Nick Placek is a director with Baker Tilly’s development advisory practice. He is an innovative leader with more than 20 years of experience in the real estate and construction industry. Nick is focused on maximizing value for owners’ real estate development projects. His career runs the gamut of asset types. Nick's knowledge and leadership capabilities help owners and construction teams overcome any obstacles to ensure success for all projects.
- Draws upon his creative vision, robust knowledge and in-depth experience to bring the complicated real estate development process to life
- Excels at moving the development process forward in a controlled and coordinated manner ultimately, helping an owner establish, refine and deliver projects on time and on budget
- Experienced with providing tailored real estate project consulting services such as due diligence, highest and best use, construction budget, schedule assessment and troubleshooting, contract review, bid leveling and award, strategic planning to substantial completion evaluation, punch list and closeout direction
- Has widespread knowledge of program and project management, controls, real estate development and finance
- Represented $350 million, 172-acre, ground-up theme park with 50 rides and attractions, 252-key hotel, underground infrastructure, Department of Transportation (DOT) highway ramps and overpass
- Represented $91 million, 280,000 square feet, 14-story high school in the heart of Chicago’s South Loop with a skyline-viewing pool on the top floor, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) laboratories, underground parking and a professional-grade theater for student productions
- LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)
- OSHA 10
- OSHA 30