Jonathon Connor

Steve represents numerous leading office building owners and developers in Suburban Chicago. His current marque projects include Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates (1.6 million SF), Schaumburg Towers (900,000 SF) and Parkway North in Deerfield (800,000 SF). Along with Francis Prock, who he has partnered with since 1993, Steve oversees Colliers International, Chicago’s Suburban Office Advisory Group. This team has completed approximately 3,500 real estate transactions, valued over $8 billion.

Colliers Chicago’s Suburban Office Advisory Group offers total market coverage. The team is a powerhouse in the suburban office market and leads the field in square feet leased, total transactions, and has completed more than 50% of transactions over 50,000 square feet in the past five years.

Clients rely on Steve’s 35 years of experience in the industry, which gives his clients unsurpassed market knowledge and experience. Steve works closely with his clients to establish strategic plans consistent and complimentary with their goals, objectives and strategies, and prides himself on open and frequent communication.

Steve joined Colliers Chicago in 2003 after spending 15 years with Grubb & Ellis Company and is a member of the firm’s Executive Board.

Francis Prock, Principal of the Colliers | Chicago Suburban Office Advisory Group, works with numerous leading office building owners and developers in Suburban Chicago. He helps his clients by developing and executing strategic marketing and leasing plans. Francis has in-depth knowledge of market conditions, debt markets and trends in corporate Real Estate which enables him to provide strategic guidance to his clients. Francis has completed approximately 4,000 real estate transactions totaling over $8 billion.
 
Since 1998, Francis has specialized in office leasing. His experience includes the representation of entrepreneurial owners and developers such as Franklin Partners, CBRE Global Investors, Equus Partners and Hines to the publicly traded Equity Commonwealth REIT and the institutional ownership of FCA Partners, AEW, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Principal Financial, Prudential, RREEF, GE Capital and Allstate. His ultimate goal is to maximize the value for assets and to provide excellent service to his clients.

Prior to joining Colliers in 2003, Francis spent 10 years at Grubb & Ellis Company and six years working with owner-developer William A. Rogers, Inc., gaining experience and market knowledge representing both landlords and tenants.

Since 1999, David’s primary focus has been advising clients ranging from small entrepreneurial owners to the largest institutional investors of Corporate Real Estate on the marketing and leasing of their assets throughout the Chicago suburbs. His experience and proven track record of achieving the goals of his clients has enabled him to complete several complex transactions providing value-added results. David is a savvy negotiator who delivers solutions to his clients while positioning them to be successful with their real estate objectives.  His candid advice allows the client and leasing team to implement the best possible plan leading to a successful outcome for their investment.

In the past 20 years David has been involved in over 1,000 transactions.  These including corporate headquarters transactions ranging between 20,000-300,000 SF. 

With an unparalleled depth of knowledge and expertise in suburban Chicagoland markets, I advise clients on recent office leasing and sale trends and market dynamics. Since 2004, I have focused on suburban office agency and tenant representation.  I’ve completed more than 500 transactions for a total value exceeding $1.5 billion. On behalf of institutional and private investors, I lease approximately 3.0 million square feet of space in the Chicago suburbs. 

Recent projects include the repositioning of Bell Works Chicagoland, a 1.6 million SF office and lifestyle redevelopment, 3100 Sanders a 371,000 SF office HQ redevelopment and Parkway North, a Class A trophy complex in Deerfield.

I am one of four principals on the market leading suburban office team, and I joined Colliers in 2008.

Prior to joining Colliers, I spent four years at Grubb & Ellis Company, where I was awarded the Chicago region’s “Rookie of the Year” award. 

Brent Jacob, a senior vice president in Colliers International’s Suburban Office Advisory group, brings to the firm more than fourteen years of brokerage experience. With a geographic focus on the east-west and northwest suburbs of Chicago, Brent continues to grow the suburban office leasing and tenant representation platform.

Prior to joining Colliers, Brent was a portfolio leasing manager for John Hancock Real Estate, a subsidiary of Manulife Financial. He was responsible for the leasing and asset management of the Midwest Region portfolio, which included 24 properties totaling more than 7.2 million square feet of Class A industrial, office, and multi-family/retail.  During his career, Brent has successfully negotiated, and secured leases totaling more than 4 million square feet and valued at more than $500 million.

Brent previously worked with Colliers Chicago’s Office Advisory Group from 2011-2015. He also gained experience in the tenant representation services group at Grubb & Ellis and Investment Services Group at NAI Hiffman. 

Brent earned a master’s degree in real estate from Georgetown University and holds a bachelor of science in real estate from DePaul University. He is a licensed real estate broker in Illinois, CCIM Institute candidate member, and a member of both COLBA and NAIOP