Capital Markets

David Amsterdam is President, U.S. Capital Markets and Northeast Region. He is responsible for managing and executing investment sales, debt & equity and structured finance transactions across the U.S. and in critical global markets. In addition, he leads the firm in top-tier cities, including New York, Boston, and Washington D.C.

His responsibilities include advising investors, corporate users, and landlords across the full spectrum of commercial real estate transactions and he is focused on continuing to drive revenue for the fastest-growing publicly traded real estate services and investment management firm in the world.

As Director of Research | U.S. Capital Markets, Aaron is responsible for all aspects of research within the Capital Markets platform. He synthesizes and interprets a variety of data and information to stay ahead of trends that put our clients in an optimal position to make informed decisions. Aaron promotes the Colliers brand via best-in-class research reports, weekly insight posts, thought leadership, and contributions to numerous panels, media outlets, and industry events.

Aaron collaborates with every team at the firm and wears many hats: in-house economist, advisor, consultant, thought leader, strategic business analyst, presenter, and, of course, researcher. He connects with various industry experts within the Colliers organization to provide a customized solution for each client.

With a deep understanding of markets throughout the country, he provides a unique perspective on market dynamics across asset types and investment strategies, providing clients with tailored data and analytics to ultimately guide decision-making solutions.

Before joining Colliers, he spent 11 years with Property & Portfolio Research (PPR), now CoStar Portfolio Strategy. There, he advised institutional clients on their commercial real estate investment strategies across property sectors and also spoke at industry events, quarterly CoStar webinars, and in front of client audiences. Aaron also led and directed a team of economists who monitored property markets across the United States. Near the end of his tenure, he helped establish a new business unit at CoStar, leading in the hiring, training, and coaching of a team of 50 market analysts. 

Outside of the office, Aaron can be found cheering on his children at their extracurricular activities. He also enjoys hiking, travel, relaxing at home or at the lake, or plugging away at one home project or another. Last but not least, he's an avid fan of Boston sports teams.

Mr. Petz joined Colliers International in 2019 and serves as managing director of investment sales within the Capital Markets team. He brings with him deep experience in the disposition of core trophy assets, as well as a diverse mix of urban/suburban, office, industrial, life science, and land development assets.

Immediately prior to joining Colliers, Mr. Petz led the growth of JLL’s overall capital markets business in New England. Prior to JLL, he served as director of capital markets activity at both Eastdil and CBRE, and ultimately built his capital markets foundation on the buy-side at AEW Capital Management for the first 15 years of his career.

NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS

OFFICE

• 131 Dartmouth Street, Boston | $315M
• 18 Tremont Street, Boston | $103M
• Ballardvale Office Park, Wilmington | $86M
• 99 Bedford Street, Boston | $51M

INDUSTRIAL

• FedEx, Boylston, MA | $94M
• Franklin Light Industrial Portfolio | $77M
• Boston Business Industrial Park | $64M
• Clarion Distribution, Bridgewater | $28M

LIFE SCIENCE / LAB

• Hayden Research Park, Lexington | $245M
• Hartwell Innovation Campus, Lexington | $228M
• 27 Drydock Avenue, Boston | $147M
• Blackstone Science Square, Cambridge | $80M

LAND

• NorthPoint/Cambridge Crossing, Cambridge/Somerville | $295M
• Gillette/Channelside, Boston | $218M
• Suffolk Beacon Hill, Boston | $58M
• Portland Gateway, Portland, ME | $21M

EQUITY PLACEMENT

• 125 Summer/745 Atlantic, Boston | $392M
• Fenway Centre Development, Boston | $260M
• Gutierrez Industrial Development, Northborough | $82M
• Novaya high-bay distribution, Industrial Portfolio | $73M

After nearly three decades in the industry, Michael Kendall has experience in every aspect of commercial real estate, including brokerage, development, acquisitions, entitlements, asset management and construction. As Western Region Executive Managing Director of Investment Services for Colliers International, Michael and his team specialize in representing institutional owners as well as high-net-worth individuals, local entrepreneurs and private equity funds in the sale of industrial investments, including land.

Having sat on the ownership side of transactions for so many years, Michael has a unique perspective relative to the needs and expectations of investors in today’s dynamic market. He is skilled at negotiating complex transactions and is well respected for his integrity and tenacity.

Since 2015, Michael and his west coast team have closed more than $7.1 billion in individual property sales, totaling more than 62 million square feet. When portfolio sales are included, the totals increase to $12.7 billion and 125 million square feet.

Prior to joining Colliers, Michael was a Senior Vice President at CBRE Group and a member of the firm’s National Partners Industrial Platform. Previously, Michael was Vice President of Development and Director of Acquisitions at Turner Development/Turner Real Estate Investments. Before that, Michael was an Orange County Regional Partner for Koll Development Co.

