John Coletta directs planning, design and construction for The Alter Group's speculative office and industrial buildings as well as build-to-suits on behalf of corporate clients throughout the nation. His scope of work includes due diligence, entitlements, landscape and building architecture, permitting and construction. John, who rejoined The Alter Group in 2005, originally began working for the firm in 1981, orchestrating a 350,000 SF four-story research-and-development building for Lucent Technologies, Inc. During his 25 years with the company, John completed the design and construction of numerous office, flex/industrial buildings in the Chicago area, as well as speculative and build-to-suit facilities throughout the United States. Most recently, he was Vice President -- Construction Services, with Northern Builders, Inc., where he completed 350,000 SF of office space and 5,000,000 SF of industrial space. John is a registered professional engineer with more than 45 years of experience in the development and construction industry. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois.