The Gorman Group, Ltd Specializing In Appraising Unusual Properties — Since 1965

Commercial and Industrial Appraisers and Consultants

 

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Typical Assignments:

  Narrative Appraisals

  Condemnation Appraisals

  Mark to Market Appraisals

  Fast Food 

  IRS Valuations (MACRS, gifting, etc.)

  Litigation and Litigation Support

  Golf Course Appraiser

  Wetlands and Flood Plain Valuation

  Ad Valorem Appraisals (focusing on 
  PTAB intervention in Illinois)

  Marina Appraisals

  Network Location Studies

  Subdivision Analysis

  ESOP Valuations

  Feasibility Studies

  Valuations for Financial Reporting

  Purchase Price Allocation

  Highest and Best Use Studies

  Merger, Acquisition and Divesture
  Values

  Partial Interest Valuations

 

 

 

 

 

Associated Real Estate Experts
with Special Expertise:

   Mineral Appraisals

    Partial Interest Appraisals

    Hotel Appraisals

    Tax Appeal Appraisals

    We are often asked about capitalization 
     rates.  The best web source for these rates 
     is  Realty Rates

    

The Indiana office is located in the Main Street building in downtown Chesterton

 

Attention Indiana residents of Lake County and Porter County.  The Gorman Group provides tax assessment appraisals and consulting for your area.   

The Gorman Group’s Indiana office is located in the Town of Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana.   Chesterton is just south of Lake Michigan and is considered the gateway to the Indiana Dunes.  The Chesterton office performs appraisals of all types of properties including houses.  Appraisals completed in the area include properties unusual properties such as like Crescent Dune, salvage (or junk) yards, office buildings, lakefront properties (houses and vacant land), industrial buildings, wetlands, flood plain property and typical commercial properties.  The Northern Indiana office is the only office that performs house appraisals. 

The Chesterton office is staffed by two appraisers Kim Redelman, the office manager, and Chris Braveman.  Both Kim and Chris are intimately familiar with the areas living in Valparaiso and Chesterton, respectively.

The Chesterton Office serves the following counties:  Porter County, LaPorte (La Porte) County, Lake County, Jasper County, Starke County, Newton County, St Joseph County, Pulaski County,  and Marshall County. 

Communities we serve include:

Lake County

Gary, Indiana (Lake County),  Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)  ,  Schererville, Indiana (Lake County),  Hobart, Indiana (Lake County),  New Chicago, Indiana (Lake County),  Highland, Indiana (Lake County),  Merrillville, Indiana (Lake County),  Griffith, Indiana (Lake County),  St John Saint John St. John, Indiana (Lake County),  Crown Point, Indiana (Lake County),  Cedar Lake, Indiana (Lake County),  Lowell, Indiana (Lake County),  Miller, Indiana (Lake County)

Porter County

Ogden Dunes, Indiana (Porter County),  Dune Acres, Indiana (Porter County),  Porter, Indiana (Porter County),  Chesterton, Indiana (Porter County),  Portage, Indiana (Porter County),  Valparaiso, Indiana (Porter County),  Beverly Shores, Indiana (Porter County),  Town of Pines, Indiana (Porter County),  Hebron, Indiana (Porter County),  Kouts, Indiana (Porter County),  Wheeler, Indiana (Porter County),  Lakes of the Four Seasons, Indiana (Porter County),  Burns Harbor, Indiana (Porter County)

La Porte County (LaPorte County)

Michigan City, Indiana (La Porte County),  La Porte, Indiana (La Porte County),  Westville, Indiana (La Porte County),  Long Beach, Indiana (La Porte County),  Michiana Shores, Indiana (La Porte County),  Long Beach, Indiana (La Porte County),  Springville, Indiana (La Porte County),  Rolling Prairie, Indiana (La Porte County),  Mill Creek, Indiana (La Porte County),  Stillwell, Indiana (La Porte County),  Kingsbury, Indiana (La Porte County),  Kingsford Heights, Indiana (La Porte County),  Wellsboro, Indiana (La Porte County),  Union Mills, Indiana (La Porte County),  Hanna, Indiana (La Porte County),  Wanatah, Indiana (La Porte County)

St Joseph County Saint Joseph St. Joseph

South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County),  Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County),  Granger, Indiana (St Joseph County),  Westfield, Indiana (St Joseph County),  Plainfield, Indiana (St Joseph County),  Hamilton, Indiana (St Joseph County),  New Carlisle, Indiana (St Joseph County),  North Liberty, Indiana (St Joseph County),  Lakeview, Indiana (St Joseph County),  Wyatt, Indiana (St Joseph County)

Starke County

Knox, Indiana (Starke County),  Hamlet, Indiana (Starke County),  North Judson, Indiana (Starke County),  San Pierre, Indiana (Starke County),  Denham, Indiana (Starke County),  Bass Lake, Indiana (Starke County), Ora, Indiana (Starke County)

Pulaski County

Winamac, Indiana (Pulaski County),  Star City, Indiana (Pulaski County)

Jasper County

Rensselaer, Indiana (Jasper County),  Gifford, Indiana (Jasper County),  Fair Oaks, Indiana (Jasper County)

Newton County

Roselawn, Indiana (Newton County)  Roselawn is the home of world famous Ponderosa Sun Club which we have not appraised - but are hoping to , Lake Village, Indiana (Newton County),  Newton, Indiana (Newton County)

 

 

 

 

 
NOTE :If you are thinking of ordering an appraisal for financing purposes, please consult with your lender first.  Federal law dictates that banks must order the appraisal - not the borrower.
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All photographs herein are of properties that were appraised by members of The Gorman Group, Ltd.

There is no need to read beyond this point.  The following list of unusual properties has been placed at the bottom of this page to "assist" search engines in finding our web pages for you - basically, it is a list of keywords representing some of the various types of properties we have appraised (other key words are included): appraiser, appraise, appraisal, bowling alley, QSR, Quick Service Restaurant, shopping center, aircraft hanger, airport, exposition center, marina, marine slip, mobile home park, tennis club, banquet hall, junk yard, scrap yard, contaminated land, wetland, wetlands, swamp, floodplain, floodway, car wash, golf course, Internal Revenue Service, conservation, telephone exchange, racquetball court, composting facility, hospital, health care, clinic, medical, conversancy,  nursing home, congregate living facility, congregate care, ACLF, assisted living facility, automobile dealership, waste transfer station, convent, church, rectory, public storage, funeral parlor, Northwest Indiana, health club, garage, IRS, gift appraisal, gifting, quarry, quick lube, veterinary hospital, dental office, recycling center, newspaper plant, micro brewery, industrial condominium, office condominium, greenhouse, bar, tavern, lodge, hotel condominium, appraiser, food processing, sport facility, soccer facility, Burger King, Taco Bell, Arby's, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, Northern Illinois, Chicago, Chicagoland, KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken, high rise, highrise, waterfront, duck blind, hunting, unique, unusual, rare, special purpose, riverfront, lake front, lakefront, motel, hotel, senior citizen housing,  mark to market, partial interest, landfill, go cart track, amusement, arcade, gymnastics facility, chapel,  apartment building, apartment complex, multi-family, warehouse, distribution, manufacturing, factory, industrial, office research, vacant land, lots, subdivision, strip center, neighborhood shopping center, community shopping center, big box, retail, leasehold value, leased fee, lease analysis, partial interest  

 

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