Jean Zoerner

Jean Zoerner is a Principal and client contact at Mid-America Asset Management, Inc. based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. With more than twenty-eight (28) years of real estate management and development experience, her last 25 years at Mid-America have been focused exclusively to retail management. Ms. Zoerner joined Mid-America in 1993 as an asset manager, and became a Principal in 2015.

As a Principal, Ms. Zoerner serves as a client contact and oversees client coordination for institutional and entrepreneurial clients in all areas of retail asset management, from strategic planning and leasing support to market analysis and capital repair supervision. She is also involved in new business development for the firm, and supervises a staff of asset managers, accountants and administrative assistants, while directing employee development and training.

Ms. Zoerner was also part of the team for various construction projects along with assisting in all areas of new construction and redevelopment opportunities and implemented the entitlement services for projects within the Mid-America portfolio. Projects included the renovation of Bannockburn Green Shopping Center in Bannockburn, Illinois, The Brickyard, Chicago, Illinois and the renovation of Plaza Del Prado in Glenview, Illinois.

Ms. Zoerner started Mid-America as a Senior Asset Manager for many years managing an institutional portfolio of retail centers and serving as a team leader to two (2) Assistant Asset Managers. She has been promoted through the years at Mid-America to Development Manager, Vice-President and became a Principal in 2015.

Jean holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Professional Studies with an emphasis in Management and Administration from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. She holds an Illinois Real Estate Broker’s License. She is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and serves as a Mentor in the Women of Chain Links.