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The Alter Group
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Company:   The Alter Group    
Address: 5500 West Howard Street  
City: Skokie  
State: IL  
Zip:   60077  
Phone: 800-637-4842  
Fax: 847-676-4303  
Email: tsilva@altergroup.com  
Website: www.altergroup.com  
Key Executive    
1. Name: William A. Alter  
    Title: Chairman & CEO  
2. Name: Michael J. Alter    
    Title: President  
3. Name: Randolph F. Thomas    
    Title: Executive Vice President  
4. Name: Richard M. Gatto  
    Title: Executive Vice President  
*Number of Offices: 3 15
*Number of Employees: 163 17
*Gross Revenues Fiscal Year 2006: 598.0 million 12
*Projected Revenues Fiscal Year 2007: 692.0 billion 1
Selected Areas of Specialization: Selected Areas of Specialization: The Alter Group is developing office, industrial, healthcare, institutional and research-and-development properties in national markets. Headquartered in suburban Chicago and with regional offices in Atlanta  
Company Overview: The Alter Group is a national corporate real estate development firm with five vertically integrated affiliate companies. Each offers specialized services, including brokerage, healthcare facility development, construction, and property management. The Alter Group, founded by William A. Alter in 1955, has developed close to 100,000,000 SF of speculative projects for its own portfolio and build-to-suit facilities for corporate users. This year, the company has 6,700,000 SF of space, worth $796,000,000, under development in national markets. The firm was recently ranked as # 4 in the National Real Estate Investor survey of America’s top office developers for the third consecutive year.  
*Total Portfolio Size: 21,038,650 SF 14
Number of buildings:  
Square Footage: 21,038,650 SF  
Number of Units/Rooms:  
*Total Value of Portfolio: 2.3 billion 15
Percentage by Property Type:    
Speculative: 61 %  
Build-to-Suit: 39 %  
Preleased: %  
Percentage by Property Type:    
Office: %  
Industrial: %  
Retail: %  
Apartments: %  
Hotels: %  
Other: %  
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Percentage by Geographic Area:    
Northeast: 15 %  
Southeast: 35 %  
Midwest: 20 %  
Southwest: 40 %  
West: %  
International: %  
Total Starts in 2006:  
Total Completions in 2006    
Number of buildings:  
Square Footage: 5,500,000  
Number of Units/Rooms:  
Total Value of Completions in 2006: 598. billion  
    Raw Score:   74