CHICAGO—Milton Podolsky, the founder of Podolsky|Circle CORFAC International, passed away peacefully last weekend at the age of 94. He is survived by his wife Lois, his brother Jerry, children Steven, Bonnie and Randy, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. His first wife, Phyllis predeceased him.
Podolsky was one of the most highly-recognized individuals in the Chicago business community, and even though he didn't begin his 50-plus year career in commercial real estate until the age of 36, he shaped a large portion of the O'Hare industrial market.
Born in 1921, Podolsky attended DePaul University and studied at John Marshall Law School before serving in the US Army from 1943 to 1946. But it wasn't until 1957, while working at his family's Chicago drugstore at the corner of State and Elm Sts., that a frequent customer impressed with Podolsky's salesmanship encouraged him to consider a real estate career.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
