Automotive Desk

Joined Colliers International in November 2011 as Managing Director for our Miami based Latin America Corporate Services Division.  Fernando came to Colliers from Nortel Networks Corporate Real Estate, where he acted as Director of Corporate Real Estate Operations for Latin America and the Caribbean (CALA) since 1994.  In his role at Nortel, Fernando was responsible for all Real Estate Operations that included; asset management, project management, facility and property management. With a diverse Real Estate portfolio in excess of 1,000,000 sqft with presence in most of the Latin American counties, this included office, industrial, and manufacturing facilities.  In his years at this role, Fernando managed multiple cycles of accelerated growth as well as downsizing.

I've spent the past 19 years in Asia, with 7 of those years spent working in brokerage in Shanghai, China assisting MNC's who wished to establish or expand their China operations.

I have been based in Singapore since 2011 working in the Corporate Solutions division and more recently managing our Regional Tenant Representation platform team and providing strategic Real Estate advice to corporate occupiers all across the Asia Pacific region.

I currently lead the Colliers Technology Occupiers Practice Group for Asia.

Patrich Jett, SIOR, MCR, LEED AP, IAMC Fellow with Colliers International is the market leader for high-profile real estate transactions and development projects in Greater Detroit / Ann Arbor > and for global clients executing multi-state projects and projects abroad.  As Chair of Colliers Global Automotive Desk, many of these clients are in the automotive sector including Tier I and Tier II part suppliers.

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 by his team’s client roster.

Patrich works with a team of real estate professionals consisting of Randy Book, Audrey Correa, Brittany Cappoferri, and Scott Latham; along with the Colliers Logistics and Transportation (L&T) Solutions Group and platform of over 16,000+ professionals, in 550+ offices, in 65+ countries.  Together they represent corporate clients to implement their global real estate objectives with a focus on multi-market tenant representation and corporate transaction management.  

These services include multi-market: Site Selection and Incentives; Built-to-Suit Projects; Industrial SPEC Development; Institutional Investment Sales; M&A Services including Sale-Leasebacks and Lease Restructuring; Tenant Representation; Commercial Brokerage for Property Acquisitions (Lease and Purchase) and Dispositions (For Sale); and Corporate Account Management / Portfolio Optimization (including Lease Administration).

In 2020 and 2022, SIOR awarded Patrich with one of the Top 50 National Industrial Projects; In 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021, Colliers International awarded Patrich and his team numerous awards including the: Everest Award as a Top 5 Broker in Detroit/Ann Arbor; Top Outgoing Referral; Top Office Transaction; Top Land Deal; and Top Retail Transaction.

Patrich lives in Ann Arbor, MI with his wife Kristyne, sons Mason (16) and Connor (15), 4 dogs and 4 cats… In his spare time, he enjoys trail running, listening to vinyl, a nice glass of wine, and spending time UpNorth.  Patrich also donates his time to various charities and organizations, such as Ann Arbor Community Foundation, 100 Businesses That Care, Ele’s Place, and Food Gatherers.

Please contact him at +1 (734) 660-0763 or patrich.jett@colliers.com to discuss your next project.

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.

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).

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.

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

With deep knowledge and extensive commercial real estate experience, James Min specializes in lease and sales transactions that aggressively target large and influential Korean corporations. He created the Korean Corporate Solutions Desk at Colliers International to bring more agility, innovation and flexibility to his clients allowing them to focus more on their business. It began as a regional operation in Los Angeles, which is an important gateway to Asia, and is now a national and international powerhouse.

By providing one-stop, full-service care for clients, James has been able to fulfill the real estate requirements of Korean corporations in major cities throughout the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Through counsel and collaboration with other Colliers brokers he has been able to build a more effective team, bridging differences in culture and corporate practices, and creating solutions for his clients’ real estate needs beyond expectations.  

Specializing in industrial, land and office, James is dedicated to working with major Korean companies to find placement for them in markets that meet their specific needs. As a trusted advisor, he is committed to building long-lasting, collaborative relationships with his clients.

With more than 30 years’ experience in brokerage and industrial development in the Upstate of South Carolina and beyond, I offer expert advice and a unique perspective which gives my clients the edge in a competitive market. 

My experience includes the planning, acquisition and implementation of more than 31 industrial parks in key manufacturing and distribution markets. In addition, I have been responsible for the development of more than 38 million square feet of industrial space including Class A manufacturing, automotive supply, warehouse, logistics fulfillment and e-commerce related facilities. 

More than 140 clients have relied on me to manage the start-up and implementation of their facilities. This background brings invaluable experience and understanding which allows me to meet the needs of tenants, developers and investors “from dock-door to C-suite”.

I have obtained Master's Degree in Geography from Masaryk University in Brno in 1984 and  MBA from Sheffield Hallam  University in 1997. 

First ten years of my proffesional Iife I  worked as a planner both in  private consulting   as well as  for the City of Brno as a Deputy Chief Architect heading Urban Development & Renewal Team. There I  have gained not only the understanding of how planning impacts the development but also  how to proactively use planning policies to initiate and support developments in both greenfields and brownfields. I had also studied relevant planing practices in the UK, Netherlands, USA and Japan.  

I joined Bovis P&O Team in Brno in 1994 shortly after this  developer started to  build Czech Technology Park, which was  one of the first industrial developments in Central Europe  in cooperation between the City  and Technical University. My mission  was to  promote this development, identify potential customers,  work with the construction team  in order to accomodate the needs of the tenants and manage the leaase transaction on behalf of the developer. I worked with companies such as Siemens or Silicon Graphics  , which became the first tenants of this development.

In 1996 I joined Colliers International as Senior Property Consultant to build   the Industrial Real Estate Agency in the Czech Republic.

I have grown and managed the industrial team of Colliers up till 2009 during which period this team became leader in the Czech industrial   market having  transacted  over 3 milion sq m of industrial floor space and land  both on behalf of the occupiers as well as the landlords.  Most of the customers were international companies such as Prologis, AIG Lincoln, Ctp or Goodman on the landlord side or Bridgestone, VF Europe,  Johnson Controls, Schenker, DSV, Gebruder Weiss, DHL,  Moduslink and many others on the occupier side . 

During this period I have also worked on behalf of the my  international occupier clients Bridgestone and Moduslink in the other European markets such as Spain or France as well as various countries of Central Europe.

 Shortly after the begining of financial crisis in the early 2009 I became Managing Director of Colliers Czech Republic and took the team through the trubled, loses making period and transformed it to the profitable business. 

In the midle of 2011 I have joined newly formed Corporate Solutions team in London to accomodate the needs of my existing as well as new industrial and manufacturing  customers across EMEA.  Since then I have   actively managed  industrial and manufactuirng related projects   in 17  countries of Europe, US  and Asia   covering the whole business life of the real estate: from location consulting through lease or freehold acquisition, portfolio management  to the building dissposals. 

As Managing Director of Emerging Markets, I am responsible for expanding Colliers’ client base and identifying new business and opportunities for cross-border collaboration in partnership with the Managing Directors of our emerging markets businesses. Our emerging markets portfolio includes operations in Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. 

Based in Singapore, I have over 22 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry.