Projects

Every building, before and after.

The left frame is the listing photo from the day Petir bought it; the right is the same building once it was renovated and re-let. Thirteen buildings; two are still under construction.

944 N. Damen Ave.: Before · storefront, 2024 listing — **As bought**Before · storefront, 2024 listing

944 N. Damen Ave.: After · renovated apartment, 2025 — **Renovated**After · renovated apartment, 2025

944 N. Damen Ave.: Before · living room — Before · living room

944 N. Damen Ave.: After · bedroom — After · bedroom

944 N. Damen Ave.: Before · corner — Before · corner

Ukrainian Village · 6 units · Renovating

944 N. Damen Ave.

Three-storey brick on the Damen corridor. The ground-floor storefront is converting to a live/work unit; the five apartments above are being fully renovated and the masonry restored. Permit set approved January 2026.

3249–51 N. Damen Ave.: Before · 2022 — **As held**Before · 2022

3249–51 N. Damen Ave.: After · renovated kitchen, 2024 — **Renovated**After · renovated kitchen, 2024

3249–51 N. Damen Ave.: Kitchen · 2022 — Kitchen · 2022

3249–51 N. Damen Ave.: Living room · 2024 — Living room · 2024

3249–51 N. Damen Ave.: Rear porches · 2022 — Rear porches · 2022

Roscoe Village · 6 units · Held

3249–51 N. Damen Ave.

Six three-bedroom apartments in Roscoe Village. Renovated in 2023 and professionally managed.

2301 N. Leavitt St.: Before · kitchen, 2024 listing — **As bought**Before · kitchen, 2024 listing

2301 N. Leavitt St.: After · same building, 2025 — **Renovated**After · same building, 2025

2301 N. Leavitt St.: Before · 2024 — Before · 2024

2301 N. Leavitt St.: After · 2025 — After · 2025

2301 N. Leavitt St.: Before · living room — Before · living room

Bucktown · 7 units · Held

2301 N. Leavitt St.

Seven-unit corner building. Renovated through 2025 and re-leased.

1311 W. Ohio St.: Before · kitchen, 2024 listing — **As bought**Before · kitchen, 2024 listing

1311 W. Ohio St.: After · 2025 — **Renovated**After · 2025

1311 W. Ohio St.: Before · 2024 — Before · 2024

1311 W. Ohio St.: Before · living room — Before · living room

West Town · 6 units · Held

1311 W. Ohio St.

Six units including two coach-house apartments. Gut renovation completed in 2025.

2049 W. Coulter St.: Before · 2019 listing — **As bought**Before · 2019 listing

2049 W. Coulter St.: After · 2025 — **Renovated**After · 2025

2049 W. Coulter St.: After · kitchen — After · kitchen

2049 W. Coulter St.: After · bath — After · bath

2049 W. Coulter St.: After · from the west — After · from the west

Pilsen · 6 units · Held

2049 W. Coulter St.

1898 three-storey six-flat in Heart of Chicago, the first building the two principals did together. Fully renovated in 2021.

5358 Paw Paw Lake Rd.: The cottages today · 2026 listing — **After**The cottages today · 2026 listing

5358 Paw Paw Lake Rd.: A cottage kitchen · 2026 — **After**A cottage kitchen · 2026

5358 Paw Paw Lake Rd.: Cottage — Cottage

5358 Paw Paw Lake Rd.: Bedroom — Bedroom

Coloma, Michigan · 6 units · For sale

5358 Paw Paw Lake Rd.

Heron's Nest: a complete renovation of a six-unit vacation resort on Paw Paw Lake, bought in November 2020 and rebuilt in 2022. Every cabin was taken down to the studs and refitted. Now offered for sale.

4501 Donna Allen Way: Before · 2021 listing — **As bought**Before · 2021 listing

4501 Donna Allen Way: After · 2025 — **Renovated**After · 2025

4501 Donna Allen Way: Before · second cabin — Before · second cabin

4501 Donna Allen Way: Before · kitchen — Before · kitchen

4501 Donna Allen Way: The view — The view

Cosby, Tennessee · 3 units · Held

4501 Donna Allen Way

Three one-bedroom cabins on nearly four wooded acres above Cosby, fifteen minutes from Gatlinburg and the Greenbrier entrance to the national park. Bought in March 2021 and renovated in 2023; run as vacation rentals.