Maxime Schmits

Director Business Development & Agency Offices at Colliers in The Netherlands. I identify business opportunities, build and maintain successful relationships with prospects and existing (inter-)national clients, collaborate with executives on business strategy to determine objectives, evaluate current business performance and maximize business reach and potential. I define new opportunities in commercial real estate for Agency, Asset Services and Capital Markets, with a preference for Offices. Special interest in data and business analytics to improve our services. Large and robust network, commercial driven, always searching for ways to add value. Member of the Colliers EMEA Offices Group, NVM Business (Dutch Association for Realtors)​, SIOR and RICS. 

Since 2018 I am part of the agency team in the greater Rotterdam real estate market, advising landlords and investors. My focus is on Offices. My daily  work consists of letting transactions and mid cap transactions. 

I started as Junior Asset Manager by Chalet Group. As Junior Asset Manager my (commercial) focus was on a real estate portfolio (+ 100 million) in the greater region of South-Holland.  My daily task was to add value to our assets in South-Holland. My main responsibilities  exsisted off  contracting new tenants, renegotiating excisting tenants, contact with property management (extern) and make plans to (re)develop our assets.

I wrote my thesis on the Rotterdam office investment market at Chalet Group during my Real Estate Management study.

In November 2020 I joined Colliers as Director Business Development. In this role I am responsible for the contacts and relationships with the investors of real estate in Rotterdam, The Hague and surroundings. My focus is on the Agency department including all  leasing, purchase and sale activities. However Asset Services,  Design and (re)Development  or any other business lines providing services or solutions for real estate issues will  have my full attention.

A two years period as Managing Director of Groot Handelsgebouw in Rotterdam,  the largest monumental building of  The Netherlands consisting of 120,000 s.qm LFA and housing over 450 companies,  brought many challenges during the period Sep 2018- Oct 2020. The daily management of the team (10 people) and being responsible for the asset as well as the property management  brought all my real estate experience together in one role. 

Prior to working on the investor side I worked as an advisor at JLL. After several years working as  property manager, I switched in 2006 to the Agency department of JLL in Rotterdam of which I became head of the Agency department in Rotterdam in 2015.  My main responsibilities exsisted of advising corporates, developers, occupiers and investors of real estate on diverse complex real estate issues in Rotterdam, The Hague and surroundings. Advise on leasing, disposal, buying or renegotiating of contracts were key drivers in my job. 

As a member of the Industrial & Logistics team for the Netherlands, i use my  local expertise, large international network, and industry knowledge to meet and exceed the needs of my clients both nationally & internationally. I am responsible for the region Great Rotterdam  and am involved in all aspects of the Industrial & Logistics field, ensuring that we are offering a complete solution that acknowledges the client's current and future needs.