Renee Roux

Chicago-area tenants and owners benefit from the experiences of my 35-plus year career in commercial real estate. I have expertise in disciplines as varied as traditional brokerage, investment sales, land development, construction, and property management, which I bring to each assignment.

My unwavering commitment to my clients’ success has enabled organizations such as Willow Chicago, Kronos Foods, and SRAM to achieve their objectives no matter the challenge, and has allowed me to remain a market leader in the industry.

Since joining Colliers International in 1997, I have completed more than 1,000 transactions with a total value exceeding $2 billion.

Prior to joining Colliers, I worked with Grubb & Ellis where I was awarded the firm’s distinguished Senior Marketing Consultant designation within my first year and was a top 20 producer in my third year. Prior to Grubb & Ellis, I was senior vice president of Baird & Warner Company’s Corporate Group, forming the division in 1984. Additionally, I served as vice president and manager of the suburban office of Cushman and Wakefield of Illinois from 1980-1984 and was head of my own firm, Hartford Realty Group, for four years from 1977-1980.

Corporations, institutions and entrepreneurial clients around the world have benefited from my expertise in site selection, sale and lease negotiation for acquisitions and dispositions, financial modeling, cost reduction initiatives and strategic real estate portfolio planning. In addition, I offer my clients extensive experience with the “adaptive reuse” of structures and land sites. My vision for underutilized assets has enabled my clients to either maximize the value of obsolete holdings or secure some of the most unique settings in the Chicago metropolitan area.

My strategic real estate analysis and transaction management expertise helps corporations reduce real estate costs, grow, and become more efficient. I work to ensure my clients’ real estate remains an enabler, and not a constraint, to their success.

Before joining Colliers International, I worked for Grubb & Ellis, where I was named the 1995 Rookie of the Year. This award was in recognition of my commitment to clients and transaction volume during my first full year of employment.  

I have been involved in commercial real estate since 1994. In the last five years, I have completed transactions with a value exceeding $500 million.

As the director of the Chicago Land Advisory Group for Colliers International, formed in 2001, I manage a department that has had activity involving thousands of acres with a total value in excess of $500 million. Activity has involved residential, industrial, agricultural and commercial land. In recent years, I have been involved in some of the largest land sales in the Chicago market. These transactions include the sale of 850 acres to Kimball Hill Homes for a master-planned residential development in Sugar Grove, Illinois, and the sale of 258 acres to Duke Realty Corp. for a business park development in Aurora, Illinois. I also completed one of the largest land transactions in the Chicagoland market in 2014—600 acres in McHenry County, Barrington Hills, Illinois.

I have more than 38 years of experience in all aspects of vacant land sales and industrial real estate. I have served as the Colliers Manager for the Colliers Chicago office, am a past chairman of the Colliers USA Managers Steering Committee and past member of the Board of Directors of Colliers USA.

With a focus on the city of Chicago and north and south suburban markets, I represent corporations, institutions and entrepreneurial clients in the acquisition and disposition of office and industrial space.  With more than 10 years of experience in Colliers International’s Industrial Advisory Group, I have successfully completed more than 250 transactions. This vast experience offers my clients extensive market knowledge. Most recently, I helped Corrugated Supplies Corporation with the disposition of a 250,000-square-foot facility.

Prior to joining Colliers and the commercial real estate industry in 1999, I worked as a financial advisor with American Express. As a licensed broker, I assisted clients in managing their finances.

Since 2002 Chris has completed more than 500+ Retail Lease & Sale transactions throughout Chicago. 

Prior to joining Colliers, Chris served as an SVP with Jameson Commercial and Managing Director for SVN Chicago. Chris was instrumental in forming SVN Chicago with former Sussex & Reilly agents. 

I was most recently a Senior Vice President of Retail Sales & Leasing with Jameson Commercial Real Estate. In my nearly 10 years with the company, I was a consistent top producer and ranked number one in “Most Transactions” in 2014 and top five in “Total Volume” in 2015. In 2016, I was the firm’s top producer.  Voted Crain’s Most Influential Commercial Real Estate Brokers in Chicago in 2017.  Notable deals include the $10.1 million sale of 8-12 W. Division Street in Chicago. 

Chris is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Chicago Association of Realtors Commercial Forum Committee, Lakeview Chamber of Commerce Planning and Development Committee. 

Chris earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University. Chris resides in Glencoe with his wife and three children.
 

I partner with industry veterans Vern Schultz and Mike Senner at Colliers International in Chicago to provide strategic real estate advice to corporations, landlords, investors and entrepreneurs. I provide clients with skilled guidance on network optimization, portfolio and transaction management.

I began my career at CTK Chicago Partners in 2017. While there, I developed countless long-term relationships and learned how to provide best-in-class service to my clients. I was responsible for the entire process from beginning to end: from sourcing prospects, site selection, to negotiation, and ultimately, successful execution to complete the transaction. Additionally, I created the “Kinzie Report,” a market report that covered the Kinzie Industrial Corridor submarket and was distributed to over 500 businesses in the area.