About
Professional Summary
Since 2008, LeAnn has worked with two highly accomplished real estate teams headed by Sandra Weck, Executive Vice President and East Bay Regional Retail Director and Rene Brochier, Senior Vice President. LeAnn supports each team in unique capacities either supporting or spearheading projects as needed.
Both teams specialize in East Bay retail leasing and sales with additional expertise in broker opinions of value, development site procurement as well as office and industrial representation.
Prior to joining Colliers, LeAnn had worked as the Senior Appraiser for Bank of America followed by Dienthal Associates in Wisconsin holding Certified Appraiser Licenses in both states. She was also an owner/operator of a picture framing shop in Wisconsin. Through these experiences, she developed a deep set of analytical skills, project management, customer relations and listening skills with a keen sense of integrity which she carries through at Colliers and life.
Education
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
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Area of Expertise:
Sandra’s expertise spans across a wide range of commercial real estate services. A major portion of her business is in the sale and leasing of retail space in the Bay Area.
This includes:
- Regional mall consulting & leasing
- Pre-development of a proposed 176,650 square foot Factory Outlet Center
- Leasing of various neighborhood shopping centers
- Stand-alone retail
- Restaurant sites
- Tenant representation
Joining Colliers in 1998, following 12 years of performance with CB Richard Ellis, Sandra was awarded the Top Producer in the Walnut Creek office and Top Retail Salesperson in the CB Commercial Northern California Region in 1988. Sandra continued to be one of the top brokers in the region, receiving the Most Accumulative Standing Recognition in 1990.
Sandra was the first woman speaker at the National CB Commercial ICSC Convention in Las Vegas, she served as a member of CB Commercial’s Retail Tenant Services and the National Retail Network specialty divisions within CB Commercial, which entailed leading the tenant rep brokers.
In 2001, Sandra was awarded as the Top Retail Broker in the Colliers Northern California Division, and was designated by Colliers as a Regional Director on the Steering Committee in 2000. She also served as Chairperson of the Colliers Culture Committee.
René specializes in leasing and selling new and existing retail properties in the San Francisco Bay Area markets. He has special expertise in repositioning properties, redevelopment projects and other add-value opportunities involving improved and unimproved commercial properties.
Beginning his career in 1984, René is accomplished in handling various types of real estate transactions including joint ventures, build-to-suits, ground leases, and sales transactions involving new developments and investment-grade properties. His broad experience and market knowledge coupled with his problem-solving skills and tenacious efforts have been invaluable to his clients. René’s previous experience includes residential real estate sales, managing builder resale programs, and restaurant management.
Prior to joining Colliers, he was associated with Grubb & Ellis Company in Walnut Creek and Bishop Hawk, Inc. in Santa Clara as a retail properties specialist.