Bradford Allen, a national full-service real estate firm, today announced it has named Ben Azulay as president of brokerage services, responsible for building the firm’s tenant and landlord representation business for office, retail and industrial assets across the country. He is based in Bradford Allen’s Chicago headquarters. Jeffrey Bernstein and Laurence Elbaum continue as co-founders and principals of the firm.
A 21-year veteran of Bradford Allen, Azulay joined the firm in 2004 as an associate and was promoted to managing director, senior managing director and principal before becoming president. As a member of Bradford Allen’s leadership team, Azulay plays an integral role in the firm’s strategic direction and regularly contributes to company business development, research, recruiting and mentoring efforts.
“Bradford Allen wouldn’t be the company it is today without Ben, who over the past two decades has helped us establish a presence and scale our brokerage platform both in Chicago and nationally,” said Bernstein. “He has a down-to-earth, pragmatic, blocking-and-tackling approach to landlord and tenant representation that clients trust, which is why many of them are repeat customers.”
“Ben’s leadership has been indispensable in recent years as the office sector went through unprecedented changes, and he has helped to move firms of all types and sizes into new space — and on favorable terms,” said Elbaum. “We’ve continued to sign a wide variety of leases from large national tenants to local private companies in the last five years despite obvious challenges, and he is a major reason why.”
Among other work, Azulay helped Grubhub expand its Chicago office footprint to over 160,000 square feet; completed more than 100 transactions across the country for MedSpeed, a client with which he has worked for more than 18 years; secured favorable leases for Northwestern Mutual; and assisted D4 Solutions with its relocation and expansion in the Chicago suburbs and outside of St. Louis. He also has helped numerous nonprofits, including Team Rubicon, Children’s Research Triangle and Cure Violence Global.
Azulay has a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He serves on the boards of the University of Wisconsin Hillel and Camp Ramah in Conover, Wis. He also is a past board member for TCN Worldwide Real Estate, an alliance of top independent brokerage firms serving more than 200 markets. Azulay’s podcast, “Ten with Ben,” spotlights emerging commercial real estate trends.
Bradford Allen has offices in Chicago and Manhattan. In addition to its brokerage business, the firm also has investment and development arms with active projects in suburban Chicago; Indianapolis; Nashville, Tenn.; and other markets nationwide.
About Bradford Allen:
Bradford Allen (BA) is a commercial real estate firm based in the heart of downtown Chicago. Founded in 2003 by principals Jeffrey Bernstein and Laurence Elbaum as an office brokerage, the firm has grown into a vertically integrated commercial real estate company, offering a full array of services and expertise across multiple U.S. markets to entrepreneurial, corporate and not-for-profit clients, including strategy, marketing and transaction execution for occupiers, investors and owners. For more information, visit bradfordallen.com.
Ben Azulay: Ben Azulay has been named president of brokerage services for Bradford Allen.