What Heitman Architects does

Heitman Architects, Inc. is a privately held, full-service architectural design firm founded in 1993 and headquartered at 555 Pierce Road, Suite 130, Itasca, Illinois, with additional offices in Chicago. The firm employs 11–50 people and serves corporate clients, developers, and real estate professionals, specializing in corporate office headquarters, high-profile industrial build-to-suits, big-box industrial facilities, retail, and interiors work. Its service portfolio spans five integrated lines: Planning, Architecture, Sustainable Design, Adaptive Reuse, and Technology Services, with the latter focused on Building Information Modeling (BIM), virtual reality visualization, and 3D data modeling to optimize design outcomes and support post-occupancy operations.

The firm has cumulatively completed more than 45 million square feet of real estate projects, including over 8 million square feet of LEED Certified facilities. It holds first-mover sustainability credentials, including the first LEED Certified industrial building in Illinois and the largest LEED Gold Commercial Interiors (CI) facility in the United States, alongside a 2016 CoreNet Global Sustainable Leadership Award. Its named clients span manufacturing (Mitsubishi EDM, Trumpf, Bystronic, Norix, 3M, Kraft Foods, S.C. Johnson, Haribo, John B. Sanfilippo, Pactiv), aerospace (AAR Corp), automotive (BMW NA, Parker Hannifin, Napleton), healthcare/pharmaceutical (SunStar Americas, Rauland Borg, Leica Microsystems, CVS Caremark, Medline, Cardinal Health), consumer goods and distribution (Method Soap, Clorox, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, Amorim Cork, Anixter, Tellabs, FONA Flavors, ABT), and large-scale convention/government work (Nashville Music City Center).

Heitman Architects generates revenue through professional services fees on architecture, planning, sustainable design, adaptive reuse, and technology engagement contracts for enterprise clients. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales with direct client relationships, supplemented by thought-leadership content (build-to-suit and industrial brochures, NAIOP warehouse report, a 25th anniversary book) and earned media coverage in ARCHITECT Magazine, ArchDaily, ENR Midwest, NAIOP, and Chicago-area outlets. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is set through direct consultation on project scope. The firm actively delivers projects across all U.S. market regions plus Canada, Mexico, and Europe, despite a Midwest-centered operating footprint.

Name

Heitman Architects

Legal name

Heitman Architects, Inc.

Website

https://heitmanarchitects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Heitman Architects is a privately held, full-service architectural design firm founded in 1993 and based in Itasca, Illinois, serving corporate clients, developers, and real estate professionals across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Europe with planning, architecture, sustainable, adaptive reuse, and BIM/VR-enabled technology services focused on corporate, industrial, and commercial facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Space Planning & Workplace Design (BPAHAKAI), Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA)

Keywords

• Commercial architecture design
• Sustainable building design
• Corporate office design
• Industrial facility design
• Adaptive reuse architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Itasca

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Full service architectural design firm providing planning, architecture, sustainable design, adaptive reuse, and technology services for corporate clients, developers, and real estate professionals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Full-service architectural design firm providing planning, architecture, sustainable design, adaptive reuse, and technology services to corporate clients, developers, and real estate professionals. The firm specializes in corporate office headquarters, high-profile industrial build-to-suits, and cost-effective commercial developments, leveraging BIM (Building Information Modeling), Virtual Reality interfaces, and virtual 3D Data Modeling to optimize design outcomes and post-occupancy operations.

Product overview

Heitman Architects is an award-winning, full-service architectural design firm offering a portfolio of integrated services including Planning, Architecture, Sustainable Design, Adaptive Reuse, and Technology. The firm specializes in commercial real estate—corporate, office, and industrial—with deep expertise in corporate office headquarters, high-profile industrial build-to-suits, and cost-effective commercial developments. Their technology services incorporate VR (Virtual Reality) interfaces, virtual 3D Data Modeling, and BIM technology. The firm has completed over 45 million square feet of successful real estate projects and over 8 million square feet of LEED Certified facilities. Projects span across Corporate Industrial, Interior Design, Office, Big Box Industrial, and Retail categories.

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Products and services

• Planning Services Strategic planning services that provide insights to inform design decisions with user data and benchmarking, validate program and forecasted demand to reduce risk and initial costs, while maximizing flexibility for corporate clients, developers, and real estate professionals.
• Architecture Services Full-service architectural design covering corporate office headquarters, high-profile industrial build-to-suits, and cost-effective commercial developments. Core architectural design services for corporate clients, developers, and real estate professionals.
• Sustainable Design Services Sustainable design services applying a strategic value-driven approach to sustainability, with over 8 million square feet of LEED Certified facilities delivered, including the first LEED Certified industrial building in Illinois and the largest LEED Gold CI facility in the U.S.
• Adaptive Reuse Services Adaptive reuse design services that transform existing buildings for new purposes, including corporate, industrial, and commercial applications, addressing repositioning and redevelopment of legacy facilities.
• Technology Services Technology integration services including Virtual Reality (VR) interfaces, virtual 3D Data Modeling, and BIM technology to optimize design and support post-occupancy operations, supplementing standard renderings, plans, and material boards.

Named customers30 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Largest global architecture and design firm, dominant in corporate workplace, commercial office, and large developer-driven projects. Competes for the same Fortune 500 mandates Heitman pursues but at vastly larger scale and global reach.
• Stantec: Global multi-discipline design and engineering firm serving commercial, industrial, and developer clients with architecture, engineering, and project advisory services. Broader scope than Heitman but overlapping client base.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture practice with strong sustainability credentials (LEED-focused culture). Overlaps with Heitman's corporate, healthcare, and sustainable design practices and competes for high-profile LEED-certified mandates.
• HOK: Large global design firm with significant corporate workplace and commercial real estate practices. Competes for major corporate HQ and developer build-to-suit assignments at the larger end of the market.
• DLR Group: Integrated design firm with corporate, commercial, industrial, and developer practices. Competes for Fortune 500 workplace and build-to-suit mandates with comparable sustainability/design-tech positioning.

Direct peers

• Ware Malcomb: Mid-sized U.S. architecture and design firm specializing in commercial, office, industrial, and retail build-to-suit projects for corporate clients and developers—directly overlapping Heitman's core practice areas of corporate HQs and industrial build-to-suits.
• Legat Architects: Midwest-based full-service architecture firm with strong corporate, industrial, and educational portfolios. Comparable in scale and client base (corporate + developers) and a direct Midwest regional competitor.
• CannonDesign: Multi-discipline architecture, engineering, and design firm with significant corporate workplace, healthcare, and industrial practices. Competes for many of the same Fortune 500 corporate HQ and developer-led build-to-suit mandates.
• SmithGroup: Design firm with deep corporate workplace, industrial, and higher education portfolios. Directly comparable in serving Fortune 500 clients on campus/HQ and specialized facility design, including sustainability-led engagements.

Regional players

• Clayco: Chicago-headquartered design-build firm with strong industrial, manufacturing, and corporate real estate practices in the Midwest. Comparable client overlap (corporate industrial build-to-suits) though broader construction delivery scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HEITMAN_Chicago
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Compliance1 record

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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