As a Principal at Sterling Bay, Jess is responsible for overseeing all leasing efforts across its growing national portfolio in Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, Durham, and Washington D.C. In Chicago, Jess leads the leasing strategy of Fulton Market and Lincoln Yards, a 53-acre mixed-use development coming soon the Chicago’s North Branch Corridor. Since 2015, Jessica has been an integral leader of Sterling Bay’s leasing team, specializing in overall asset strategy, lease negation, and placemaking. In recent years, Jessica has expanded her leasing expertise beyond office and retail, taking on leasing management for the firm’s new life sciences projects, including 1229 W Concord Place at Lincoln Yards, 2430 N Halsted in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood and Heritage Square in Durham, NC.
Jessica is an active member of the University of Wisconsin James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate Board of Advisors and the Women’s Board of Lincoln Park Zoo.