Dan Benassi co-founded Entre Commercial Realty LLC in 2006 after several years in the industrial real estate industry. The company prides itself on providing an entrepreneurial and aggressive approach, much like most of their clients’ businesses. Dan is also a co-founder of Iris Construction Services LLC which is a full service commercial construction and maintenance services company. Iris has been servicing major commercial and industrial brokers, investors and property managers for several years.

Previously, Dan spent 7 years with Paine/Wetzel Associates (now DarwinPW), a Chicago-based industrial real estate brokerage firm, where he was a lead member of the company’s Northwest Market Team. Prior to joining Paine/Wetzel, Dan spent 4 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) where he was a Manager in a national group implementing business processes to help Fortune 500 clients reduce real estate taxes, capture manufacturing-related tax credits, and identify transaction cost savings.

Dan’s clients have included large multi-national corporations as well as smaller companies and private equity investors. Dan received his B.S. in Finance in 1995 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a licensed Real Estate Broker in the States of Illinois and Wisconsin.



Professional Credentials & Affiliations:

• Member; Society of Office and Industrial Realtors (SIOR)

• Past President & Board of Directors; SIOR Chicago Chapter

• Board of Directors; Wintrust (Schaumburg Bank & Trust Company)

• Member; Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE)

• Commissioned Member; Schaumburg Business Development Commission (SBDC)