Monica Perez Wonus, CCIM, is a recognized Industrial Real Estate Power Broker with over 19 years of finance and brokerage experience in Central Florida. In 2024, 2022, 2021 & 2020, Monica was named CBRE’s #1 Female Broker in the entire state of Florida over all asset classes! As a partner to David Murphy (“OBJ Dealmaker of the Year 2017”) Monica’s focus is on Landlord and Tenant Representation. In 2024, Murphy and Wonus helped manage over $450 million in transactions for Fortune 500 companies in Florida. They led their team to complete 90 deals, covering 9.6 million square feet, worth a total of $463.3 million. In addition to leasing, the duo handled over $150 million in industrial sales. In the last 3 years, Monica has completed 140 tenant representation transactions totaling 9,700,000 square feet of space, enough to fill 168 football fields!
Since joining CBRE in 2013, Monica has been a tremendous asset to the Industrial Specialty Group, primarily due to her background in financing commercial property nationwide. Having worked for institutions such as GE Capital & Wells Fargo, her knowledge of a company’s overall cash-flow cycle is top-of-mind when identifying all critical components to selecting the “best” industrial property and disposition strategy. Prior to joining CBRE, Monica served as a Vice President/ Relationship Manager within the Corporate & Institutional Group at PNC Bank. While at PNC, Monica was charged with developing and managing key commercial banking relationships in the Central Florida area with annual revenues of $10 to $50 Million. In this role, Monica had the opportunity to work on several “sexy” transactions, such as financing G-5 Jets for clients.
Personal
Recognized as a Top Hispanic Professional in the 2013 “El Sentinel” publication, Monica is a proud, first-generation Cuban American and is “Living the American Dream” one real estate transaction at a time!
Monica and her husband, Adam, a real estate developer in the community, have two little boys whom they are passionate in exposing early to real estate and keep them interested in their growing real estate portfolio.
Monica was introduced to the mentorship of young adults and children 15 years ago through the Junior League of Orlando. It was spending time at the Juvenile Detention Center and Women’s shelters where Monica saw the need for kids to have good role models. To this day, young adult mentorship is a passion that Monica and her husband continue to support each year.
Education
- Bachelor of Arts / Legal Studies, University of Central Florida
Professional Affiliations
- Licensed Florida Real Estate Sales Associate (2005)
- Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), 2010
Business Achievements
- 2024, 2022, 2021, & 2020 highest producing female broker in the state of Florida
- 2024 recognized as one of the top 250 brokers in the entire CBRE organization
- 2024 one of the top 20 brokers in the state of Florida across all asset classes
- 2019-2023 NAIOP Industrial Broker of the Year
- 2014 CBRE Most Promising Professional of the Year
- 2015 NAIOP Rookie of the Year
- 2016-2021 CoStar Power Broker of the Year
- 2017 Structure Award for the Largest Landlord Representation Transaction
Markets Served
- Orlando (Orange County)
- Lakeland (Polk County)
- Kissimmee (Osceola County)
- Daytona (Volusia County)
- Florida’s Space Coast (Brevard County)
- Lake County
- Marion County
Clients Represented
- Toyota
- Nissan
- Eastman Kodak
- Viacom
- Siemens
- Frito Lay
- Lockheed Martin
- Universal Studios
- RR Donnelley
- GLP
- Prologis
- CalEast
- First Industrial
- Progress Energy
- CBRE Investors
- Northwestern Mutual
- Gannet Publishing
- American General
- Consolidated Tomoka
- Clarion Partners
- Duke Realty
- RREEF
- Cardinal Health
