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| Angie Yoo |
CHICAGO, IL –
Proper Title, LLC,
the Palatine, Ill.-based title insurance agency serving the residential and
commercial real estate industries, announced it has hired
Richard Rischall
as a commercial account executive, and
Angie Yoo as a senior transaction
manager.
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| Richard Rischall |
Both professionals have joined the firm’s commercial team, a
group whose closings for the first three quarters of 2019 are 45% higher than
the same period in 2018.
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| Kim O’Donnell |
“We’re handling nearly twice as many commercial closings this year
compared to last year, and the value of those closings has risen, often up to
$100 million versus an average of $5 million per closing a year ago,” said Kim
O’Donnell, vice president of business development for Proper Title.
“To service our
surging commercial growth, we’re focused on adding top tier talent, which
includes Richard and Angie as they are both known for providing top-notch
customer service and responsiveness to their clients.
"Richard has in-depth knowledge of commercial lending
and vast experience in managing multi-million-dollar client portfolios. And
Angie’s experience on high-profile commercial closings in Chicago’s hottest
downtown submarkets aligns perfectly with Proper Title’s commercial growth
goals.”
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| Amanda Ley |
Rischall joins Proper Title after 17 years as a commercial banker, most
recently with a Wintrust Community Bank. He formerly was a client that
exclusively used Proper Title as his title agency.
At Proper Title, he
will focus on growing the firm’s commercial closing business by obtaining and
managing partnerships with financial institutions, attorneys, developers and
commercial real estate firms throughout Chicagoland.
Rischall has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Bradley
University in Peoria, Ill., and a master’s degree in industrial/organizational
psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
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| Angela Castillo |
Rischall also serves
on the executive board at Volunteer Center of McHenry County and supports
various charitable causes related to fighting cancer and animal welfare.
“Proper Title has some of the most experienced commercial closers around
that relish a good challenge – they thrive on finding solutions that get the
deal done,” said Rischall.
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| Beth LaSalle |
“I’m excited to bring my experience in commercial closings
to this high-energy group and helping them secure even more commercial title
work throughout the Chicago area.”
Real estate veteran Angie Yoo joins Proper Title after serving nearly 16
years at Chicago Title Insurance Co., where she was an associate commercial
underwriter.
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| Kathy Kwak |
Yoo has extensive knowledge of residential and commercial
real estate transactions locally and nationally. She has handled the commercial
closings of many high-profile hotels, retail stores, grocery chains, office
buildings and new developments in the Fulton Market District and West Loop
areas.
Her annual closing revenue has been in excess of $1 billion
consistently for the past 10 years. Yoo has a bachelor’s degree from Indiana
University in Bloomington, Ind.
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| Gabe Krych |
“As our team expands, we’re thrilled to have Angie partner with us as
she’s experienced some of the most complex commercial closings in Chicago,”
O’Donnell said. “Like the rest of us, she is passionate about providing
top-notch customer service.”
In addition to Rischall and Yoo, Proper Title’s commercial team has grown
significantly in recent years with the hiring of O’Donnell;
Geneen Skilton
and
Angela Castillo, both commercial title examiners;
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| Patrick Kennedy |
Patrick Kennedy, commercial closing manager; Beth
LaSalle, senior commercial escrow officer; Amanda Ley, senior escrow
officer; Neil Narut, senior underwriting counsel; Kathy Kwak, director
of title; and Gabe Krych, commercial underwriter and consult.
Launched in 2013, Proper Title was recently recognized as one of Chicago’s
“2019 Best Places to Work,” an annual ranking of 100 companies compiled by
Crain’s Chicago Business and was the recipient of the “Excellence in Action”
award from Fidelity National Title Group, Inc. for the fifth year in a row.
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| Neil Narut |
About Proper Title, LLC:
Palatine, Ill.-based Proper Title,
LLC, is a full-service title insurance agency serving the residential and
commercial real estate industries.
Since its founding
in 2013, Proper Title has substantially grown its transaction volume in just a
few years with its commitment to servicing the needs of its clients and is
currently the second-largest title insurance agency in Illinois.
The firm has earned
the “Rising Star / Excellence in Action” award by Fidelity Investments for the
past five years in a row. With eight closing locations in Cook, Lake, DuPage
and Kane counties, Proper Title is able to deliver an exceptional title
experience throughout the Chicago area and the Midwest.
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