Learning the business in a down market
Matt meets Edward Liss in the multifamily division of a top national firm during the Great Recession. Deals are few and far between. They close their first ones together anyway.
Our story
We know Chicago block by block and street by street.
Matthew Fritzshall, founder of Triton Realty Group
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What Triton is
Triton is a privately held boutique brokerage that does one thing: it buys and sells Chicago’s apartment and mixed-use buildings, for owners who want the truth about what they have.
It started with two flip phones.
Two college students, Matthew Fritzshall and Harrison Cohen, leasing student apartments at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.
More than 200 apartments. One year. Their tenacity was the entire leasing team.
Occupancy
30%
From 30% to 97% in a year
From 2009 to today
A blueprint for a new firm
Matt starts the brokerage division of a local Chicago company. It grows past 700 units. Ed rejoins him, and the culture they build becomes the plan for something of their own.
Triton Realty Group is born
Matt and Ed found Triton. Harrison leaves litigation at two downtown law firms to build its brokerage. Summer interns join every year, a nod to that leasing office in Normal.
Fifteen people, one kind of building
Hand selected, one at a time, for the same four values. Every one of them works on apartments and mixed-use, and nothing else.
What we hire for
- AuthenticityGenuine and transparent in what we do and what we say.
- PersistenceTenacity to reach the goal, setbacks included.
- CollaborationTeamwork and partnership for shared success.
- Knowing the numbersData behind every recommendation we make.
The people behind the numbers.
In their words
Chosen from 4,000.
The Chicago Association of Realtors Commercial Forum Awards come from Chicago’s largest commercial real estate community.
Gold Award, multifamily 5+ sales volume
Matthew FritzshallGold and Silver Awards, sales volume and number of transactions
Matthew FritzshallSilver Award, multifamily 5+ sales volume
Edward LissSilver Award, multifamily 5+ sales volume
Matthew FritzshallMultifamily 5+ sales volume
Matthew FritzshallNow see how we work.
“When advising your investment property, we evaluate every aspect of your needs to achieve your best outcome, even if the result is no transaction at all.”