History
Abbell Credit Corporation and its previous entities, began in Chicago in 1941. Currently managed by the 2nd and 3rd generation of Joseph Abbell’s family, Abbell Associates and Abbell Credit Corporation continue the strong family tradition of careful real estate ownership and management.
Opening Doors Since 1941
Abbell Credit Corporation and its previous entities, including most prominently Abbell Investments, began in Chicago in 1941. Maxwell Abbell & Co. began first as an accounting firm, and then expanded to include a law firm; both firms ultimately were combined into a single real estate investment management company.
The following list provides a history of the hotels, office buildings, shopping centers and bowling lanes that were purchased and syndicated to investors by Maxwell Abbell and Joseph J. Abbell.
Hotels
Alexandria
Los Angeles, California
Ambassador Hotel
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Arrowhead Springs Hotel
San Bernardino, California
Congress Hotel
Chicago, Illinois
Paramount Hotel
New York, New York
Stanley Hotel
Estes Park, Colorado
Summit Hotel
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Traymore Hotel
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Willard Hotel
Washington, D.C.
Joseph & Dora Abbell
Office Buildings
Carbide & Carbon Building
Chicago, Illinois
Garland Building
Chicago, Illinois
Russ Building
San Francisco, California
Socony-Mobil Building
Chicago, Illinois
Sutter Building
San Francisco, California
Shopping Centers
Town & Country,
Springfield, IL
Loves Park Shopping Center & Bowling,
Loves Park, IL
Hoffman Estates Shopping Center & Bowling,
Hoffman Estates, IL
Merle Hay Plaza,
Des Moines, IA
Westgate Village Shopping Center,
Toledo, OH
Joseph Abbell
Maxwell Abbell
Bowling Lanes
Hoffman Bowl
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Loves Park Lanes
Loves Park, Illinois
Meadowdale Lanes
Carpentersville, Illinois
Merle Hay Lanes
Des Moines, Iowa
