Project Management Veteran Perruna Named JLL SVP in New Jersey

Chris Perruna, senior vice president, Jones Lang LaSalle, New Jersey

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ—Jones Lang LaSalle named Christopher Perruna, formerly director of project management with Gardiner & Theobald, as a senior vice president to oversee JLL’s project and development services team in New Jersey. Perruna will take over supervision of the group from Jerry Sullivan , senior vice president, as Sullivan transitions to a new role that allows him to be more directly involved with clients by actively leading projects, teams and assignments. Sullivan will continue to lead JLL’s Workplace efforts across the region, developing client relationships and new business. Perruna has more than 16 years of experience in project and development services, primarily as an architect, owner’s representative and project manager. He has successfully managed a variety of interior commercial, and core and shell (build-to-suit) projects totaling approximately three million square feet, with a combined value of approximately $700 million. He has worked with clients in a wide range of industries including pharmaceutical, medical/health care, financial, law, private equity, insurance and media. “Chris Perruna has completed complex assignments throughout the New York metropolitan region for major corporate clients across a wide range of industries,” says George Ladyman , international director and Northeast regional manager for JLL’s project and development services group. “His extensive experience in project and cost management, along with his tremendous leadership qualities will be crucial to the continued expansion of JLL’s project and development services platform in New Jersey.” Before joining JLL , Perruna oversaw project and cost management services at Gardiner & Theobald. In that role, Perruna managed a major pharmaceutical corporation’s multi-year expansion, which involved the construction and renovation of more than 350,000 square feet of laboratory and office space. He also supervised the relocation of a global insurance company’s headquarters that included a 185,000-square-foot, built-to-suit office property. Previously, he was an associate architect with K. Hovnanian Homes , managing a team of associates producing construction documents, budgets and custom options. 
Before that, he was an architectural designer with Walter Sedovic Architects . Perruna holds a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from the University of Hartford . He is a licensed real estate agent in the state of New Jersey.