bio:
Chris Saunders is the Owner and Founder of Sub 4 Development Company. Chris is involved in all aspects of Sub 4’s strategic growth plan, helping to guide the company’s vision and overall direction. Sub 4 has completed over $500 million of new developments. Sub 4 has offices in Champaign, Illinois, Scottsdale, Arizona and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
With 21 years of experience in the real estate industry, Saunders has acquired and developed more than $1.1 Billion of real estate, including Student Housing, Multifamily, Affordable, Retail, Single Family Industrial and Office. He is the President and Owner of Green Street Realty, a Champaign, Illinois based real estate company that manages over 5,500 student housing beds, 1,500 multifamily units and 350,000 square feet of office, industrial and retail. In addition, Saunders owns CRS Hospitality, a hospitality and restaurant group with 14 locatoins in the Champaign, IL market and Culvers restaurants in Omaha and Grand Island, Nebraska.. He is also the Co-owner of Insurance Providers Group, an independent insurance agency with six offices throughout Central Illinois.
Chris has his undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Saunders competed in Track and Field and Cross Country for the Fighting Illini, earning All-American honors in Track and Field during his career. Chris currently resides in Urbana, Illinois.