COMPANY EXPERIENCEJeff Tolrud is a Managing Director with Colliers International - Tampa Bay providing investment, tenant, and building representation services to clients in the Tampa Bay area. He is unrivaled in his qualifications to provide strategic, turn-key expertise to his clients in the areas of Brokerage and Asset Services. Jeff’s experience has resulted in an extremely comprehensive grasp of the entire real estate development process, which translates into a direct benefit to his clients. During his more than 27+ year career in commercial real estate in the Tampa marketplace, he has completed over 8.2 million square feet in transactions with a value of over $366,000,000. He has held various positions in marketing and management capacities in real estate and developed a detailed understanding of real estate development including build-to-suits, along with securing fee income business for third party management contracts, sales and acquisitions of investment property and complete marketing plans for office, industrial and retail projects. Jeff’s owner representation experience has ranged from institutional pension fund and insurance company investments to private equity and joint venture relationships.Prior to joining Colliers International - Tampa Bay, Jeff was a Vice President at CB Richard Ellis specializing in office brokerage and was previously the Director of Leasing for Highwoods Properties in Tampa and consistently the top performer for five years in this Division as the largest office landlord in Tampa. He has been responsible for leasing three (3) of the largest thirteen office parks within the State of Florida
Brokerage: Office
Tenant/Buyer Representation
Landlord Representation
“Jeff provides professional, excellent client services…Colliers helped us find the “best deal” for our real estate requirement. I appreciate the help and assistance of Jeff Tolrud in the finalization of our lease. The final outcome was a real win for us.”Humana“Working with Jeff was a positive experience---his assistance and service helping us find the right space for our image was Professional in every way …our new environment has exceeded our expectations. I could not be happier with how things worked out. ”American City Business Journals / Tampa Bay Business Journal“When we again need the services of a real estate broker in the Tampa area, we will again hire Jeff.”Transaction Systems Architects, Inc./ACI Worldwide Inc. “Jeff was invaluable in helping us locate our new location, negotiating a fair lease, and assisting with the administrative details of our move. I was particularly impressed by his ability to analyze our needs, and keep those needs in mind throughout the process. He is a highly competent professional, who we would call on again without hesitation.”Eckerd College“Jeff and Colliers Arnold were very helpful in our search for office space. They helped us determine how much space we really needed, identified several good site options, and worked through the lease negotiations for us to ensure the deal was a good fit.”Classified Technologies Group“I feel that you and your firm were of great help to me concerning the sale of my property. I felt that your firm had the means and methods of marketing the property that other realtors did not. Additionally, you were able to obtain the asking price.”Jimmy Fischer Company"Jeff provided the most viable options available for our needs within a very narrow time frame. He very effectively assisted us throughout the entire process from initial site visits to ensuring that our space was constructed within budget and on time. His experience in the market proved to be invaluable"Bayshore Solutions
During his career in Tampa he has become a leading commercial real estate professional, working with a wide range of local and national tenant clients including New York Life Insurance Company; Hewlett-Packard; JC Penney; Apple Computer, Inc.; Safeway; Xerox; Price Waterhouse Coopers; IBM; Marsh/Mercer; AT&T; Dean Witter Reynolds; Mobil Oil; Mutual of Omaha; Warner Publishing Services; American Express; McGraw Hill; Anchor Glass Container Corp.; Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company; Scott Paper; Aerial Communications; and Fremont Investment & Loan. His asset clients include Metlife; Travelers, Inc.; CMD Realty Investors; Euro American; Chesterton International (Church of England); Miller Global; Aetna; Principal Mutual; Hartford; and Rouse Properties.