Chicago, IL – Bradford Allen is pleased to announce that the firm has hired Rhea Stephen as the new Director of Research. Rhea will be based out of the downtown Chicago office and will be responsible for overseeing all research policies, objectives, and initiatives. Her responsibilities include conducting market analyses of the downtown and suburban Chicago office markets, maintaining the firm’s information databases, as well as preparing in-depth reports on local, regional and national tenants, landlords and properties. Rhea previously worked as a Commercial Broker at KW Commercial and received her Masters degree in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin as well as her Bachelors Degree from Loyola University in Chicago.

“Rhea’s in-depth knowledge of the Industry and exceptional analytical skills will prove to be invaluable to our entire firm as well as our clients,” said Laurence Elbaum, Co-Founder and Principal of Bradford Allen.