Alan R. Peterson, Co-Founder
Principal

Alan Peterson brings over twenty years of experience to Choyce Peterson. He currently serves as a U.S. Leasing and Acquisition Representative for Pepsi Beverages Company.

Prior to forming Choyce Peterson, Peterson held such roles as a principal of the former Rostenberg-Doern Company and the Director of Corporate Real Estate for Champion International. He has worked with major corporations including GTE, American Brands, Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation, James River Corporation and Cendant Corporation.

Peterson has resided in Fairfield, CT, with his wife and family for over twenty years. Peterson was proudly named Fairfield YMCA’s Volunteer of the Year, coached soccer and basketball for the Fairfield Recreation Dept. and served as Assistant Scoutmaster for BSA Troop #89. He and his wife, Susan, founded a girls backpacking club under the auspices of the Boy Scouts of America Explorer program.

Peterson holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from Trenton State College and an MBA from the University of Bridgeport.

John P. Hannigan, Co-founder
Principal

John P. Hannigan is one of the two co-founders of Choyce Peterson, Inc. a company which began in 1997. John started his commercial real estate brokerage career in 1988 with the former Rostenberg-Doern Co.

As a broker, John has extensive experience in both tenant and landlord representation. He has represented tenants such as Abbey National, Pentegra Retirement Services and Northwestern Mutual. He has represented, as exclusive agent, over 1,000,000 square feet of buildings including 10 Bank Street, White Plains, NY and The Centre at Purchase, Purchase, NY. Over the past twenty years, he has successfully completed more than 350 transactions in the region.

Mack-Cali Realty Corp (formerly the Robert Martin Co.) named John the 1997 Broker of the Year; in 1998 he received their Customer Acumen Award, given to the broker who best understands his clients’ needs, and in 1999 John received two awards; one for the most transactions by an individual broker and the other for the largest Build to Suit transaction in Fairfield County; and in 2005 he received an award for the largest flex transaction in the region. John is a former Board Member of Table to Table, a food recovery program. He was an active member of the Westchester County Chamber of Commerce for eight years, serving on its Economic Development Council. John was the past President of the Exchange Club of Downtown White Plains, and also served on the Board of Directors of BOMA Westchester (Building Owners and Managers Association). John now serves on the Stewardship Committee of St. Mary’s Parish and has chaired the parish’s Time and Talent Open House.

Hannigan is a graduate of Fairfield University with a B.S. degree in Marketing. John resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut with his wife, Joan, and their three boys. He coaches his son’s basketball, and Little League baseball teams.