Amanda has worked in many facets of commercial real estate throughout her career. Starting as a legal intern at the office of the Cook County Treasurer, she gained knowledge of the intricate nature of real estate taxes, tax sales, and tax scavenger sale processes. She also worked as a judicial extern for Justice Charles E. Freeman at the Illinois Supreme Court. 

After law school at Chicago-Kent College of Law, she managed a diverse real-estate portfolio as the chief legal counsel and preferred broker of Megara Properties.

Amanda is versed in lease drafting, negotiation, commercial and residential closings, title searches, property management, collections, and commercial evictions. Given her strong entrepreneurial upbringing, Amanda hopes to re-define Megara’s portfolio through development and to evolve with Chicago’s ever changing real-estate landscape.

Kris Roberts serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Coordinate Properties.  Kris currently focuses on deal sourcing, transaction financing, lease negotiations, and financial reporting.

Prior to joining Coordinate Properties, Kris served as Director of Finance at various start-ups throughout Chicago & New York, where he both created and designed finance and accounting departments from scratch.  For over the last 12 years, Kris has acquired an extensive skill-set of building out both finance and accounting functions within start-up firms in various industries, including: CPG,  Trading & Investing, Rolling Stock,  Commercial/Residential real-estate, Manufacturing, and Public Accounting firms.  It’s this skill-set that provides this firm with the unique ability to offer clients creative financial options.  During his time at Coordinate Properties, he has written the software running the accounting systems and rent rolls. 

Kris obtained his CPA license in the state of Illinois.  Additionally, he is a licensed broker in Illinois.