Capital Markets

Silvio Sancilio heads the Capital Markets division for Colliers Italia and leads a team of professionals specialised in the Office, Living, Logistics, Hotel and Retail Asset Classes.

As a professional with over 15 years of experience in real estate, Silvio has consolidated experience in both the national and international real estate sector, having held important roles in Unicredit, where he managed a portfolio of over € 10 billion in 19 countries, and JLL Italia, where he headed the Office Capital Markets department. Over the years, he has worked on real estate transactions amounting to over € 8 billion, with particular mention going to the acquisition of Immobilien Holding in Austria and Monte Rosa 91, the sale of Melchiorre Gioia 22 and Torre Velasca in Milan and the “I Tolentini” complex in Rome.

Silvio Sancilio has a Degree in Architectural Engineering, followed by an MBA obtained in Italy and the United States.

Head of the team dedicated to Logistics, Last Mile & Data Centers at Colliers Italia, Faustino handles investment and leasing activities for key national and international players.

His previous experience in the sector includes 7 years as Head of the Logistics Agency Team at JLL Italy, focusing on letting, development and redevelopment from greenfield/brownfield, leases of existing properties and logistics hubs. He was a member of the JLL Italy Business Committee since 2018.

Following his Degree in Economics and Corporate Management, he earned a Master’s in Real Estate from the Milan Polytechnic and an MBA from the MIP Business School, with an Exchange Program at the School of Inspired Leadership in New Delhi.

In June 2020, he became Chairman of FLC Freight Leader Council Young, an association of young logistics experts that focuses on sustainability, innovation and digital trends.

Responsible for advisory and transactional services for the Hotels & Leisure department in Italy, he helps investors in improving the performance of their hotels portfolio and searching (and creating) new hospitality opportunities.

In his previous roles in Italy, he was the Country Director for Luxury Hotel Partners Ltd, a company specialised in luxury hotel consulting and earlier Senior Hospitality Consultant for Advisor Hotels & Tourism working with a number of high profile, international luxury hotel companies and independent properties. In Dubai, as Group Development Director for the hospitality division of Zabeel Investments, he was in charge of expanding the group’s portfolio.

A graduate of the Glion Hotel School in Switzerland, Marco has worked operationally at a number of international properties including the Boca Raton Resort and Club in the US and Hotel Saratz in Switzerland.

Professional with over 11 years-experience in the Real Estate Services, after having worked in various local companies, he joined World Capital Group in 2013 covering various roles including Head of Advisory, managing the Letting & Investment team. In 2016 He moved to the BNP Paribas Group, initially as a Senior consultant in the Office Department,  and then received a mandate for the launch of the local unit dedicated to Retail. He also contributes to the development of the Pan-European platform by creating a channel dedicated to the High Street segment and strong synergies with the major Italian brands. In recent years it has consolidated its position by focusing on the Luxury and Premium world, managing significant operations, including those of international importance. Today Niccolò is Head of High Street Retail in Colliers Italy and he handles the Leasing & Capital Market Team.

"Retail is a world totally driven by brands. Brands full of meaning, meaning full of passions, passions full of humans. "
Niccolò SUARDI

I started to work in the real estate retail development industry in 2007 , first for Lidl  Italia Real Estate Services and afterwards for AIG/Lincoln. From 2010 to 2015 i worked for Gabetti Property Solutions Group, a full service provider in real estate services,  as Portfolio & Transaction Manager.

Civil engineer, master in Management Control of Construction Companies, member MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors). He has extensive experience in the development and management of real estate portfolios with leading companies in the sector: Pirelli RE (now Prelios), Fimit SGR (now Dea Capital SGR), Tosinvest Real Estate S.p.a. and Fabrica Immobiliare SGR S.p.a. :

- market value of managed assets, also taking into account previous professional experience: around € 10 billion;

- management of contribution and acquisition projects, also taking into account previous experience: approximately € 4 billion;

- management of residential real estate development projects located in the municipality of Rome for a total volume of approximately 2,500,000 cubic meters and a value of approximately € 1.3 bil lion.

