Olander Group

CMK Development

We helped our client sell over half of a new development's units in six months.

Client:

CMK Companies is an industry-leading real estate developer that has helped redefine the concept of urban living with its award-winning contemporary buildings. The firm is responsible for nearly $1 billion in real estate development with projects in Chicago, Florida, Michigan and the Caribbean.

Brief:

As an industry leader, CMK Companies ambitiously undertook development of the largest downtown Chicago condo project since the 1970s at 714 units. They also did this a time when the real estate market was the worst it had been since the Great Depression.

Insight:

Developers in the City of Chicago have traditionally spent their marketing dollars in one place – The Sunday Edition of the Chicago Tribune. This opened up the possibility to market this development in new and unique ways – capturing potential buyers without advertising competition from other developers.

Solution:

In addition to having a baseline presence in the Chicago Tribune, we developed a campaign that included office tower elevator video & lobby advertising, digital & social media marketing, transit advertising, video-on-demand long-form commercials, search engine marketing, and direct marketing to Chicago-area realtors.

Results:

Within 6 months, over 50% of the units in the building had been sold. CMK Companies also reported the highest sales of all residential developers in the Chicago area, accounting for nearly 10% of the market and easily beating struggling national homebuilders like Pulte Homes Inc. and Lennar Corp. This was at a time when across Chicagoland, sales of new condominiums and townhomes had dropped 27% from the same period the previous year.

0 Months

To Sell Over Half Of Development

And We Quote

Effective advertising and proper placement are among the most critical aspects of our business. Olander Group’s attention to detail, effective analysis and media placements have helped to improve our overall advertising strategy, and have ultimately reduced our advertising expenditures while creating a higher capture rate of qualified prospects.”
Scott Hoskins
President – CMK Companies

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