Lena Diep

Prior to joining the Multifamily Investment Sales Team at Colliers in the San Francisco office, Matt was an Asset Management Analyst for Fowler Property Acquisitions where he managed a multifamily portfolio of properties located across the U.S. comprised of 100 total assets and 25,000 total units. At Fowler, he also underwrote and processed over $500M of supplemental and refinance loans on multifamily assets across the U.S. Before working for Fowler, Matt worked for Redwood Trust as a commercial real estate loan originator and worked on a team that was responsible for $500M of senior CMBS and balance sheet mezzanine loans on multifamily, retail, office, self-storage, hotel and industrial properties in the U.S. within a group that nationally produced approximately $2.5 billion during the same time. Matt earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Southern California.

1031 exchange clients depend on my experience, relationships, and objective analysis of single-tenant investment opportunities to meet their 1031 exchange requirements. 

Our team focuses on identifying the highest quality net lease investment opportunities available in the marketplace.  We have fostered relationships with listing agents accross the myriad of brokerages that list single tenant deals around the country to allow my client's access to a broad scope of investment opportunites.

Our reputation in the industry, and relationships with key players when acquiring a net lease investment, gives our clients the advantage of securing the best opportunities in the shortest time.  This is especially important given the deadlines of a 1031 exchange.

We endeavor to provide our clients with the best-in-class advisory services available to them,  to ensure an exhaustive  due diligence review of viable opportunities that allow our investors to make an informed decision about the direction they ultimately decide to go. 

Kourosh specializes in representing private capital buyers of net lease investments.  1031 exchange clients depend on his experience, relationships, and objective analysis of net lease investment opportunities to meet their 1031 exchange requirements. 

Kourosh, along with his business partner Mehdi Star, is a co-founder of the Net Lease Exchange Experts team, which has successfully completed over 50 transactions valued at over $250 million. They have fostered relationships with listing agents across the myriad of brokerages that list net lease deals around the country to allow their clients' access to a broad scope of investment opportunities. Their reputation in the industry, and relationships with key players when acquiring a net lease investment, gives their clients the advantage of securing the best opportunities in the shortest time.  This is especially important given the deadlines of a 1031 exchange.

Kourosh endeavors to provide his clients with the best-in-class advisory services available to them,  to ensure an exhaustive due diligence review of viable opportunities that allow his investors to make an informed decision about the direction they ultimately decide to go. Kourosh's service extends long after escrow is closed, as he is a resource to his clients for life, should questions arise through the ownership of their investment.

I specialize in leasing office buildings in Downtown San Francisco by representing Institutional owners to maximize the value of their buildings valued between $50 million to $350 million.   Recent notable transactions include renewing Latham and Watkins for 117,000 SF on behalf of DWS and Leasing 280,000 SF to Google on behalf of American Assets Trust.

During my career which began in 1990 in San Francisco, I have leased, renewed or sold approximately 12.2 million total square feet of office space in the city.  Although my primarily is Landlord Representation leasing I have also participated in $1.5 billion in investment sales transactions. I currently represent over 1.6 million square feet of office space with notable clients including Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (formerly RREEF), American Assets Trust,  Prudential Investments, Principal Global Investors, GE Real Estate, Ellis Partners, Harsch Investment Properties and Yale Properties. 

In 2007, I was appointed to start and lead the company’s West Coast Urban Landlord Partners Practice Group.  This is a specialized group of collaborative Downtown Landlord Leasing teams in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and Phoenix.

Also, in 2009, Scott was asked by the company to serve on the ten member Board of Directors of Colliers International USA.

Appointed the Managing Director in 2002, Scott managed the Leasing and Investment Sales operations of the San Francisco office until January 2007. During his five-year tenure as Manager of the office, revenues increased 77%.

Real estate professional with over 17 years of proven success in: tenant represetation leasing, acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real estate.

