About
Professional Summary
I have more than 20 years of corporate real estate experience and was one of the founding members of Studley's Chicago-based industrial department. During my tenure with Studley I developed a unique insight into the industrial market. I realized that there was an exciting opportunity, one which was not yet available in the market: tenant-side lease negotiation.
My expertise is in the management of portfolio companies with facilities across the US, lease management, and cost-reduction strategies with a laser focus in making landlords compete for my clients’ tenancies. I am proud of the clients I have helped significantly reduce their costs and realize that their tenancy determines the value of the building and not the other way around.
In 2003, my partners and I founded Interstate Tenant Advisors and became one of the nation’s first industrial tenant-only representative firms. Prior to the company’s acquisition by Colliers International | Chicago, we negotiated 25 million square feet of leases in 65 markets across North America equaling more than $600 million.
Accomplishments
- CoStar Power Broker (2003, 2009-2011, 2014)
Education
- BS, University of Kansas
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My Team
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Jim specializes in representing tenants/users in lease and real estate negotiations for distribution centers and manufacturing plants across North America. He focuses on what matters most to corporate stakeholders: cost reduction, operational efficiency, and enhanced profitability.
Over his 20+ year career Jim has represented tenants in more than 30 million square feet in over 65 markets, and negotiated leases with an aggregate value exceeding $700 million for companies in a broad range of industries including consumer product distribution, e-commerce, paper and plastic packaging and contract manufacturing.
Jim joined Colliers in 2018 , after Interstate Tenant Advisors—a company that he co-founded in 2003—was acquired by Colliers. Interstate Tenant Advisors was one of the first firms to specialize in national industrial tenant representation.
Angela is a Business Analyst with the Net Investment team where she supports client relations including transaction management, developed all marketing and business development deliverables to win new business, and managed the team’s social media and research initiatives.
I am an investment sales broker within Colliers' Chicago-based Net Lease Investment team. Led by industry veteran Peter Block, the team assists clients across the country in the disposition and acquisition of single-tenant retail, industrial and office assets.