Town Hall with JDL Development CEO Jim Letchinger

Jim Letchinger founded JDL Development in 1993 and to date, has developed more than 1,200 residential units with another 1,500 currently preparing to be in construction. He launched his development career with a conversion of a 1940’s Benjamin Marshall building at 210 E. Walton St. in Chicago where he transformed 21 apartments into five unique residential condominiums. Mr. Letchinger quickly became known as one of Chicago’s most creative and respected residential developers, specializing in urban development where his expertise in entitlement and infill design provides a significant competitive advantage. Mr. Letchinger is intimately involved in all aspects of JDL’s projects, from inception to completion. His hands-on approach has helped JDL survive a number of real estate cycles. Mr. Letchinger is a graduate of the University of Michigan. A life long resident of the City of Chicago, Mr. Letchinger is married with two grown children.

BRIAN P. LISTON, MBA, JD, is president of Liston & Tsantilis in Chicago where he specializes in the area of eminent domain, property tax litigation and incentives. He has successfully tried numerous jury and bench property tax appeal hearings and eminent domain trials throughout the State of Illinois bringing successful resolutions to his clients. He has secured jury verdicts and tax refunds in excess of one billion dollars. Mr. Liston has been on the team of 61 National Association for Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) awards given for his legal work on Incentives and land use projects throughout the Midwest. He has been ranked #1 by The Leading Lawyers Network for 8 straight years, and has been recognized in the Wall Street Journal as one of the premier lawyers in the United States.