James Persino
President, First Development Corporation
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Phone (773) 775-5005
Property Types
Land, Retail
Markets
Chicago
Bio
James V. Persino is President of FDC and an Illinois licensed real estate broker who owns and is President of Jasper Realty Corporation. Since 1971, he has been actively involved in property management, lease negotiations, brokerage and development. He has completed millions of dollars in transactions with such clients as Payless ShoeSource, Radio Shack Corporation, Bedding Experts, New York Life Insurance Company, Moore Business Forms, General American Life Insurance Company, White Hen Pantry, Baskin-Robbins, Caribou Coffee, FlatTop Grill, Ultimate Exposure, H&R Block, Great Clips and Einstein’s Noah Bagels. He is also past president and founding member of the Chicagoland Association of Shopping Center Owners (CASCO), which represents many Chicago area strip shopping center owners. He is twice past president of the Building Owners and Manager’s Association (BOMA) of Suburban Chicago. Mr. Persino is also a member of (ICSC) which now stands for Invoking Commerce Serving Communities (formally International Council of Shopping Centers). He’s a former member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and Northern Illinois Commercial Association of Realtors (NICAR) and was, for 23 years, chairman of the Economic Development Commission of the Village of Lincolnwood, a suburb north of Chicago.
