What is Riverside?
Riverside Investment and Development is a real estate investment firm headquartered in Chicago. Riverside is dedicated to creating value for our investors and delivering advanced, tenant-focused buildings.
What We Do
Riverside delivers a differentiated investment approach through our development expertise, leasing relationships, and asset management experience. Our team targets opportunities that are strategically positioned to capitalize on future growth.
Riverside prioritizes quality, efficiency, occupant health and safety, and amenities to create a sense of space and enhance the tenant experience.
Recognition
A selection of the awards and recognition our developments have since our founding in 2010.
150 North Riverside
NAIOP 2016 Office Development of the Year
CCREA 2017 Commercial Development of the Year Award
CTBUH 2018 Global Award of Excellence – Best Tall Building
2018 Global Finalist, Best Office Building, MIPIM Global Real Estate Awards
AIA 2019 Distinguished Building/Honor Award
Plus 25 additional awards and honors
320 South Canal
CCREA 2022 Commercial Development of the Year Award
Illinois Real Estate Journal 2022 Development of the Year
Illinois Real Estate Journal 2022 People’s Choice Award
2022 Silver Award, Commercial Building – Pro+ Awards
2022 Best Project, Office/Retail/Mixed-Use – ENR Midwest Magazine
Chicago Building Congress (CBC) Merit Awards 2023, winner Commercial Construction
over $50 MillionCTBUH 2023 Award of Excellence – Best Tall Building Americas
2023 Green Good Design Award, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
Illinois Real Estate Journal 2023 Office Project of the Year
Illinois Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ILASLA, 2023) Merit Award - The Green at 320
2023 Silver Award, Comprehensive Commercial Project – China Real Estate & Design Award (CREDAWARD)
2023 America Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design
2023 Vision Award, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
110 North Wacker
Illinois Real Estate Journal 2020 Best Office Development
NAIOP 2020 Office Development of the Year
CCREA 2020 Commercial Development of the Year Award
2022 Building of the Year, Architecture Daily
2022 AIA ‘People’s Choice, Tall Buildings’ Award
Plus 9 additional awards and honors
Riverside Investment & Development
CCREA 2017, 2021 & 2022 Developer of the Year
ENR Midwest 2018 Developer of the Year
Illinois Real Estate Journals 2021 Developer of the Year
The Riverside Story
When John O’Donnell retired in 2010, he began investigating investment opportunities in distressed land sites in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. Upon acquiring his first two sites, John quickly built small but highly focused teams around these two transactions and Riverside was born. Despite the scale of the projects, Riverside remains nimble, entrepreneurial and keenly focused on the core capabilities of Office and Multifamily Development, Asset Management and Leasing; outsourcing all onsite management and other functions to long-standing, third-party relationships.
The People Behind the Progress
Riverside Investment is able to do incredible things because of our incredible team. Meet the people who make Riverside work.