Accelerate your success in Automotive Operations
Our team of Global Automotive Desk experts provide industry-leading, results-based expertise to manufacturers and suppliers through a platform of comprehensive advisory services and customized solutions, designed to create long-term value for our clients. We understand the automotive industry’s unique operational needs and real estate considerations, delivering solutions that create competitive advantage, streamline operations, decrease overhead and increase returns—solving for manufacturing, supply chain and distribution, and research and development challenges.
Our integrated approach encompasses all aspects of the auto industry, from lease administration, transaction management and portfolio optimization consulting, to strategic planning and site selection, M&A integration and asset monetization. Whether your goals include one location or a multi-market global portfolio, we’ll manage your business as if it were ours, putting you in the driver’s seat.
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Our leadership
Patrich Jett, SIOR, MCR, LEED AP with Colliers International is the market leader for high-profile real estate transactions including new construction projects, both locally in Greater Detroit / Ann Arbor and also abroad for global clients including the automotive sector.
Patrich works with a team of real estate professionals consisting of Randy Book, Todd Griffin, and Audrey Correa; along with the Colliers platform of over 16,000 professionals, in over 500 office, in over 60 countries. Together they represent corporate clients to implement their real estate objectives with a focus on corporate tenant representation.
His team focuses on multi-market: Corporate Tenant Representation; Site Selection and Incentives; Evaluation of Lease Options/Lease Restructuring; Portfolio Management/Optimization; Project Feasibility Studies; Built-to-Suit Projects; Project Management; Workplace Strategy; Institutional Investment Acquisitions; M&A Services and Sale-Leasebacks.
Patrich has a background and education in finance, previously working as an executive banker and as a corporate tenant adviser at Grubb & Ellis prior to joining Colliers International. This experience has provided him a distinctive edge in understanding his client’s real estate needs.
Patrich has represented millions of square feet in multi-market corporate and institutional investment real estate transactions that have resulted in thousands of local high-tech and manufacturing jobs and millions in capital investment. His strict attention to detail translates into significant savings of time and money, mitigation of risk, and increased flexibility for our clients. He enjoys working on challenging projects that require creative thinking and problem solving to achieve a successful outcome.
In 2011, Patrich established the Automotive Solutions Group within Colliers International after completing a number of substantial transactions related to the automotive industry. He has become the “go to” subject matter expert at Colliers International for global automotive real estate as demonstrated on his team’s client roster.
Patrich then served as President of the Michigan Chapter of CoreNet Global in 2014. He used his strong local relationships to build an accomplished Board and to protect and grow the Chapter’s finances while increasing membership on the heels of the economic downturn. He was awarded national/global recognition in 2015 on CoreNet Global’s “36 Under 36: Up-and-Coming Young Leaders”.
Patrich lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his two sons: Mason (15) and Connor (14), and two dogs: Nala and Winston. He enjoys long distance running, traveling, and fine wine. Patrich also donates his time to various charities and organizations, such as Ann Arbor Community Foundation, 100 Businesses That Care, and Ele's Place.
As National Director of Colliers Industrial Services-USA, Pete Quinn’s role is to strengthen Colliers platform and to collaborate with other key service lines ― Corporate Solutions, Investment Services, Occupier Services Groups, Logistics and Transportation Group ― to deliver a deep bench of logistics and site selection strategies to industrial user-groups and participants in the logistics, transportation and distribution industries.
Pete’s stand-out strengths are his commitment to understand corporations’ broader goals and challenges and then assembling a team of high-octane professionals to drive smart solutions to achieve those goals. During his 30 years in the industry, he has provided consulting and transactional representation for numerous Fortune 500 companies.
Prior to Colliers, Pete Quinn was a co-founder of Summit Realty Group, an affiliate of Cushman & Wakefield. He then transitioned to join C&W’s Industrial leadership team as Executive Managing Director, Global Supply Chain Solutions and Industrial Operations. He served on its Global Supply Chain Solutions Group and was appointed to its Industrial Executive Board. Early in his career, he was on the developer side, serving as Vice President at Eaton & Lauth Commercial (now Lauth Group).
Notable industry acknowledgements: Recipient of IAMC Michael P. Hickey Award, Largest Deal in the U.S. – SIOR, Largest Deal of the Year – First Industrial, and Hall of Fame inductee of Midwest Real Estate News.
Pete is a Board Member for IAMC, IWLA, St. Mary's Child Center, Central Indiana Police Foundation and Indiana Sports Corp. He is the Chairman of the Board of the Boiler Business Exchange.
Pete is actively involved in his alma mater, Purdue University, where he was a starting offensive lineman for its football team from 1978-1981 and team captain in 1979 and 1980. He was voted to Purdue’s 100-Year All Time Football team and is in his 30th season as Football Color Analyst on the Purdue Sports Radio Network.
