About
Professional Summary
As Senior Vice President and Head of Solutions Development at Colliers Facility Solutions LLC, J Glasgow partners with corporate occupiers of real estate to develop integrated, facility, project and operational management programs designed to improve processes, manage risk while significantly reducing the total cost of occupancy.
J’s background includes more than 18 years of experience in diverse commercial and corporate real estate disciplines such as, account leadership, and management, facility and operational planning, project management and strategic portfolio optimization. J has advised global clients from a broad range of market sectors encompassing technology, financial, insurance, healthcare, engineering, and consumer goods companies that encompass, office, industrial and manufacturing portfolios.
With a diverse background in corporate real estate planning, facility management and project management, J has leveraged savings for his clients of over $400 million dollars while aligning with their overall facilities, real estate, and business strategy.
Accomplishments
With more than 20 years’ diverse experience in corporate facilities and real estate, J partners with clients to develop facility, project management and operational plans for their owned and leased portfolios.
J has represented clients from a broad range of market sectors encompassing financial, insurance, healthcare, bio- science, engineering, technology, and consumer products.
Clients include Aetna, AIG, Bank of America, Kimberly Clark, Chick-Fil-A, Micron, Hanesbrands, Humana, Google, Adobe, Auto Club, NetApp, Nutanix, Pearson Education, Vanguard Investments, McAfee, US Renal Care, Bimbo USA, Sara Lee, Edward Jones, BMC and may others
With a diverse background in corporate real estate planning, facility management and project management, J has leveraged savings for his clients of over $400 million dollars while aligning with their overall facilities, real estate, and business strategy.
Education
J attended Ranken College in St. Louis MO with a focus on Engineering
Memberships & Involvements
Affiliations or Memberships
Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, Missouri
International Facility Managers Associations (IFMA)
CoreNet Global Chapter Board Member
Board Chair, St. Louis YMCA (Retired)
Board of Advisors, American Diabetes Association (retired)
Services
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My Team
My Team
As President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Colliers International | Atlanta, Holly Hughes is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Atlanta office. She works collaboratively with the Chairman/CEO and all the key leaders inside the Atlanta office to ensure the highest quality of client services and execution of local, regional and business line operations. In her role, Holly serves as an example of servant leadership - embracing change and setting examples for the organization. She develops and oversees the implementation of programs and infrastructure that increases the potential for adding value, strengthening client relationships and growing existing business.
In her current role as President and COO of Colliers International Atlanta, Holly seeks to best meet her clients' evolving needs by bringing more innovation to help solve their problems. She has her eyes firmly set on future goals to continue to build and leverage upon the amazing culture and work environment at Colliers, make certain that business lines are supported with resources, technology, innovation, expertise and other support to allow the team to serve clients in a superior manner, and finally, to recruit top talent that adds to the client service offering while enhancing culture.
Holly joined Colliers International as CEO of Colliers International Real Estate Management Services Atlanta and Colliers Facility Solutions in February of 2014. She led a team of professionals dedicated to safeguarding Colliers client’s investments and prolonging the life of the assets for the properties that they manage. She says that a simple philosophy guides everyone on her teams: they treat each property like it is their own. That way they do more to solve their clients’ problems, more to develop tailored solutions to meet their client's goals and provide more personal attention that gives their clients peace of mind.
Holly’s real estate career started at Carter, an Atlanta real estate investment and development firm, where she excelled in several leadership roles. As Executive Vice President she oversaw all facets of their 25 million square foot real estate portfolio. As chief administrative officer she was responsible for finance, accounting, IT, HR, marketing, infrastructure and running and supporting business strategy.
Kelly began his career in hospitality, working in every area in full-service hotels on his way to General Manager. Serving hospitality clients in both corporate and leisure markets helped shape Kelly’s service philosophies which have been applauded by his teams and clients. His experience in the hospitality business, with a tendency for attention to detail and spirit of service, was a natural segue into facility management. He previously held positions as General Manager for Carter Real Estate, Senior Facilities Manager with Cassidy Turley, and Director of Facilities with Colliers.
Currently, Kelly is focused on serving Colliers facility clients, including Fortune 100 and 500 corporations, regional businesses, non-profit organizations, and higher education institutions. Currently, he leads a team of dedicated associates who support corporate headquarters, childcare centers, R&D facilities, call centers, data centers, warehouses, recreational and aviation facilities for Colliers clients throughout the United States. Kelly’s extended team consists of 165 highly motivated associates whose primary focus is to provide O&M support and integrated services. Kelly and his teams serve their clients with IFM solutions including executive reception services, conference center management, call center operations, lease administration, space planning/design, move management, shipping/receiving, mail room services, managed print services, project management, and oversight of food service operations. Kelly provides support for business development strategies, transition/implementation of new assignments and corporate resources for associates on varying client assignments. Kelly also serves as the National Account Leader for a 140-million-square-foot portfolio in which Colliers provides mobile maintenance services in 21 markets across the United States.