Since 2010 at Fabrica SGR S.p.a., he manages an asset management team composed of 24 resources.

Domenico Marino is part of the Logistics, Last Mile & Data Centers team and manages Investment and Leasing activities, dealing with key occupiers and national and international investors. Domenico has a degree in Law and is qualified to practice the profession. From 2017 to 2018, he worked at Amazon, where he headed a team of 20 individuals, handling commercial relationships with all suppliers active on the IT marketplace. He later joined JLL in 2018 as Logistics Agent, with the task of identifying strategic assets for the key Italian logistics operators, with specific focus on Last Mile assets. He also managed exclusive sales instructions for a total of 500,000 sqm and, in 2020, was appointed head of the search for the new Last Mile hubs of Amazon throughout the country.

Sara Bindo joined Colliers Italia in 2017, initially as Research Analyst in the Research Department, participating in numerous projects on the Rome office market and the hotel asset class.

From 2018 onwards, she joined the Hotels & Leisure team at Colliers Rome office. Her expertise predominantly focuses on the Hospitality sector, and in the area of Advisory in particular.

Before embarking on her professional career in real estate, she obtained a PhD in Planning at Rome’s Sapienza University and subsequently specialised further with a Master’s Degree in Real Estate Management from the Milan Polytechnic.

Professional with over 10 years of experience, graduated in Economics and Management of Tourism Businesses at the University of Catania, Roberta Maiolino has worked for various international real estate companies. She started in 2009 as part of the Retail asset management team at CBRE Global Investors, and then joined the Savills Italy Valuation & Advisory team in 2014. Her passion and deep knowledge in the Retail sector is consolidated during her experience in Italy Fudosan Real Estate where she holds the role of High Street Senior Consultant. She contribute to creating synergies with international investors and brands operating in the Luxury and premium segments, managing significant leasing transactions on the Italian market. Roberta joined Colliers in July 2021, as part of the High Street Retail team, working on Leasing & Capital Market activities.

Experienced professional in consulting for Italian Real Estate Market. Marco joined the Investment Services Team of Colliers International Italia in the beginning of 2017, dealing with advisory for investments opportunities and capital market. Skilled in Investment Analysis, Business Planning, Feasibility Studies and Valuation. In-depth knowledge of Milan market opportunities, mainly focused on Office, Retail, Residential and Hotel Sector.

I have been working in real estate for about 4 years. I started my experience in a real estate agency as a consultant for the activities of buying and selling real estate exclusively in residential orbit. In 2019 I joined the logistics team of World Capital, where my focus was for leasing activities of logistics or industrial assets.

My entry into Colliers took place in July 2021, following the proposal to become part of a very interesting, young, long-term project, with very solid foundations. I accepted without hesitation, aware of how colliers is an international brand recognized all over the world. Today my focus is for letting and investment activities on behalf of the main investors on the market in three different asset classes: logistics, understood as a classic distribution of goods, therefore distribution centers; last mile and data center world, where we expect the highest growth rate between now and the next few years.

My role at Colliers is to be involved within a single team where I deal with both letting and investment activities. This means knowing how to cross and match the demands of the world of capital with those of users.

Alessandro joined the Capital Markets team at Colliers Italia at the beginning of 2021 to support activities for the analysis of market opportunities to present to Italian and international investors and clients.   Alessandro has strong analytical skills implemented during his international studies, earning a degree with honour in Economics at Milan’s Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC), followed by the successful completion of an MSc in Finance at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS), achieving excellent results. His international studies also provided him with exceptional educational opportunities in London (LSE) and New York (CUNY).

Alessandro has gained experience in the world of real estate (Italy) and in the investment sector (in Copenhagen and New York), where he mainly carried out corporate finance business analysis activities to support investment decisions and the M&A team.

From 2000 I gained experience as team assistant and as executive assistant. I always worked with tenders participation and administrative assistance for the companies I worked with before