Owners and Operators

William P. Vranas – A licensed Real Estate Broker. He is a Certified Commercial Investment Member of the Realtors National Marketing Institute, and serves on the Realtors Ethics and Arbitration Committee. His responsibilities in the firm included banking relationships, third party brokerage and syndication. He is a  director of the Edens Plaza Bank in Wilmette, Illinois, and the Plaza Bank in Norridge, Illinois. He is Past President on the Hellenic Foundation and has served as Council Member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Glenview. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1972. Since that time, he had been active full time in the real estate business and formed Vranas in 1976. WPV@vranas.com

Michael M. Chioros – A licensed Real Estate Broker and a Certified Commercial Investment Member of the Realtors National Marketing Institute. Responsibilities in the firm concentrated on acquisitions, dispositions, and development. He is a graduate from Elmhurst College. He is a Past President of the Board of Directors of The Union League Club, a past member of the Board of The City of Chicago Low Income Housing Trust Fund. He is also past President of the Boys & Girls Foundation of the Union League and a Life Trustee of the Union League’s Civic and Arts Foundation. He is Past President of the Edgewater Uptown Builders Association and of the Hellenic Foundation, also member and Impact Award Winner of the Lincoln Park Builders Club. Past member of the State’s Attorney’s Narcotic Nuisance Abatement Advisory Council He has been active in the real estate business since1971 and in 2003 was inducted into the Chicago area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame. Mike continues to be active in the investment and development areas of real estate with Chioros Properties located in Downtown Chicago in the historic Monadnock Building. 312-922-2000 mike@chioros.com

John P. Vranas – A licensed Real Estate Broker and a licensed Insurance Broker. He was responsible for the Property Management of the company. He graduated from Loyola University in 1975and is Past President of the Board of Education, Fairview District 72.
A Certified Property Manager and a member of the Institute of Real Estate Management, he is a Past President of the Chicago Association of Realtors, and has been an active member of the Government Affairs and Property Management Committees of the Association. He is the Chairman of the Public Policy Committee of the Illinois Association of Realtors and President of the Emergency Fund. He was active in the real estate activities of Vranas since 1978. john@vranas.com

Bill J. Vranas – An Accountant and a former licensed Real Estate Broker and was responsible for the accounting matters of the firm. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1969. He is past President of the Hellenic Foundation and past President of the Assumption Church of Chicago. He had been active in the real estate activities of Vranas since 1976and continues on as a principal in the accounting firm of Bill J. Vranas Accountants

Some Key Employees (1976-2008)

Cindy Peterson – Corporate and Commercial Administration

Kirk Hudson – Vice President Commercial Property Sales

Joanne O’Hara – Bookkeeping and Accounting

Patrick A. Schaffer – Commercial Property Management

Donna Avers – Chief Residential Property Administration

Erika Courier – Residential Property Administration

Veronica Bracho – Residential Leasing and Property Management

Elizabeth Calderon – Residential Property Administration

John Sullivan – Office Manager and Residential Property Management

Gus Lacon – Residential Property Management

Nick Vranas – Vice President, Appraisals, and Commercial Real Estate Sales

Peter Vranas – Residential and Commercial Property Management

James Marinos – Residential Property Management

Lyman Green – Residential Property Management

Salvatrore Magaraci – Condominium Sales

Paul Vranas – Condominium Buyers Agent

This by no means a complete list of the people that contributed to the success of Vranas and Chioros Realty Group. There are many engineers, maintenance people, contractors and vendors who are too numerous to list, but are all very much appreciated.

 

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