With roots dating back 100 years, FitzGerald maintains a portfolio full of master-planned communities, numerous new low-, mid-, and high-rise residential buildings, commercial and industrial facilities, banks, restaurants, retail spaces, transit-oriented developments and more than one hundred conversions and restorations of historic structures. The firm’s clientele ranges from national bank chains, global retailers and many for- and not-for-profit developers and investors to government agencies such as Metra and the Chicago Housing Authority. The firm provides full architectural services as well as consulting on site design and planning, sustainable design, building feasibility, accessibility, condition assessments, energy optimization, historic research, adaptive reuse, space planning, interior design, and tenant improvement services. FitzGerald is well known for a pragmatic and efficient approach to large scale development that draws upon its extensive experience with many building types and an in-depth understanding of building technologies. It has created a sophisticated design studio backed by the resources necessary to deliver complex projects on an expedited basis by utilizing the latest developments in 3D drafting and building information modeling to facilitate coordination and cost control.