Daniel Arends

Local and national corporations rely on my expertise in tenant representation and strategic real estate advisory services. I am passionate about understanding my clients’ business and ensuring the real estate solution matches the business goals. Over the course of my 18-year career, I have gained experience working on both the tenant and landlord side of the business, giving me a unique perspective and invaluable understanding to commercial real estate.

I began my career at The Staubach Company representing tenants before joining Equity Office Properties where I leased 4 million square feet of the suburban and downtown portfolio. At the sale of Equity Office to Blackstone, I joined Cushman & Wakefield focusing exclusively on representing tenants. I rose to senior director before joining Colliers International in 2014, where I continue to specialize in strategic advisory sources for local and national companies.

I serve as an associate in the Chicago Office Advisory Group. In my role, I track and analyze data on micro and macro levels to ensure that clients receive up-to-date and accurate information necessary to make real estate decisions. I am an expert on Chicago’s metropolitan office market with a thorough understanding of local landlords, industry-specific occupier trends and market leasing economics. I use my extensive market knowledge to uncover hidden opportunities and maximize negotiating leverage for my clients.

Previously, I served as a Research Analyst for the downtown Chicago market. In this role, I coordinated with multiple teams and clients to develop extensive informational pieces on both local and national real estate markets to identify optimal opportunities for clients. I created various project-specific models and commentary, including local market reports, industry-specific space use reports, and data-driven market projections to advise tenants.

I am a senior client services coordinator with Colliers International's Downtown Chicago Office Advisory Group, supporting Daniel Arends, a principal and Dougal Jeppe, an executive vice president.  Having over 20 years' experience working in commercial real estate,  providing exceptional internal sales support to our broker team and our clients through efficient and high quality administrative and general support services. I assist on projects such as presentation support; listing preparation; transaction administration; gathering market knowledge through various internal and external resources and coordinating promotional and post-sales marketing materials.