Chicago-based Partner Valuation Advisors (Partner), a national commercial real estate valuation advisory firm, has just celebrated its first anniversary. After one year in business, Partner is one of the top 10 largest appraisal firms in the U.S., as reported by LightBox. Partner supports many of the nation’s largest pension funds, banks, investors, insurance companies, REITS, brokers, operators, and other stakeholders.

As of mid-August, Partner has completed over 2,250 valuations with an aggregate commercial real estate value in excess of $58 billion across 49 states. The Partner team has grown to over 90 professionals across 27 markets nationwide, making it one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry.

“Partner’s footprint has rapidly expanded nationally over the past 12 months. Our continued growth reflects the CRE community’s growing need for deeper and independent insights to make decisions about assets,” said Partner’s Senior Managing Director, Eric Enloe, MAI, CRE, FRICS.