Adam Secher
Principal, First Street Retail Partners
Northbrook, IL 60062
Specializes in retail and restaurant landlords and tenants.
Phone (312) 315-2000
Specializes in retail and restaurant landlords and tenants.
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Landlord Rep (Retail), Tenant Rep, Tenant Rep (Retail)
Property Types
Retail
Markets
Chicago
Bio
Adam is a Principal at First Street Retail Partners, LLC with 22 years of commercial real estate experience representing both tenants and landlords throughout the Chicagoland market.
Adam’s tenant representation includes Starbucks, Chipotle and TAO Hospitality Group along with a variety of local independent restaurants.
Adam possesses an intimate knowledge and understanding of Chicago’s retail communities including the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, Bucktown and Wicker Park.
Significant landlord representations include The Elysian Hotel, Hines, Campus Acquisitions, Newcastle Limited, Glazier Corporation, CRM Properties, L&B Realty, Krenger Development, Repak Development and Golub & Company. He is responsible representing Landlords for flagship Gold Coast stores for Marc Jacobs, Saint Laurent, BHLDN, Brioni, Madewell, Warby Parker, Vans and Away Travel.
Some notable tenant representations include:
*The world's largest Starbucks Roastery (43,000 square feet at 646 N. Michigan Ave)
*TAO Chicago (34,000 square feet at 632 N. Dearborn).
*Starbucks - 125+ new locations throughout Chicagoland
*Chipotle - 40 new locations in the City of Chicago including the City’s first Chipotlane at The Edens Collection.
Adam is past vice-chairman of the Chicago Association of Realtors’ Commercial Forum committee and is a member of ICSC where he sits on the Illinois ICSC State Committee. Previously, he served as co-chairman of the Chicago’s Next Generation committee.
Adam earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin.
Education