Warwick Johnston
Head of Enterprise Market Solutions | Executive Vice President , Occupier Services | Americas
Atlanta
Warwick Johnston is Head of Solutions Development, Corporate Solutions | Americas at Colliers International and is responsible for leadership of all aspects of Corporate Solutions business development and marketing. Corporate Solutions houses the service lines that are typically offered to multi-market and/or multi-service Occupier Clients. These service lines include Strategy and Innovation (consulting and technology services and lease administration), Account Management, Solutions Development, Transaction Management, Project Management, and Facilities Management. As part of leading Solutions Development, Warwick also works actively with some clients to develop an in-depth understanding of their key business strategies, create a customized solution to meet their objectives and hand over to the deployment team for the execution of that strategy on an on-going basis.
Our experts
As a Vice President of Colliers International in the Spartanburg office, Garrett Scott specializes in leasing, sales and development advisory services for industrial properties across the Greenville-Spartanburg market.
Along with his experience in both brokerage and development, Scott works with teammates and industrial professionals John Montgomery and Brockton Hall to provide clients a unique perspective for their real estate decisions.
Scott’s focus is not just on the transaction, nor on how real estate can save a client money, but how it can make them money by capitalizing on the operational advantages which a building and location can offer. This provides a clearer path to what is truly important in a locational decision.
With experience in both brokerage and development with a proven track record of providing innovative solutions to meet corporate objectives, Scott offers an advantage that clients seek out.
Paul McManus is an Executive Vice President and one of the senior leaders of Occupier Services Bay Area (OSBA) in Silicon Valley. OSBA specializes in occupier representation providing clients with a platform of integrated services on local, national, and global levels. Paul is a senior point of contact on multiple accounts for OSBA and has vast experience with complex transactions both in Silicon Valley and in multiple markets throughout the world. Paul represents the interests of his corporate portfolio clients and local businesses, ranging from Fortune 100 firms (tech, biotech and professional services) to venture capital-funded growth companies.
Paul is a third generation Bay Area resident who lives with his wife Ashley and three daughters (Madison 4, Mackenzie 2 and Margo 1 month). Paul joined Colliers International – San Jose in 2007. Paul is an outdoor enthusiast. He enjoys snow skiing, wakeboarding, running, hiking, biking and swimming. Paul is a lifelong 49ers, Giants and Warriors fan. His downtime is spent chasing his three girls.
Leon Manoff is a Vice Chairman in Colliers International’s New York office. He represents major corporations as advisor and works with clients to design and execute real estate strategies that reduce risk, increase profitability, facilitate talent acquisition and retention, and incorporate a work environment that aligns with the company’s brand. He has assisted clients from across the industry spectrum, but specializes in real estate for the publishing and insurance sectors.
Tripp Alexander
Partner, Director of Industrial Services
Birmingham, AL
Tripp Alexander is a Partner with the firm and the Director of Industrial Services for Colliers International | Alabama. He and his team are currently responsible for the marketing of over 3.5 million square feet of industrial property across the state of Alabama, in addition to his tenant and buyer representative projects. During his twelve year tenure in the industry, he has closed
over $200 million in lease and sales transactions across seven states.
Tripp works with industrial owners and occupiers to assist them in making informed real estate decisions regarding both land and buildings. His experience includes site selection, acquisitions, dispositions, project budgeting, agency sales and leasing as well as, property due diligence. Tripp’s thorough approach utilizes his extensive market knowledge, careful research of comparable
buildings and historic transactions and diligent analysis of financial and qualitative factors. This thorough and tech-savvy approach has enabled Tripp to solve challenging problems for the benefit of his clients and be an industry leader in his market.
Norm Khoury
Brokerage Senior Vice President
Cincinnati
I specialize in creating innovative solutions and competitive advantages for my clients. I am a seasoned real estate professional and have a long history of successful transactions over 100,000 SF. I focus on cities and properties along the I-75 corridor in KY and OH. This area has become extremely vibrant and I’m proud to have contributed to its growth. Over the past 30 years, I’ve completed more than 325 transactions totaling more than 40 million SF and valued at over $400 million to date. Long-term clients include Delphi, Gap, W. P. Carey, and General Motors.
I am a natural born connector and love negotiating on behalf of my clients. There’s nothing I like better than solving problems. I have a large network of real estate professionals that I am continually developing and expanding. I serve in leadership roles with SIOR (Society of Office & Industrial Realtors, an educational international association of 3,000 brokers, developers, and investors), and am members of the elite Colliers Logistics and Transportation Solutions Group, and CSCMP (Counsel of Supply Chain Management Professionals). As I tell my family and friends, everything comes down to logistics!
I am known for my deep real estate knowledge of the Greater Cincinnati area, my persistence, representing my clients the way they want to be represented, and operating at all times with honesty and integrity.
Rafael McCadden
Industrial & Logistics Director| Mexico City
Mexico City
Rafael is a committed corporate industrial/logistics services specialist focused in representing Global corporations as well as institutional Real Estate companies for over 30 years. His experience in representing corporations in multiple markets throughout Mexico, that has allowed him to develop a high-level corporate real estate strategy for his clients.
