Beverly Hayes serves as a Senior Industrial Advisor for SVN | Chicago Commercial specializing in the sales and leasing of industrial property in the Chicagoland area. With several years of commercial real estate experience, Hayes has participated in numerous deals with volume in excess of half a million square feet. Her area of concentration is industrial owner-user properties, 25,000 and larger, from Chicago out to Northwest Indiana. In 2020, despite Covid, she completed 9 deals for a total of more than $18,000,000 in sales. Prior to joining SVN, Hayes served as an Associate for Chicago Industrial Real Estate on Chicago’s southwest side. At CIRE she was responsible for the lease, sublease, purchase and sale of industrial properties, as well as consulting on environmental issues and zoning. Hayes has been a member of the Bedford Park Clearing Industrial Association, the United Business Association of Midway, Industrial Women in Real Estate, the Association of Women in Metals Industry, the Calumet Area Industrial Commission, and the Alsip Chamber of Commerce. With a BS from the University of Northern Colorado, she has also completed coursework toward her MBA at the University of Illinois and has completed the University of Chicago Great Books Program. Hayes lives in LaGrange with her husband. She is active in her church and a founding member of the 24 year old LaGrange Women's Book Group. Their three children live in London, Chicago, and New York. . She is an avid reader and when she has free time enjoys gardening in the summer and skiing in the winter.