Christian Pera

Clients appreciate my consultative real estate approach and lean on my 30 years of industry experience. As an executive vice president, I lead Colliers International’s Chicago-based, five-member retail investment practice group. Our team, who has a combined 40+ years of industry experience, advises retail property investors in the acquisition and disposition of single tenant net lease investments and multi-tenant shopping centers.

I serve as the chairman of Colliers NNN investment practice and have transacted record-setting sales in Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.

Prior to joining Colliers, I spent nearly a decade at both Cushman & Wakefield and Insignia/CBRE. 

My hobby is cooking, and for three years I have created recipes on my food blog, Feed Your Soul Too.

I am an experienced real estate professional specializing in the nationwide sale, acquisition and advisory of single tenant net lease properties. 

I am a vice president with Colliers | Chicago's Net Lease Investments group, "The Restaurant Experts". I am based in Boise, Idaho  and our team is constantly developing new tools to support client needs and have aggregated an unbelievable amount of data that is proving to be very useful for investors, franchisees, developers and franchisors.

As a 15+ year industry veteran, I have both corporate and brokerage real estate experience that includes several hundred properties totaling over a billion dollars and transactions in over 30 states. I use my experience, attention to detail and knowledge of what drives value to help individuals, companies and organizations maximize the value of their real estate holdings.

I am a project coordinator with Colliers' Chicago-based Net Lease Investment team.

In addition to handling many aspects of client relations including transaction management, I am responsible for the coordination of marketing materials, sales proposals, PSA due diligence and various other deliverables to help the team gain new business. I also handle research, organize and manage the group’s various social media platforms including the team’s proprietary website, Facebook and Twitter accounts.

I am a recent graduate of the University of Alabama where she majored in Finance and specialized in Real Estate.

Prior to joining Colliers, I worked as a marketing coordinator for a real estate firm in Atlanta. Additionally, I have worked for a real estate law firm tracking documents and attending sales closings.

With more than 27 years of experience in the financial services industry, I add an additional layer of experience to the Colliers | Chicago Net Lease Investment team through my institutional client relationships. In my role as vice president, I serve as a bridge to institutional investor clients in both the triple-net (NNN) and quick serve restaurant (QSR) space.

In addition to my client relationships, I bring to the team an expert understanding of balance sheets, financial and operational metrics. I use this industry knowledge to help clients maximize the value of their real estate assets within their investment portfolio.

Previously, I spent 13 years as an equity sales trader at Citi, where I focused on REIT and infrastructure funds. During my time at Citigroup, I was fortunate to have gained a reputation as a trusted resource with my clients.