Discount Fashion Warehouse replacing shuttered Delaware OfficeMax

Andrew has held a wide variety of leasing positions over the past 18 years. He originally spent over 6 years as Real Estate Representative for Clear Channel outdoor in Chicago IL, curating the real estate opportunities for their out of home advertising assets, before becoming Manager for a local luxury residential brokerage firm. After 4 years excelling in that position, and a short time working with Groupon as Area Sales Manager for the Getaways division, Andrew headed back into the real estate industry. In 2013, Andrew and his family moved back to Columbus, where he joined The Gilbert Group as Senior Associate. Andrew joined Colliers International in November 2020 to help co-lead the Columbus retail team. Andrew’s primary focus is Landlord/Seller and Tenant/Buyer representation, that includes both regional and national retailers alike. His experience, vast industry knowledge and dedication to effectively servicing his clients, has made him a 2x recipient of the CoStar Power Broker Award (2017 &2018) and multiple winner of the CoStar Quarterly Power Broker Award.

Gilli has held various retail leasing positions over the past 15 years. He held the position of Regional Lease Manager at RPT Realty (formerly Ramco Gershenson Property Trust), with his primary role of leasing a multi-state territory consisting of over 2.8 million SF of retail property. His vast experience while working at RPT has curated his abilities to work on strategic planning of short and long term shopping center redevelopments. As a broker at Colliers, Gilli has helped clients in both Tenant & Landlord representation along with purchase and dispositions of retail assets. Gilli has been a 3x recipient of both Power Broker of the Year in 2019, 2020 & 2021, along with Power Broker of the Quarter multiple times in his career.

Jon specializes in selling and leasing retail locations throughout Central Ohio, representing landlords and tenants around the country. In addition, Jon has experience with the sale and acquisition of land for development opportunities. He developed a broad range of knowledge as to the various aspects of retailing from store location to merchandising and marketing through 15 years of work with a retail consulting/marketing research firm. Since joining Colliers International in 2001, Jon has successfully leased more than 500,000 sf of retail space and been involved in commercial transactions valued at more than $40 million.

Jon's primary focus has been the leasing of retail centers and free-standing buildings, as well as tenant representation. Jon began his commercial real estate profession in 1994 with a Columbus based retail specialty brokerage where his responsibilities involved generating leasing activity on the firm's 11 neighborhood/community centers totaling 1.2 million square feet.

Prior to his real estate profession, Jon spent 15 years with an internationally known retail consulting/marketing research firm. He has a broad range of knowledge as to the various aspects of retailing from store location to merchandising and marketing. Jon has authored reports and articles on the off-price retailing industry, as well as assisted with the research efforts of the 5th and 6th edition of the widely used text and reference book, Retailing Management.

Jon is currently responsible for the leasing of several shopping centers and freestanding buildings, as well as the tenant representation of several local retailers and franchise operators. In addition, he is marketing the sale of several vacant commercial properties for redevelopment. Recently, he has been involved in the site selection and lease negotiations for a variety of food related establishments.