As Executive Vice President of Capital Markets, Retail for Colliers International, El specializes in the disposition of large institutional assets across the country. Successfully closing more than $2 billion in transactions, he utilizes his background as a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser and deep-seated knowledge of the industry to maximize value for his clients. He believes brokers must truly understand an asset and be passionate about creating the best marketing plan to create value and separate his team from others.

Peter is a Global Capital Markets expert specializing in sales, debt and equity with 30 years of real estate finance and investment expertise. 

He leads Colliers Capital Markets group in New York and steers a team real estate professionals in all aspects the real estate capital markets.  He oversees all capital markets engagements related to New York including sales, debt & equity placement across all property types.

Peter has a successful track record of leading and developing high-performing teams in all aspects of commercial real estate including loan sales, Investment sales, mortgage brokerage and investment banking. He is a respected business partner to cross-functional leaders, known for providing strategic guidance and oversight of all capital markets engagements related to portfolio transactions; including sales, debt and equity placement for all property types such as office, multifamily, retail, industrial and mixed-use assets.

Will Mathews is primarily responsible for procuring, executing, and closing multifamily investment sale transactions throughout the United States. Mr. Mathews specializes in institutional and private capital multifamily sales and the placement of equity and debt capital. Since joining Colliers in January of 2012, he has assisted with the sale of over 73,000 apartment units totaling $7.5 billion. Routinely recognized by Colliers as a top producer nationally, Mr. Mathews sits on the Colliers U.S. Capital Markets Board as an advisor and multifamily lead. With $2.5 billion in sales over the last 12 months, encompassing 15 States plus The Bahamas, Mr. Mathews accelerates client success by sourcing out-of-market buyers with discretionary capital.

Mr. Black is an Executive Vice President, Partner, and co-head of the Boston office of Colliers Capital Markets. In addition to overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Boston office, he is primarily responsible for originating debt and equity transactions throughout the United States. In 2020, Mr. Black was appointed to the U.S. Capital Markets Board of Advisors in the role of  National Platform Leader overseeing a Debt & Equity vertical comprised of more than 55 producers in 17 major MSAs.

Mr. Black was the No. 1 Debt & Equity Producer in the U.S. in each of 2018 and 2019 and is a perennial member of the Colliers International Everest Club, which recognizes top producers among the top 10 percent of Colliers brokerage, valuation and Corporate Solutions professionals across the Americas who demonstrate a dedication to service excellence, building longstanding and valued client relationships.

Mr. Black's extensive clientele has included some of the region's most recognized real estate owners including A.D. Makepeace, Boston Properties, Campanelli, The Carlyle Group, CrossHarbor Capital Partners, FoxRock Properties, Nordblom Company, Oxford Properties Group USA, Post Road Residential, The Procopio Companies, and Rockpoint Group, among many others.

During his 15-year tenure with Colliers | Boston, Mr. Black’s industry successes have been recognized in the form of numerous awards and accolades from leading commercial real estate industry publications and organizations. In 2019, he was recognized as one of Real Estate Forum's Influencers in Finance. Jeff has also been recognized as one of Real Estate Forum’s “50 Under 40” (2016) and was named a “New Leader” by Banker & Tradesman.

Mark Owens is Vice Chair and Leader of the Hospitality Practice Group at Colliers International, joining in 2023. His transactional experience is achieved through diligent work and an international  team oriented approach, consistantly closing iconic transactions with international clients and capital sources.  Most recently Mark was Head of Hospitality Capital Markets for CBRE Hotels, working with his colleagues to move the platform into one of the leading advisors, completing more than $4.5 billion in annual debt and structured finance volume and participating in the team achieving #1 market share. He and his colleagues are responsible for hospitality related transactions across the spectrum, including investment sales, debt, equity, joint venture equity.

Mark’s recent iconic transactions include the $350 million refinancing for Strategic Hotels & Resorts, the $300 million construction financing for the Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center, the $520 million Trinity Investments Fund I equity raise, and the sale of over 50 hotels on behalf of Starwood Capital.

Prior to joining CBRE, Mark ran the hospitality practice at The Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group, building the team’s production to in excess of $1 billion in annual transaction volume. In addition to Ackman-Ziff, Mark was a vice president at Sonnenblick Goldman where he closed $3 billion in transactions representing a variety of institutional and opportunistic investors as well as ownership/management companies and also worked at HVS International in its New York office.

Mark is on the board of the Center for Real Estate Finance at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business and a frequent speaker at NYU, ALIS, the Lodging Conference, among others.