About
Professional Summary
I am a principal at Colliers, chairman of our National Law Firm Services group, and chair of our National Tenant Advisory Council. I have exclusively specialized in tenant representation for my entire 30+ year career. My strengths are my deep relationships within Colliers and the Chicago market and my highly strategic approach and unrelenting negotiation style.
In my career, I have completed more than 1,500 assignments totaling more than 12 million square feet of office space for many of Chicago’s leading companies.
Accomplishments
- Colliers' Everest Club (Top 10% of producers) each of the last 20 years
- Most Prepared Broker, Prime Real Estate Investment Trust (2012)
- Finalist, Office Broker of the Year (13 of the last 15 years)
- Top Leasing Broker in the U.S., The Real Estate Forum
- Winner, Transaction of the Year (2005)
- Finalist, Transaction of the Year (1999)
Education
- JD, MBA, DePaul University
- BS, University of Wisconsin
- All Big Ten Tennis Player, 1983-1985
Memberships & Involvements
- Chairman, Colliers National Law Firm Practice
- Chairman, Colliers Tenant Advisory Council
- Past President and Steering Committee Member for over 10 years, COLBA
- Member, United States Professional Tennis Association
- Past President, River Forest Tennis Club
Clients
- Activ Financial
- Argo Group
- Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission
- Badger Sports
- Booz & Company
- CBIC
- Childrens Home & Aid
- Center for Companies That Care
- Centene Corporation
- DePaul University
- Elkay Manufacturing Company
- Fellowes
- Fort Dearborn Company
- Frontenac
- Humana
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Lockton
- Lohan Anderson
- OneSpan
- The Rockwood Group
- The Onion
- RSM
- Roosevelt University
- SAP Fieldglass
- Sara Lee
- Securitas
- ScotiaBank
- The Youth Campus
- TravelClick
- Tribeca Flashpoint
Services
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My Team
My Team
Local and national companies and organizations 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. I have 22 years of experience, 18 of which exclusively representing occupiers. The 3 years I spent with the largest office landlord in the country at the time, Equity Office Properties, has given me a unique perspective and invaluable understanding to commercial real estate.
Chicago is home base and where a majority of my practice is concentrated, but I have completed projects in most states and many countries. I understand the full scope of services that Colliers can provide and pride myself on ensuring my clients can get access to the appropriate resources. At the onset of Covid, I started the Office Space Podcast and have produced over 30 episodes with topics covering anything related to commericial office space. It's important to continue to grow and learn and this has provided me an outlet to do both.
I am a senior client services coordinator with Colliers 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.