Our Team
Makes It Happen
The Jonna Group is a dedicated Top Team supporting your real estate needs and endeavors. Our industry-best resources coupled with Colliers International provide exceptional service, support, and technology on a Global level to optimize investment objectives and holding/exit strategies. Our nimble team operates within a collaborative environment of information sharing to accelerate success at every step of the Investment Continuum.
Simon Jonna
Simon Jonna is Founder of Jonna Group based in downtown Birmingham, MI. Simon’s extensive experience entails successful strides in every aspect of commercial real estate to include acquisition/disposition, management, finance and development that sets him apart as a top investment-sales broker globally. His career is a proven track record that represents a multi-billion dollar showcase of premiere assets SOLD in nearly 50 states.
Simon is known for building and managing a top team with “Assembly-Line” efficiency that handles dispositions, sale-leasebacks, portfolio sales, and pre-sales under construction for net lease, shopping centers, multi-family and mixed-use. Jonna Group is a national resource for collaborative research,...modeling, leasing, finance, and management. Simon delivers added value by assembling joint ventures, public-private partnerships, and syndications for clients. Simon is a mentor within the industry and astute listener seeking to offer inclusion and gather best practices. Simon’s success is attributed to his intellect, creative thinking, thoughtfulness and Bullish approach to results.
Simon’s lineage started with a national development company in site selection, land assemblages, re-locations, backfills, special-use conversions, landlord and tenant representation. Simon held a stockbroker profession at UBS in addition to commodity brokering in the futures markets prior, with personal mentorship from industry moguls. Simon’s national closings have been showcased on ticker headlines as deals traded with record-setting CAP rates. Many deals are case studies due to unorthodox complexities with large net-leased portfolios or multifamily projects. Simon has dealings with high barriers of entry in the New York Boroughs, Cape Cod, Key West, Silicon Valley, Downtown Chicago, Long Island, and Miami Beach when dealing with a host of America’s upper echelon real estate personalities. Throughout his career, he is consistently top-ranked. Simon has received numerous National Accolades:
Top 30 Broker in The Wall Street Journal
DBusiness Commercial Broker of the Year
Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame
Dbusiness 30 in the Thirties
CoreNet Global Broker of the Year
Crexi #1 Sale-Listing Broker Nationwide
Globe St. 2023 Influencers in Real Estate
Colliers Exclusive Everest Club
Simon is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan with a major in Communications/Finance. Go Blue! Born and Raised in San Diego, Simon credits his father and mentor, Harry Jonna, for instilling how to foster credible relationships and build upon them. Simon is an avid reader/writer with paperbacks to include world leader memoirs, history, political science and business philosophy. When not working, Simon enjoys spending time with his wife and his 3 children. He also enjoys boating, boxing and basketball. He believes in giving back and supports several charitable community organizations. He is an active industry speaker at annual events. Simon is a published author with book entitled “Diary of a Dealmaker”.
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Raymond Jonna
Raymond started his career in 2008 after attaining his BA from the University of Michigan and later his MBA with specialty in real estate and finance, from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.As a member of the National Net Lease Group, Raymond earned distinguished National Pace Setting Awards in his first year as an investment sales agent.
Over a decade later, Raymond boasts an extensive track record managing large scale national credit tenant portfolio transactions, 1031 exchanges, and sale-leasebacks for preferred developers, private investors, and institutions in over... 40 states across the country. As a Senior Vice President and principal partner at the Jonna Group of Colliers, Raymond and his top ranked team of highly seasoned professionals have set themselves apart amongst the industry elite. Born and raised in San Diego, Raymond was a top ranked folk style and freestyle wrestler in the state of California. His hobbies include traveling, golf, boxing, basketball, and ping pong to name a few.
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(248) 226-1611
Meet Our Team
Layth Barash
Associate Vice President
Tony Fayne
Vice President
Byron Kalia
Senior Associate
Erik Sharkey
Investment Broker
Andrew Schmidt
Financial Analyst
Frank Lucido
Associate
Kimberly McMahon
Regional Operations Manager
Shoghere Ourlian
Marketing Coordinator
Amy Schiffman
Marketing Director