Daniel E. McLean

Daniel E. McLean is the President and Chief Executive Officer of MCL Companies. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, MCL Companies specialize in development, construction and marketing of urban properties nationally, including residences and retail centers.

Mr. McLean created MCL in 1976. According to Professional Builder magazine's 1996 ranking, MCL is one of the nation's 150 largest development companies. Current MCL retail development activity includes projects in Chicago's River East and Old Town neighborhoods. MCL residential developments include RiverView, River East, Park View, The Embassy Club, Dearborn Park II, The Residences at Central Station, MetroPlace, The Pointe at Lincoln Park, The Oak Club, Cornell Square, Old Town Square, The Homes of Mohawk North, and Altgeld Club. Outside of Chicago, MCL developed The Manor Homes at Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado, and is also developing luxury residential housing on Fisher Island, off the Miami Coast, as well as at 455 Central Park West, on Manhattan's Upper West Side, where renovation of the former New York Cancer Hospital will be matched to a newly-constructed residential tower.

MCL's biggest project to date continues to be the creation of Chicago's newest and most spectacular neighborhood, River East. When completed near 2010, the 13-acre, $1 billion development, located along the north bank of the Chicago River between Lake Michigan and Michigan Avenue, and adjacent to Navy Pier, will have added a population of 3,000 residents, parking for 4,000 cars, a hotel, restaurants, and a 21-screen cinema complex.

In addition, MCL applied its urban planning expertise in the redevelopment of public housing at Henry Horner Replacement Homes, Near West Side, Cabrini-Green, Near North Side, and the lakefront high rises in Kenwood-Oakland. These community efforts integrate new public housing, indistinguishable from market-rate housing, to create thriving mixed-income communities.

Mr. McLean is a director-trustee of the Steppenwolf Theater Company and trustee of Cinema Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology. He also serves as trustee to the Adler Planetarium, board member of the Chicago Central Area Committee, member of Lincoln Park Builders' Club of Chicago and fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House. In 1992, as chairman of the Chicago Division of the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago, Mr. McLean launched the first inner-city Parade of Homes, located in the Gap neighborhood.