Dan Smolensky, SIOR is a Founder and Principal of TMG Real Estate Advisors. Dan is the Managing Broker for TMG, heads the Supply Chain Solutions Group, and oversees day to day operations. Since 1994 Dan’s experience at some of the largest real estate firms in the world coupled with a personal desire to stake his claim fueled him to launch The Modal Group in 2008, since rebranded as TMG Real Estate Advisors. Dan has completed transactions in excess of $500 million and 10 million square feet in industrial and office properties. Previously Dan was with CBRE, where he enjoyed being a market leader and the dominant broker in the northwest/O’Hare sub-market of Chicago. That led to a position with First Industrial Realty Trust one the world’s largest owners/developers of industrial properties where Dan was charged with identifying and executing property and portfolios acquisitions to feed the company’s $9 Billion of REIT and pension fund capital. Dan has worked on real estate opportunities in supply chain space, logistics arena, manufacturing, and office in virtually every major market in the US, Canada, and Europe. Dan lives near Wrigley Field in Chicago and enjoys spending time with his wife and two boys, golfing, boating, taking road trips, and the rooting for Chicago sports teams.