He has an intimate knowledge of Mexico’s industrial regions & office real estate markets, business parks, developers, the corporate site selection process, real estate markets, and economic incentives provided by federal, state, and local governments across Mexico.
He is very active in the Mexican & international real estate communities as a member of the Society of Industrial & Office Realtors, (SIOR). He is a frequent speaker at international and domestic forums related to industrial development in Mexico, the Maquiladora Industry, the Automotive, Aerospace & Logistics sectors in Mexico, and real estate investment opportunities in the most dynamic regions.
Rafael McCadden joined Colliers International in 2005 after 8 1/2 years as Executive Director of the Mexican Association of Industrial Parks, AMPIP, a real estate development organization similar to NAIOP. He is currently Director of the Industrial & Logistics Division in Mexico, and is member of the Steering Committee of the Colliers Logistics & Transportation Solutions Steering Committee (L&T).
Graham Meader
Executive Vice President, Sales Representative
Toronto West
Graham has established himself as a quarterback within Colliers Industrial National Team and as a leader within the Toronto industrial real estate industry. He has specialized in the logistics and ecommerce sector across Canada and the GTA over the past 25 years and has helped his clients through numerous market cycles. Together with his team, they are regularly relied upon by North American industrial occupiers and the investment community for their advice and real time market insights.
Graham has a passion for the logistics industry and is a visionary within the GTA Industrial market. He has helped launched several top industrial parks across Durham Region, the GTA West, Caledon and Hamilton, as the GTA expands concentrically in search of labor, financial & operational efficiency. Graham is a founding member of Colliers North America’s Logistics Supply Chain and Transportation Team. He and his team look forward to learning more about your corporate needs and sharing their industrial insights.
Key Industrial Land Projects
425 acres on behalf of Rice Group and Choice Property REIT which will soon become the largest industrial park under development within Ontario
245 acres on behalf of Oxford Properties to support approximately 4M SF of future industrial development
100 + 150 acres on behalf of Anatolia Capital which will witness in excess of 5M SF of future industrial development
200 acres on behalf of HOOPP and is currently the largest spec industrial park in Canada with approximately 4M SF actively under developed and over half pre-leased.
115 acres on behalf of the Picov Family and Blackwood Partners which is has been the largest land transaction and business park development in Durham over the past 15 years
Key Industrial Big Box Leasing Projects
TJX / Winners / Home Sense – over 2 Million SF of fulfillment and distribution space across Canada
Gordon Food Service – 350,000 SF of freezer cooler warehouse facility and build to suit transaction + expansion of their Milton DC by another 200,000 SF
Best Buy – over 1 Million SF of fulfillment and distribution space concentrated in the GTA
Walmart – 2 Million SF of fulfillment and distribution warehouse space within Mississauga and Cornwall
Canada Post Corporation – procurement of their GTA Central East fulfillment centre and processing hub
Capital Market Projects
Summit REIT – acquisition of Volkswagen’s fulfillment, distribution facility in Ajax totaling 350,000 SF
GWL – sale of approximately 1 Million SF industrial portfolio in the GTA
KingSett – acquisition of a 220,000 SF existing building and 100,000 SF repositioning spec lease expansion followed by an investment sale to Bentall Kennedy
Hopewell – acquisition of a 30 acre site, spec development of 575,000 SF, future lease up and then subsequent capital market disposition once stabilized
SunLife – portfolio disposition of industrial, surplus land, office and retail portfolio within Burlington totaling over 600,000 SF
Industrial Listings
iPort Caledon, HOOPP – 4 Million SF industrial spec and build to suit leasing project
Prologis – 700,000 SF spec industrial development near Pearson Airport
Fengate – 250,000 SF spec pre-leasing program
Beedie – responsible for first 3 acquisitions within Ontario and future industrial strata projects across the GTA
CN Milton – 50 + 200 acres of future ground up industrial development directly across from the CN Intermodal Hub
I have over 21 years' experience in the China real estate market, working in both developers and brokerage sides. In the last 12 years, I have specialized in Business Parks, Industrial, Logistics and Data Centers all over China. I have worked in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijnig, Shenyang, Chengdu and Xi'an. My expertise includes site selection, acquisition, disposition and portfolio strategy for occupiers, as well as development consulting, portfolio strategy, investment, project lease and sales for developers and investors. Because of my diversed experience in the industry, I have indepth knowledge in real estate policy and market dynamics in the China market, providing real insight and value to my clients.
In 2017, I was responsible for Colliers' West China business, covering Chengdu, Xi'an and Chongqing. Opened in 2006 in Chengdu, Colliers now offer full scale services from advisory, leasing to investment sales across all sectors in office, retail, service apartments, industrial and logistics properties. In 2018, I am the Co-Head of China for Colliers responsible for the full scope of businesses all over China.
13 years of overall experience, the last 7 years in EMEA. My career has been entirely focused on Occupier services moving from Transaction Management to Corporate Solutions.