Lakewest, Inc.
Lynnette Bonness currently serves as an Executive Assistant at Lakewest, Inc. since September 2024. Prior to this role, Lynnette accumulated extensive experience in real estate, holding positions as a Real Estate Developer and Associate Developer at ZSD from June 2014 to March 2024. Earlier in Lynnette's career, experience as an Admin Assistant and Office Manager was gained in a private practice from August 2009 to October 2013, alongside another Admin Assistant role in real estate development from February 2013 to August 2013. Lynnette began a career in administrative support as an Office Assistant in the University of Chicago Athletics Department from June 2005 to June 2009. Lynnette's educational background includes a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Real Estate Finance from DePaul Driehaus College of Business, obtained between 2013 and 2015, and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Chicago, completed in 2009.
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Lakewest, Inc.
Lakewest, Inc. is a real estate, venture capital, and private equity investment company affiliated with Belgravia Group, Ltd., a leading Chicago residential developer. Lakewest has been a developer of retail shopping centers, a purchaser of prime infill real estate assets, and an investor in other opportunistic business ventures. Lakewest Venture Partners (LVP) is an affiliate of Lakewest, Inc. and is led by Buzz Ruttenberg, David Mann and Jonathan McCulloch. It was formed in 2013 to pursue seed and early-stage investment opportunities primarily in Chicago. In its first several years, LVP's investments and participation in companies ranged from passive interest at $50,000-$100,000 to lead seed stage investments in excess of $1,000,000 with board involvement. In 2015, LVP partnered with Dundee Venture Capital to make lead seed stage investments in high-growth, early-stage technology companies across the Midwest. Today, LVP continues to broadly invest in early-stage opportunities and in funds run by elite managers with diversified strategies.