General Info

Appraisal Research Counselors, founded in 1968, is one of the largest commercial real estate appraisal, research and consulting firms, headquartered in Chicago. It is both a national firm dealing with investment grade property and a neighborhood firm appraising commercial, multi-family and single-family properties for local and regional lenders. Being an independent consultant in its area of work, it avoids conflict of interest arising from collateral activities such as accounting, brokerage, construction and development. Although a majority of its work is in the Midwest, it has completed assignments spread across 38 states in the United States.