About
Professional Summary
As Executive Vice President of Capital Markets, Retail for Colliers International, El specializes in the disposition of large institutional assets across the country. Successfully closing more than $2 billion in transactions, he utilizes his background as a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser and deep-seated knowledge of the industry to maximize value for his clients. He believes brokers must truly understand an asset and be passionate about creating the best marketing plan to create value and separate his team from others.
Accomplishments
Prior to rejoining Colliers in May 2019, El served as National Director, Shopping Centers at Matthews REIS. From 2016 to 2018, he tripled the firms Shopping Center business revenue closing 70 transactions for over $1B in revenue. Prior, El spent 5 years truly learning the fundamentals of real estate and appraised over $10B worth of institutional quality assets at CB Richard Ellis in downtown Los Angeles. His team was the No. 1 appraisal group in the country for all the years he was with the firm. By leveraging his strong financial and communication skills he was able to offer his clients a higher level of investment sales services than his competitors.
My Team
My Team
As a Senior Vice President of Capital Markets at Colliers International, Mr. Simpson has advised clients in the disposition or acquisition of over 150 shopping centers across the Country totaling over $2.7 billion in consideration. Mr. Simpson specializes in the sale of multi-tenant shopping centers with over 40% of his transactions having been grocery anchored shopping centers. Over his 20-year career with CBRE, Grubb & Ellis, Cushman & Wakefield and Colliers International, Charley has finished in the Top 20 for Orange County in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015 and 2017. Charley has worked with a broad range of clients, from local private investors to national real estate companies, all with the same client focus of providing exceptional service and results.
Caitlin Zirpolo
Broker
Los Angeles - Orange County
As an Associate Vice President and co-partner of the institutional property group, I specialize in the disposition of quality retail assets nation-wide. I have broken several national cap rate records in 2017 & 2018 including the record for lowest cap rate of a non-grocery anchored shopping center in San Diego county. Prior to joining the Colliers team I quickly moved through the ranks in my three years at Matthews Real Estate to Senior Associate by utilizing my comprehensive knowledge, my ability to fully understand real estate and my true passion for helping people. I have a unique ability to bring together a buyer and seller in difficult transaction situations with sophisticated buyers and sellers. This ability helps me deliver strong results and record-breaking pricing, despite a softening market, to both regional and institutional sellers.
Jordan Gomez
Associate Vice President
Los Angeles - Orange County
As an Associate Vice President and Team Leader of the Private Capital Group at Colliers International, I specialize in the acquisition and disposition of privately owned shopping centers in the Western US. In 2016, I was awarded the coveted Pacesetter award by my previous employer, Matthews Real Estate Investment Services. In 2017-2019, I quickly moved through the ranks by utilizing my comprehensive industry knowledge, tenacious work ethic, and unwavering determination to provide my clients with superior service. This resulted in several National Cap Rate Records for both Shopping Centers and Net Leased Investments.
I have developed a unique ability to find the right investors and communicate to them an assets invaluable story, all while insuring that I hold myself and my team to the highest level of integrity. Our team, led by El Warner, has successfully transacted on over $10 billion of Retail assets, making us one of the Top Investment Sales Teams in Southern California from 2016-Present.
When I am not focused on my career, I like to spend the rest of my time with my loving Wife and family. We are an active bunch, so you can find us hiking throughout Newport Coast, riding our beach cruisers around back bay, or attending F45 & Crossfit classes.
I am an Associate Vice President at Colliers International, a company whose track record of creating value for shareholders has resulted in superior returns and industry growth, more than any other global real estate firm. I’ve been involved in the brokerage of commercial real estate for nine years. I specialize in retail advisory work with a focus on Net Leased transactions between $10-$40 million located across the country. Top clients include Arc Property Trust, Realty Income & Seritage Growth Properties. Most recent notable transactions in 2019 include a $36 million sale of a movie theater in San Diego County, an $11 million sale of a CVS in Santa Cruz County, as well as a $9 million sale of a CVS in Audubon, PA. Our team has closed over $2B in retail sales, making us one of the top brokerage teams in the nation.
As an Analyst for Retail Capital Markets at Colliers International, Steven specializes in underwriting large institutional assets across the United States. He is passionate about the numbers and takes pride in finding value for a wide range of clients by utilizing both thoughtful data analysis and high attention to detail. Prior to joining Colliers, Steven worked as an Acquisitions Analyst at TruAmerica Multifamily, where he underwrote large Class B Value-Add multifamily deals.