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JTE Real Estate Services
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    Property Acquisition & Development

    JTE Real Estate Services was established with the purpose of generating, maintaining, and increasing the value and profitability of our multi-family and commercial investment properties.

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    Construction Management

    JTE Real Estate Services has a background in construction management and is qualified to manage large repair, renovation, and capital improvement projects.

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    Property Management

    JTE Real Estate Services, can serve as your rental property agent and provide tenant management services for your individual condominium, apartment community, and commercial property.

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    Affordable & Workforce Housing

    Affordable multi-housing communities offer a niche product that requires a thorough understanding of the various government subsidies involved in each property, and, when properly executed, can offer phenomenal rewards to owners, developers, and investors.

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    Hospitality & Restaurant Groups

    JTE Real Estate Services is a collaborative effort of hospitality and restaurant professionals who have very specific areas of expertise ranging from culinary operations to financial reporting and profitability.

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Downtown Aurora, IL
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About JTE Real Estate Services

JTEs Real Estate Services’ mission is to create dynamic residential, mixed-use and commercial developments that provide positive impacts to communities, while utilizing designs that incorporate green building practices and sustainable materials. JTE Real Estate Services investment strategy is to acquire, entitle, build and hold developments for cash flow and appreciation and prides itself on a value-add platform. In addition, JTE Real Estate Services can provide end-to-end property and asset management, marketing, contracting and construction management services to support its own projects and those of third parties.

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Our Team

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We are a team of dedicated professionals, ready to do whatever it takes to make your next real estate project a success.

Michael Poulakidas

CEO, Project Development & Strategy
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Mitch Rivera

Chief Operating Officer
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Crystal Rollins

Director of Business Development & Marketing Strategy
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News

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Fox Valley Apartments to Convert Historic School into Workforce Housing in Aurora

2024-08-07  | 
Traded
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McShane Completes Adaptive Reuse Construction of Affordable Apartments in Aurora, Illinois

2024-08-02  | 
Construction Superintendant
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Historic Chicago Schools Become Affordable Housing

2024-08-02  | 
Multi-Housing News
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AURORA TRANSFORMS HISTORIC SCHOOLS INTO AFFORDABLE LIVING SPACES WITH FOX VALLEY APARTMENTS PROJECT

2024-08-01  | 
Hoodline
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McShane Construction Company wraps construction of Fox Valley Apartments in Aurora

2024-07-31  | 
RE Journals
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McShane Construction completes Fox Valley Apartments in Illinois

2024-07-31  | 
Yahoo! Finance
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Work finished turning former Aurora schools into housing

2024-07-31  | 
Aurora Beacon-News
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McShane Completes Adaptive Reuse Construction of Fox Valley Affordable Apartments in Aurora Illinois

2024-07-30  | 
Yield Pro
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McShane Completes Adaptive Reuse Construction of Affordable Apartments in Aurora, Illinois

2024-07-30  | 
Construction Owners Club
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ABC7, CBS2, & WGN9: New Apartments Open at Vacant School in Aurora

2024-03-15  | 
ABC7, CBS2, & WGN9
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Reimagined Aurora hospital site housing seniors, special needs adults

2023-10-16  | 
Crain’s Chicago Business
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Former hospital in Aurora now helps people enjoy independent living

2022-09-14  | 
Daily Herald
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Mike and his team’s ability to deliver in complex situations makes JTE Real Estate Services an excellent choice for redevelopment projects.

Joseph Pilewski
President
Pilewski Financial, LLC

I have worked with JTE Real Estate Services on several challenging projects, including the rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of the former Copley Hospital in Aurora. I’ve been impressed with their ability to figure out a way to get these complicated projects done by bringing the private and public sectors together.

Valerie S. Kretchmer
President
Kretchmer Associates

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Michael Poulakidas

CEO, Project Development & Strategy

Michael utilizes more than 20 years of experience in business, contract and real estate law, and in asset management to oversee all aspects of real estate development including development, construction, management, and leasing.  Michael’s market knowledge and years of real estate experience are strong assets that allow him to problem solve by creating effective alternatives for complex development issues.  Michael spearheaded the team that redeveloped a historic 300,000 square foot, abandoned hospital campus into an innovative living community with multiple, in-demand uses including senior living (independent, assisted and memory care) currently in its final stages of development, a residence for individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities, and a healthcare center.

Mitch Rivera

Chief Operating Officer

Mitch has been leading Operations and sales teams across the United States in both the banking & Retail industries for 25+ years. Mitch has also been involved in property management for more than 15+ years in both single & multi-family as well as commercial real-estate development and project management at all levels. Mitch has overseen the leadership role for as many as 75 locations with sales of more than $85mm and 500 employees.

Crystal Rollins

Director of Business Development & Marketing Strategy

Crystal is an accomplished strategic-thinking marketing leader with 20+ years of experience successfully driving business growth and customer value by aligning organizational goals, market opportunities, and business problem resolution.

Crystal has led product management, product support, client service, project management, retail business solutions, and product leadership for a Fortune 500 company and has experience working with industry publications, as well as supporting Wall Street reporting.

Crystal is also a content contributor/consultant on ACNielsen’s Consumer-Centric Category Management book published in 2006.

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