Christopher A. Wilson

Christopher A. Wilson is the Southwest Region Retail Lead for JLL with over 23 years of commercial, retail real estate experience in the Southern California market. His expertise is focused on leasing and disposition of institutional quality shopping centers and retail properties. He has leased more than five million square feet of retail space and sold 50 shopping centers with a total value exceeding $1 billion during his real estate career.

Prior to joining JLL, he formed in 1990 the Wilson Retail Group (WRG), a full-service brokerage team specializing in retail. Before that he was Vice President of Champion Development and was responsible for the acquisition, development and leasing of over $25 million of retail projects in Northern Los Angeles County. He began his real estate career in 1985 as a retail specialist with Grubb & Ellis working on properties and assets in the San Gabriel Valley. Preceding his commercial real estate career, Chris held a position as a manufacturer’s representative selling seasonal and sporting goods product lines to major chain retailers across the 11 western states.

Chris graduated from the University of Southern California in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration. He received his Masters in Business Administration from Pepperdine University. A Past ICSC State Director in Southern California, he received the the ICSC Trustees’ Distinguished Service Award, and is presently an ICSC Ambassador.  

Mr. Wilson will be participating in the “Speed Networking Event,” at the Talent Development Pavilion, Tuesday May 23, 8:00-9:00 am.