Myra Nimchaiyong

Myra Nimchaiyong is a commercial real estate advisor with more than two decades of experience representing owners, investors, developers, businesses, and institutions across Chicago and the surrounding markets.

Her career spans investment sales, leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, adaptive reuse, residential rehabs, residential and commercial development representation, site selection, and portfolio strategy across retail, office, mixed-use, multifamily, restaurant, automotive, spa and redevelopment assets.

Myra’s experience extends beyond traditional real estate transactions. She is frequently engaged in complex assignments where the real estate is only one component of a larger business, financial, or ownership decision. Her work has involved business expansion and contraction, partnership and business dissolution, inherited real estate, estate-related transactions, distressed assets, short sales, and pre-foreclosure situations. These assignments require an understanding of property value and market conditions, as well as operational, financial, ownership, and timing considerations surrounding the transaction.

That broader perspective allows Myra to work through complicated situations with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and circumstances that may require a strategy beyond simply bringing a property to market. She works alongside owners, investors, attorneys, lenders, accountants, business operators, and other advisors to understand the complete picture, identify available options, and develop a real estate strategy that supports the client’s larger objective.

Myra advises clients throughout the real estate lifecycle, from strategy and market evaluation through underwriting, negotiations, due diligence, zoning meetings, leasing, repositioning, and disposition. Her approach combines market intelligence, financial analysis, negotiation, and an understanding of how real estate functions as both an operating asset and an investment.

Her experience in residential and commercial development gives her a broader perspective on how real estate can help transform communities. Through the rehabilitation of existing properties, repositioning of underutilized buildings, adaptive reuse, and new development, Myra understands how thoughtful investment can create housing, attract businesses, activate properties, and contribute to long-term neighborhood vitality.

Myra also leads myra., a residential real estate team serving buyers, sellers, investors, and homeowners throughout the Chicago market. Built around a collaborative, high-touch approach, the team combines local market expertise, strategic positioning, negotiation, and a strong understanding of renovation and development potential. Myra’s background in residential rehabs and development allows the team to help clients evaluate not only what a property is today, but what it can become, with attention to improvement opportunities, resale positioning, and long-term value.

Together, Compass Commercial and myra. reflect the full scope of Myra’s real estate practice, connecting residential, commercial, investment, and development expertise through a consistent focus on strategy, value, and long-term relationships. Myra returns to Compass Commercial with a broader advisory platform, deeper market experience, and a career built around solving complex real estate challenges. Her transactional expertise, financial perspective, market intelligence, and negotiation experience allow her to approach real estate decisions in the context of the client’s larger investment, business, or ownership strategy.

As a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), Myra brings a sophisticated investment perspective to every real estate decision. She looks beyond the transaction itself to understand how an asset performs, where value can be created, what risks need to be addressed, and how each decision supports a client’s broader investment or business strategy. That analytical discipline, combined with more than two decades of market experience, allows her to approach opportunities with the perspective of both an advisor and an investor.

She holds the Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) designation, further expanding her perspective on international real estate and cross-border investment. Her professional accomplishments have earned recognition at the local, state, and national levels.

Her industry leadership compliments her real estate practice. In 2027, she serves on the Chicago REALTORS® Board of Directors and as Chair of CommercialForum. She also serves as Chair of the Illinois REALTORS® Commercial & Property Management Committee and as Secretary of the CCIM Illinois Chapter. Myra is also a Past President of the Northern Illinois Commercial Association of REALTORS® (NICAR), where her leadership focused on regional collaboration, professional education, industry partnerships, advocacy, and long-term organizational strategy.

In 2026, Myra was named a National Association of REALTORS® National Commercial Award recipient, recognizing her contributions and leadership within commercial real estate. Her additional honors include NICAR REALTOR® of the Year, the Chicago REALTORS® CommercialForum Achievement Award, and recognition by Bisnow among Chicago’s Women Leading Real Estate.

Myra is also a frequent moderator, panelist, and speaker on commercial real estate, development, adaptive reuse, transaction strategy, technology, leadership, advocacy, and the evolving role of women in the industry.