First Street Retail Partners lives and breathes commercial real estate. Founded in 2023 by Allen Joffe, Adam Secher, and Julie Williams, First Street is a start-up with nearly 60 years of experience.
First Street's exclusive focus is retail real estate. First Street provides outstanding representation to clients that range from independent retail businesses to nationally acclaimed restaurant and retail chains. The First Street team has established marketplace expertise over decades of working with tenants to identify and secure exceptional locations for their businesses. First Street understands the unique criteria of each client and represents their absolute best interests through each transaction – from market analysis and site selection to ribbon cutting. While based in the Loop and Chicago's north suburbs, First Street's partners possess unparalleled knowledge of all Chicagoland markets as well as southern Illinois and NW Indiana.