Members

Real Estate Broker and Team Leader for Team McMurray

We are a group of agents who focus on specific geographic areas in Chicago. This enables us to become experts, "outstanding in our fields" so to speak.  We also have one another to rely on when we need help - whether it's covering an open house or meeting an inspector, there's always a team member ready, willing, and able to help out.

In addition to our fabulous Realtors, we have great support staff as well.  From the minute you have an accepted contract our Contract-to-Closing coordinator, Natalie, is on top of every step to make sure that things are done correctly and in a timely fashion. 

Jocel takes care of our Social Media and some Marketing, While Deanna has the bulk of the marketing under control - when we take a listing, we get it SOLD - "We don't LIST properties, we SELL properties!"

So that's a little about Team McMurray. I'm Sara McMurray, chief cook and bottle washer for the Team and the one you'll most likely see at Chamber events and in the area. Our offices are located on North Ave at Bell, so I'm around a lot. If you see me (I'm usually looking like a super-geek with my name badge on) please say HI!

Sara

The Bristol, a contemporary American restaurant, is a staple for Chicago’s local dining crowd, off-duty chefs, and visiting gastronomes looking for a great dinner or weekend brunch. The menu features handmade pasta, farm-fresh produce, and a nose-to-tail approach to cooking. Beverages include handmade cocktails, a worldly wine list, and local craft beers. Your experience at The Bristol will be met with a smile, warmed with hospitality, and filled with outstanding food and drink.   

Every great artist needs an equally great support system behind them. Great art communities need a great framer and for the bustling art scenes in Chicago that framer is The Frame Shop. Locating The Frame Shop in the heart of Chicago's burgeoning artistic communities in Bridgeport and Pilsen lets us be the support system these communities need. However, selfishly our location helps us maintain product inline with Chicago's top taste makers.

At The Frame Shop we have a seasoned team of designers and framing consultants that have decades of experience and many are practicing artists. Our team makes it their mission for us to carry framing options in a variety of styles from cutting edge contemporary to old master traditional.

We at The Frame Shop have been framing fine art, posters, memorbilia, photographs, and personal memories for over 30 years. Our clients are museums, galleries, artists, collectors, department stores, city governments, music festivals and sports teams. But our Chicago location gets us closer to our favorite customer, YOU!

The Frame Shop is an independent operation that specializes in:

• Custom Framing
• Memorabilia Framing
• Decor Professionals
• Framing Lessons

Why Choose Us?

• We Offer a Wide Range of Wood Frames
• Our Parent Company is One of the Largest Frame Companies in the Country
• Cost Effective, Premium Service, Quick Turn Around
• We Have Connections to the Local Artistic Community
• Our Location is Centralized to Chicago

Platinum Decking Naperville is the top-rated local Trex deck builder in the Naperville area. Our focus at Platinum Decking Naperville is to build superior low maintenance composite Trex decks. These low maintenance composite Trex decks will last homeowners 25+ years and save $1000's on annual maintenance cost. Becoming the local deck builder in Naperville and servicing the surrounding areas is our goal while keeping our absolute focus on top-quality composite Trex decks. 

Platinum Decking also operates in the Northwest suburbs. 

Blake Mycoskie is the Founder and Chief Shoe Giver of TOMS, and the person behind the idea of One for One®, a business model that helps a person in need with every product purchased.

A simple idea has grown into a global movement: TOMS Shoes has provided over 60 million pairs of shoes to children since 2006, TOMS Eyewear has restored sight to over 400,000 since 2011 and TOMS Roasting Company has helped provide over 335,000 weeks of safe water since launching in 2014. In 2015, TOMS Bag Collection was founded with the mission to help provide training for skilled birth attendants and distribute birth kits containing items that help a woman safely deliver her baby. As of 2016, TOMS has supported safe birth services for over 25,000 mothers.

TOMS humble beginnings happened unintentionally. While traveling in Argentina in 2006, Blake witnessed the hardships faced by children growing up without shoes. His solution to the problem was simple, yet revolutionary: to create a for-profit business that was sustainable and not reliant on donations. Blake's vision soon turned into the simple business idea that provided the powerful foundation for TOMS.

Over the course of its first five years, TOMS was successful enough in providing shoes for children in need. But Blake, having recognized other vital needs during his travels around the world, realized that One for One® could be applied to more than shoes. He developed the idea for TOMS Eyewear in which for every pair of eyewear purchased, TOMS would help give sight to a person in need. One for One®.  In the fall of 2011, Blake released his first book, Start Something That Matters, offering his own amazing story of inspiration, and the power of incorporating giving in business. He references other companies and individuals who have been motivated and inspired to integrate philanthropy into their profession as well as their personal lives. The book became a New York Times best-seller. More importantly, it is Blake's hope that Start Something That Matters inspires others to turn their passion and dreams into a reality.

From shoes to eyewear and now a book, Blake's unique approach to business has awarded him with numerous accolades. In 2009, Blake and TOMS received the Secretary of State's 2009 Award of Corporate Excellence (ACE). At the Clinton Global Initiative University plenary session, former President Clinton introduced Blake to the audience as "one of the most interesting entrepreneurs (I've) ever met." People Magazine featured Blake in its "Heroes Among Us" section, and TOMS Shoes was featured in the Bill Gates Time Magazine article "How to Fix Capitalism." In 2011, Blake was named on Fortune Magazine's "40 Under 40" list, recognizing him as one of the top young businessmen in the world.

Before TOMS, Blake, a native of Texas who always had an entrepreneurial spirit, started five businesses. His first was a successful campus laundry service, which he later sold. Between business ventures, Blake competed in the CBS primetime series, The Amazing Race. With his sister, Paige, Blake traveled the world and came within minutes of winning the $1 million dollar grand prize.  Blake is an avid reader and traveler. He is passionate about inspiring young people to help make tomorrow better, encouraging them to include giving in everything they do. His hope is to see a future full of social-minded businesses and consumers.

Transit Tees takes visuals from Chicago's metropolitan landscapes and transforms them into fashionable artwork. The brand was founded in 2001 by Tim Gillengerten, a creative director who aspired to build an apparel line that reinterprets subway maps, street signs, city seals and flags in ways that the public had never seen before. Today, Transit Tees is an official manufacturer for the Chicago Transit Authority and locally designs, fabricates and retails their signature brand online and at their two storefronts in Wicker Park and Andersonville.