Shoppers walking an open air multi tenant retail center on a bright day, with apparel, beauty and footwear storefronts along a landscaped parking field

Retail developers

We don't just find the site. We develop it.

Indigo is a full service retail development firm. We acquire the land, carry it through zoning and entitlements, and manage construction to opening day. Our brokerage roots mean we underwrite every parcel the way a retailer does, long before a shovel hits the ground.

Why Indigo

We see what the market misses.

Using sophisticated mapping technology, proprietary site-selection methods, demographic analysis, traffic data, and extensive field research, we identify high-performing retail sites before they become obvious to the market.

Our brokerage background allows us to evaluate every property from the tenant's perspective. We understand visibility, access, traffic patterns, co-tenancy, trade areas, customer behavior, and the real estate metrics that drive store performance.

Our approach

We find high-performing sites before they become obvious.

Technology combined with real-world experience, data with local market knowledge, and relationships with execution. One complete development platform, built around a single objective.

Data and mapping

GIS mapping, demographics, and traffic data pinpoint the strongest trade areas.

Tenant lens

Every site evaluated the way a retailer evaluates store performance.

Full execution

Site control, entitlements, leasing, financing, and construction under one roof.

Guiding principles

The standards behind every project.

01

Integrity

We build lasting relationships through honesty, transparency, and trust.

02

Accountability

We take ownership of every project and every outcome.

03

Execution

Ideas create opportunities. Execution creates results.

04

Innovation

We continually seek smarter strategies and better processes.

05

Reliability

Clients can depend on us at every stage of development.

06

Consistency

We deliver the same high standard of service on every project.

Start a project

Let's find your next exceptional location.

Tell us the markets you want and we will bring you the sites, including the ones that never reach a listing page.

Brett R. Zimmerman

Partner

(312) 593-2183brett@indigodev.com

600 N Dearborn St, Suite 1303
Chicago, IL 60654