About
Professional Summary
Mike specializes in the sale and leasing of office, industrial and R&D properties on the San Francisco Peninsula. Mike possesses a depth of market knowledge and experience, and his expertise has proven a great benefit to his clients.
A skilled market analyst and forecaster, Mike has been the lead author of Colliers’ San Francisco Peninsula quarterly market report since 2002. He is the owner of Opinion of Value, a leading commercial real estate blog covering the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley. In addition to successful assignments with institutional and local property owners, Mikes’ clients have included prominent local technology firms, start-ups, and national manufacturing concerns. He has also successfully represented various non-profit organizations on highly challenging facility acquisition and disposition assignments. Mike joined Colliers International in December, 2001 as a veteran of the brokerage industry and with a strong focus on the Peninsula market. Mike is active in his local community. He has served as a Director on the boards of a number of non profit groups involved in education and the arts, and been appointed to several financial oversight commissions within his local school district. He has also coached youth sports.
Accomplishments
• CoStar 'Power Broker' 2010
• Lead Tenant Broker, SF Business Times 'Office Deal of the Year (Suburban)', 2007
Education
BA from the University of California at Berkeley.
Memberships & Involvements
Association of Silicon Valley Brokers, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce, US Green Building Council NCC, Leadership Mountain View
Clients
Building Owner
- Ellis Partners
- CM Capital
- Stanford Real Estate
- Foster Enterprises
- Arnell Enterprises
- Nearon Enterprisese
Non-Profit/Public Agencies
- SAMTRANS
- YWCA of the MidPeninsula
- County of Santa Clara
- CalTrain
- SRI
- LifeMoves (formerly InnVision Shelter Network)
- Human Rights Watch