CHICAGO – KIG announces the promotions of Laura Ballou and Daniel A. Gonzalez to Senior Associate – Market Analytics and Senior Associate – Financial Analytics, respectively.
Ballou, 32, will support the sales team and lead the growing KIG Analytics team, producing industry-leading research and analysis. She was promoted from Associate to Senior Associate - Market Analytics.
“As a data-driven brokerage, Laura’s research is integral to our business,” said Susan Tjarksen, Principal and Managing Broker at KIG. “Her extensive knowledge of the Midwests' development pipeline, market trends and lease rates are invaluable to our firm.”
“We have had such an incredible response from our clients regarding our market insights and analytics,” said Laura Ballou, Senior Associate – Market Analytics. “I look forward to building the KIG Analytics brand which will continue to help our clients to make more informed investment decisions.
Gonzalez, 26, will support the sales team by valuating assets and providing underwriting analysis for institutional asset sales. He was promoted from Financial Analytics to Senior Associate – Financial Analytics.
"Dan's underwriting and financial analytics expertise are well-utilized as we continue to use data-driven analysis to help our clients make better, more informed investment decisions," said Todd Stofflet, Managing Partner at KIG. "We are very fortunate to have Dan on our team.”
“I’m looking forward to helping the KIG team continue to solidify our reputation of creating unique insights and value to our institutional clients,” said Daniel A. Gonzalez Senior Associate – Financial Analytics.
Prior to joining KIG, Ballou was the project manager for Chicago-based HA Langer & Associates where she oversaw the rehabilitation of a vintage properties. With more than ten years of industry experience, Ballou held a position as a senior leasing associate at Chicago Apartments & Condo where she maintained a database of landlords, advertised available apartments and located tenants. She also held broker associate positions at MidAmerica Development and Sierra Realty Advisors, both Chicago-based firms. Ballou is a licensed managing broker in Illinois.
Prior to joining KIG, Gonzalez served as a Financial Analyst for Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. Gonzalez graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in economics and concentrations in both finance and management.
KIG celebrates its second anniversary with a team of 11 members. The institutional multifamily brokerage firm is currently working on projects as far south as Louisville, Kentucky and as far north as Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The team’s experience and data-driven approach has earned members panel seats on leading industry events throughout the country as well as invitations to present to major investment institutions on the state of Chicago’s multifamily market.
About KIG: KIG CRE LLC ("KIG") is a data-driven institutional multifamily brokerage firm based in Chicago and operating throughout the Midwest. KIG works with institutional owners and investors on the acquisition and disposition of large multifamily properties, including both newly constructed and existing communities with value-add potential, as well as larger portfolios and land sites. To date, the KIG team has brokered $2B in multifamily sales including 32,000 units and 145+ acres of multifamily land. Through the firm’s data arm, KIG Analytics delivers proprietary market intelligence to today's institutional investor, giving KIG a competitive edge in the marketplace. For more information, please visit www.kigcre.com.