About
Professional Summary
Edward Edson is an office leasing broker responsible for providing advisory and transaction services to emerging and mid-sized companies, as well as large corporate clients on a local, national and international level. Since joining Colliers 18 years ago, he has focused on consulting with office tenants and developing innovative strategies for his clients in investment sales. Edward’s diverse experience includes relocation, renewal, expansion, and disposition projects; most recently liquidating 12 properties in eight states and two countries for $96 million. He is a committed advisor helping clients make real estate decisions that are aligned with their strategic, financial, and operational objectives.
Edward joined Colliers after his career with Hines Interests. While with Hines, Edward represented the owners of Bank of America Center’s 1.3 million SF and assisted with the nearly 2 million SF within One and Two Shell Plaza. Prior to his leasing assignments, Edward was responsible for property management within Hines’ 1100 Louisiana building’s 1.3 million SF and BMC’s state-of-the-art 1.5 million SF campus located in Houston’s Westchase market.
Accomplishments
- Colliers' Titan Award (2011 - 2012, 2016, 2018, 2021 - 2022)
- Colliers’ Million Dollar Producer Award (2021)
- Closed four of the top largest transactions in the firm's 60 year history
Education
- MBA in Finance, University of Houston
- Masters in Corporate Real Estate
- Hines Property Management Training Program
- Real Estate Sales Agent's License, Texas
- BBA in Marketing, University of Oklahoma
- BBA in Management, University of Oklahoma
Memberships & Involvements
- Bauer Alumni Board (past president)
- Career Gear Houston
- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Calf Scramble
- Habitat for Humanity
- Houston Food Bank
- Building Owners and Managers Association
- Ducks Unlimited
- Coastal Conservation Association
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Nehemiah Center
- Beta Theta Pi fraternity
Clients
- Aaron Rents, Inc.
- AIC Ventures
- BJ Services, Inc
- Citizens for Animal Protection
- Cornerstone Home Lending
- CVR Energy, Inc.
- General Consulate of Qatar
- Gregg & Valby, LLP
- Gundle/SLT Environmental, Inc. (GSE)
- Honeywell
- Houston Symphony
- Insurance Alliance – Marsh
- Legacy Community Healthcare
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
- Lockheed Martin
- Lukoil
- ME Global
- Miller Brewing Company
- Olin Corporation
- Parsons Engineering
- Shawcor
- SNC Lavalin
- SolomonEdwards
- The Woodlands Chamber of Commerce
- Summit Midstream
- Talisman Energy - USA
- Texas Dow Employees Credit Union
- TRC Environmental, Inc.
- Vertex Energy
- Weaver
Services
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My Team
My Team
Mr. Cizik has been involved in the construction, development, financing and brokerage of real estate for over thirty years; specializing since 1997 in office tenant representation and income property sales. With Colliers for more than 22 years, Mr. Cizik is both a Principal and Director, and has served multiple terms on the firm’s Governance Committee.
Prior to Colliers, Mr. Cizik was Vice President of Development for The Koll Company located in Newport Beach, CA (now KBS Realty Advisors), where he was responsible for the development and management of major multi-use commercial, residential and golf course projects. During the 1980’s, Mr. Cizik served as Vice President of Commonwealth Mortgage and later became the owner of a residential and commercial construction company.
Kathy has more than 15 years commercial real estate business development experience. Kathy specializes in marketing, research and client services. Her area of expertise includes developing and maintaining a staged marketing program for listing assignments, listing pitches, proposals and agreements, tenant/buyer site tour coordination, market research, online database maintenance and tracking deals and client support. Kathy produces high quality property marketing materials, proposals, financial analysis for investment properties and provides contract/lease administration. She is knowledgeable in the use of real estate software programs and websites and is instrumental in the maintenance and advertising of property listings.
Prior to joining Colliers, Kathy had more than 18 years of professional administrative experience specializing in transactional real estate law and office management.
Bringing 32 years of experience in commercial real estate, Marilynne joined Colliers in 2018 to provide financial analysis to the company’s leasing and investment sales teams for all types of assets, including the following types of financial analysis:
- lease renewal and relocation comparisons
- mid-term lease renegotiations (“blend and extend”)
- lease buyouts
- sublease disposition/recovery
- build-to-suit vs. design-build
- lease vs. buy
- own vs. sale/leaseback
- landlord net effective rate
- discounted cash flows
Prior to joining Colliers, she specialized in advising companies regarding their financial analysis for commercial real estate requirements or investments for 17 years. Marilynne also has a background in commercial mortgage underwriting/loan originations and commercial real estate appraisal.