its formation straight out of college and therefore has the skills you can only get when you are thrown right into the deep end of the pool.
Although it has a reputation for serving ultra-luxury buyers and sellers, the DMG assists a wide variety of clients, including first-time homeowners and renters. DMG’s sellers and buyers come from a unique mix of social media contacts, referrals, elite networking groups such as Coldwell Banker International Luxury Alliance and Luxury Presence, and the efforts of its in-house design, media and advertising teams. From 2018 to 2021, the Dawn McKenna Group ranked as the No. 1 real estate team in Illinois and the No. 3 in the U.S. within Coldwell Banker.
