Cresa
{{Short description|Chicago based real estate firm}}
{{COI|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Cresa
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Tod Lickerman (CEO)
Gary Gregg (Executive Chairman)
Greg Schementi (President)
Tom Birnbach (Vice Chairman)
| industry = Real estate
| genre = Real estate advisory
| num_employees = 1,250 (2025){{cite news |title = Cresa LinkedIn Profile |work = Cresa Company LinkedIn Page |url = https://www.linkedin.com/company/cresa/about/}}
| foundation = 1993
| location_city = Chicago, IL
| location_country = U.S.
| locations = 50+
| homepage =
}}
Cresa is an international commercial real estate firm headquartered in Chicago, IL. Cresa is notable for its occupier-only real estate representation services.
Awards
Cresa has received multiple awards and has been included on top achievement lists, including Site Selection's Service Provider of the Year, American Business Journals’ Best Places to Work,{{cite web|title=Business Journal announces Best Places to Work for 2010|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2010/07/12/daily37.html|work=American Business Journals|publisher=Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal|accessdate=July 16, 2010}} INC. 5000,{{cite web|title=2010 Inc. 5000 Company Profile: Cresa Partners|url=http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/cresapartners|work=Inc.|accessdate=November 20, 2019}} and Realcomm's “Top Ten Most Innovative Brokerage Firms.{{cite web|title=Top 10 Most Innovative Brokerage Firms in North America!|url=http://www.realcomm.com/advisoryweb.asp?aid=24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027052013/http://www.realcomm.com/advisoryweb.asp?aid=24|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-10-27|work=Realcomm|accessdate=November 20, 2019}}” Several Cresa offices have been consistently honored with Best Places to Work recognition.https://www.globest.com/2023/04/03/best-places-to-work-2023/?slreturn=20250305-40423
In 2010, Cresa was certified as a "Sustainable Business Leader",{{cite web|title=Boston Companies Go Green|url=http://www.sustainablebusinessleader.org/news/boston-companies-go-green|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511042624/http://www.sustainablebusinessleader.org/news/boston-companies-go-green|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-05-11|publisher=Sustainable Business Leader Program|accessdate=2010-02-25}} having completed the Sustainable Business Leader Program (SBLP) -- a program of the Sustainable Business Network (SBN) that provides guidance, support and technical assistance to facilitate the "greening" of small and medium-sized businesses.
United Space Alliance awarded Cresa its 2010 Small Business of the Year award{{cite web|title=United Space Alliance Honors Suppliers|url=http://www.unitedspacealliancenewsroom.com/usa-in-the-news/united-space-alliance-honors-suppliers-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012073754/http://www.unitedspacealliancenewsroom.com/usa-in-the-news/united-space-alliance-honors-suppliers-2/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2011|publisher=United Space Alliance|accessdate=July 29, 2011}} for the firm's work in developing USA's “workplace of the future” office standards.
Notable personnel
Tod Lickerman was appointed CEO in 2021; Mr. Lickerman joined Cresa's Board in 2019 and has extensive commercial real estate experience spanning over 35 years. Mr. Lickerman previously served as Global President and Americas CEO at Cushman & Wakefield. Prior, he served as Global CEO of DTZ, where he led the firm in taking the company private and acquiring Cassidy Turley and Cushman & Wakefield. In total, he helped acquire and integrate 20 companies into the global platform company that Cushman & Wakefield is today with revenues in excess of $7 billion. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lickerman served as CEO of Corporate Solutions Americas at JLL and ran several divisions including healthcare, energy, and European facility management.{{cite web|url=https://www.cresa.com/News/Cresa-announces-CEO-transition-plan|title=Cresa announces CEO transition plan|last=Drummer|first=Randyl|date=3 February 2021}}