Colliers taps CBRE’s Jim Carris to lead Chicago office

Carris will start at Colliers later this month

Jim Carris (Credit: PxHere)
Jim Carris (Credit: PxHere)

Colliers International’s Chicago office will soon have a new leader, the company announced today.

Jim Carris, formerly with CBRE, will take over leadership duties later this month as head of the firm’s Chicago office, according to a representative of Colliers.

Among Carris’ responsibilities at CBRE was overseeing the firm’s agency leasing operation for the downtown Chicago market.

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Colliers’ Chicago operation has about 300 total employees, including 80 brokers between its downtown Chicago and Rosemont offices, the company said.

According to Colliers, the firm’s Chicago office did 891 transactions last year for a total of about 51 million square feet and $2.5 billion in total deal volume, including both leasing and sales.

Carris was with JLL before joining CBRE in 2011. There, according to a CBRE bio, he helped manage over 400 transactions totaling 13 million square feet of space and $250 million of invested capital.

A representative of CBRE declined to comment on the move.