Supply Chain Real Estate Advisors

Tom is an executive vice president and active member of Colliers’ Logistics and Transportation Solutions Group and a member of the Supply Chain Real Estate Advisors Team with Chris Teesdale, SIOR and Brad Balke in the Dallas-Fort Worth office of Colliers International. His 40-year industrial real estate career spans every facet of industrial real estate. 

Tom played a key role in handling the national relocation of the distribution center for a Fortune 100 company in addition to selling and leasing significant properties in multiple markets for some of the largest corporations in the United States.

Prior to joining Colliers in 2006, Tom worked at Cushman & Wakefield as a senior director, member of the Capital Markets Group and the Industrial Group.

Chris G. Teesdale is an executive vice president and active member for Colliers Logistics and Transportation Solution Group.  He is a member of the Supply Chain Real Estate Advisors Team with Tom Pearson, SIOR and Brad Balke in the Dallas-Fort Worth office of Colliers International. He is one of North Texas’s most accomplished industrial real estate specialists with more than 40 years’ experience in every area of industrial real estate. 

Chris specializes in the representation of users for industrial properties, including lease and sale negotiations, strategic planning, finance, development, logistics and multi-modal services. His extensive experience enables him to forecast and anticipate industry trends for his clients.

Chris became a certified coach in 2014 and has coached young professionals in Colliers’ Acceleration Program for several years.

Chris moved his practice to Colliers in July 2005. 

Brad focuses on the Dallas-Fort Worth industrial market for Colliers International and works primarily with Tom Pearson, SIOR and Chris Teesdale, SIOR, representing tenants in lease negotiations, renewals or expansions.

He represents corporate logistics and transportation clients in their real estate decisions and specializes in the evaluation of the overall corporate business goals. Brad also assists in targeting specific prospects for team representation, showing buildings to clients, conducting property research, business development and assisting with transaction negotiations. Over the years, Brad has gathered expertise on numerous projects: portfolio analysis, national portfolio transaction management, incentive management, sale-leaseback, build-to-suits, site selection, employee studies, acquisition and dispositions, office and industrial.

Within Colliers, Brad serves on the national Industrial Next Gen Steering Committee where he was selected to be 1 of 7 brokers out of 100 plus. Within this group, Brad leads meetings nationally once a month to discuss trends in industry and business strategies.

Prior to joining Colliers, Brad served as Market Research Analyst for Swearingen Realty Group, LLC, where he developed market expertise in space availability reporting, market conditions research, and procurement of relevant lease comparable. He managed responsibility for 182,269 total square feet in 19 different states. Before entering real estate, he worked as an Account Executive for Moroch Partners.

Brad is a graduate of The University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.

Mary King is a Senior Client Services Specialist in the office and industrial divisions of Colliers Dallas-Fort Worth. Her teams consist of Senior Vice President Billy Vahrenkamp, Executive Vice President Tom Pearson, Executive Vice President Chris Teesdale, and Senior Associate Brad Balke. Her role consists of overall transaction coordination from initial market research to close out packages. Mary’s experience involves both commercial and residential real estate. She has worked on everything from processing residential mortgages to residential and commercial REO closings, and she has supported commercial brokerage teams specializing in office tenant representation and institutional investment sales.