WHEREAS, Michael "Mickey" Supera, distinguished multi-family residential housing developer, president of Supera Asset Management, civic entrepreneur and devoted husband, father, and grandfather has gone to his eternal reward; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of his passing by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, Michael "Mickey" Supera was the loving husband of Roslynne "Roz" Supera, father of John and Jill, and the grandfather of Oliver, Isabel and Benjamin; and
WHEREAS, Michael "Mickey" Supera grew up in Chicago, attended the Daniel Boone Elementary School, Senn High School and earned a degree from DePaul University; and
WHEREAS, Michael "Mickey" Supera earned his real estate license at age twenty-one and began his career in real estate in the 1960s by joining the family real estate development business founded by his father, Louis H. Supera, in 1941; and
WHEREAS, Michael "Mickey" Supera and his father expanded the company's holdings in the 1960s by transitioning from North Side and Lincoln Park apartment building renovation to multi-family rental, condominium and townhome development; and
WHEREAS, Michael "Mickey" Supera built a large North Side real estate portfolio by venturing west and north of Lincoln Park to improve and gentrify existing housing stock; and
WHEREAS, In the early 1970s Michael "Mickey" Supera and home developer Richard Zisook formed Sandz Development and developed a number of notable properties, including Eugenie Terrace Townhomes and The Whitney; and
WHEREAS, The Supera Asset Management rental portfolio peaked at 3,000 units during the 1970s; and
WHEREAS, In the 1980s, Michael "Mickey" Supera expanded the family business to include residential development in partnership with Richard Zisook and the Belgravia Group; and
WHEREAS, The partnership built hundreds of townhomes in Lincoln Park, transforming the community into one of the most desirable residential locations in the City of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Michael "Mickey"...
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