He has managed or participated as a team member in the leasing of over 3,000,000 square feet of commercial real estate across all asset classes, including industrial, retail, office, and R/D on a National Basis. 

Managed or participated as a team member in the acquisition or dispositions of office, flex, R/D, land and industrial real estate in excess of $250 million on a National basis. 

Bart specializes in assisting High Net Worth Offices with their commercial real estate portfolios.  In assisting individuals and family offices with the disposition of assets,   acquiring investmens on a national basis for both  1031 exchanges and NNN investments. 

A Bay Area Native, father and avid outdoorsmen.

Mr. Mikacich represents an extensive roster of landlords, investors and developers throughout San Francisco retail districts including: the Marina, Cow Hollow, Pacific Heights, Jackson Square, Polk Street/Russian Hill/Polk Gulch, The Mission/Valencia, the Haight, the Castro, Sacramento St, the Richmond, the Sunset, Fisherman’s’ Wharf, SOMA, Noe Valley, North Beach, and Hayes Valley.

Peter Mikacich was born and raised in Sacramento, CA, and graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara (BA in Political Science, 1988). After working in Washington D.C., Sun Valley, Idaho, and Barcelona, Spain, Mr. Mikacich returned to Northern California in 1992 and entered the commercial real estate field with East Bay-based developer CRES working directly with principles Pete and Jack Anderson on shopping center development, leasing, and management.

In 1994 Mr. Mikacich accepted a position with Blatteis Realty Co. in San Francisco and for the next 12 years specialized in retail leasing and investment sales, closing over 400 transactions, representing landlords, tenants, buyers and sellers.

In 2007 Mr. Mikacich was founding partner of the San Francisco office of Brick & Mortar Commercial.

In 2010 Mr. Mikacich and the Brick & Mortar retail team were acquired by Grubb & Ellis, and continued to focus on leasing and sales in all Bay Area retail districts, with a concentration on the neighborhoods of San Francisco. Mr. Mikacich joined Newmark Cornish & Carey in 2012 and Colliers International in 2015.

Shaun Bloomquist joined Colliers International in 2015.  Prior to joining Colliers, Mr. Bloomquist was with the San Francisco office of Newmark Cornish & Carey.  Shaun possesses an extensive knowledge and understanding of neighborhood investment markets in San Francisco with a focus on the twelve plus key neighborhoods, including the Marina, the Mission, Jackson Square, Presidio Heights, the Richmond District and Hayes Valley. 

Mr. Bloomquist primarily services building owners with all of their commercial real estate requirements including ground floor retail leasing and office leasing, with an emphasis on building sales. 

Prior to commercial real estate, Mr. Bloomquist attended law school at Golden Gate University in San Francisco before transitioning into real estate finance.  He was a top producing mortgage broker for over five years; serving as Senior Vice President at Reliance Capital Group and then later at DaCor Financial.  Mr. Bloomquist's primary focus is on neighborhood investment sales and leasing in San Francisco.  

Ian advises and represents private capital Retail owners and investors in the acquisition and disposition of properties throughout the Bay Area with an emphasis on North Bay shopping centers, Plazas, Multi-Tenant Strip Centers.
 
Ian is part of the Northern California Private Capital Investment Services Group at Colliers International which focuses on assets in the 1M-20M value range, with an emphasis on retail properties primarily owned and operated by private individuals, family trusts and private equity firms in the Bay Area.
 
Ian joined Colliers after working with Marcus & Millichap where he was part of the National Retail Group investment sales division, which in 2018 handled over 1 Billion dollars in retail sales volume Nation-wide. He is determined to bring his strong work ethic and detail orientated approach to assisting property owners better understand how to preserve and grow capital within their investments.
 
Ian lives in Corte Madera with his wife, Katy, two children Zoe and Vivienne.  Ian graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Political Science. He previously worked with an international import & distribution company focusing on Business Development and Client Relations before starting his successful career in commercial real estate.