Our Team

Jim Conrad is the Managing Broker of McLennan Commercial Properties, along with being a partner in the firm. Jim is extremely active in the Chicagoland brokerage industry: completing over $50,000,000 transaction volume since the beginning of 2015. Since joining McLennan as a Sales Associate in early 2008, Jim has been a consistent producer in all aspects of commercial real estate brokerage: providing tenant rep services, performing disposition analysis, and consulting on sales & purchases for a number of property owners (investors) and business owners (real estate users). Jim is currently active in multiple real estate investments of varying focuses, and is always interested in discussing the wealth building capability that real estate investment carries. .Jim holds the prestigious Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) Designation and is currently an active CCIM Designee: serving as a Director on the Illinois Chapter CCIM Board & on the 2018 NICAR Officer nominating committee.

Jim was featured on a national commercial real estate brokerage podcast published on iTunes and was featured on a Real Estate Journals interview in 2015.

For information on McLennan Commercial Properties or more specifically your individual property or business (or even simply to discuss the pros and cons of real estate investment) feel free to contact Jim anytime.

Notable recent transactions:

• 2023: $18+ Million Industrial Portfolio Sale: Buyer representation
• 2023: $10+ Million Industrial Portfolio Sale (properties sold individually): Seller representation
• 2022: 10-year lease 45,000+ Industrial Tenant: Tenant representation -- $2.7 Million + lease value

Peter joined McLennan Commercial Properties as a Commercial Broker in August 2014. His background in real estate and entrepreneurship gives him varied experience both as a business owner and finding properties for other business owners. Peter has a wealth of knowledge in the real estate industry. Peter has developed, bought and sold real estate personally for over 35 years. Additionally, Peter has owned and operated 3 different restaurants. Peter is fluent in both Italian and Spanish.

Originally from Oak Park, Illinois Doris Colson has lived in suburban Chicago all of her life. She comes from a background of Real Estate, new housing construction, managing a heating and air conditioning company and has been with McLennan Commercial Properties, Inc. since 2005. She is Administrative Assistant to the Brokers in the Commercial/Industrial part of McLennan Company. She also maintains a Managing Broker’s Real Estate license.Doris is mother to three adult children and grandmother to seven. Interests include reading, travel and philanthropic groups.

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Carol began her career with McLennan Companies in 2004. She is an administrative assistant who is responsible for tenant contact, accounting, appointments, vendor work orders and relations, and records. Prior to her work with McLennan Companies, she was with AON Corporation as Manager of Administrative Services. Carol was born and raised in Chicago. She is mother of Corinne and aunt to seven great nephews. Carol enjoys crochet and bocce ball.

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Rosemary Schu comes from a diversified background, starting her career in advertising for a still-leading national women’s magazine. She’s an entrepreneur who owned and operated a successful secretarial service specializing in insurance and workman’s compensation attorneys, as well as was a marketing and event planner for a large downtown bank. Rosemary currently supports several property managers in the day to day operations of the property management company and is the voice when you call McLennan Company. She is married with four children and three granddaughters.