Mark Collins
Executive Vice President

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Mark Collins is an Executive Vice President with CBRE in Detroit. During his 34-year tenure with CBRE, Mr. Collins has represented numerous corporate clients, that helped to secure his place as a consistent top producer. Mark Collins has also participated in a wide variety of Investment Property sales. In this leadership role, Mr. Collins has created a team that specializes in serving corporate clients by integrating CBRE’s strategic consulting to enhance client’s real estate portfolios. His team utilizes the CBRE platform to create cost savings, reduce risk and identify methods to best align the client’s business goals with a strategic real estate plan. Mr. Collins is currently working with several clients involving dispositions, acquisitions, and build-to-suits worldwide.
CONFIDENTIAL FORTUNE 25 COMPANY – 10+ year partnership; Ongoing portfolio optimization activities. Office, industrial, retail and land global transactions. Well-defined transaction processes in place. Broad use of the CBRE platform of services including transaction management, project management, appraisal/valuation and labor analytics. Regular delivery of market surveys, broker opinions of value, financial analysis, RFPs and value-add summaries.
CONFIDENTIAL TIER ONE SUPPLIER – 14+ year partnership; Ongoing portfolio optimization activities. Office, industrial and land global transactions. Well-defined transaction processes in place. Broad use of CBRE platform including transaction management, appraisal/valuation and project management. Regular delivery of market surveys, broker opinions of value, RFPs, sublease marketing plans and value-add summaries.
CONFIDENTIAL TIER ONE SUPPLIER – 10+ year partnership; Ongoing portfolio optimization activities. Office, industrial and land global transactions. Well-defined transaction processes. Broad use of CBRE platform including transaction management, appraisal/ valuation and project management. Regular delivery of market surveys, broker opinions of value, RFPs, sublease marketing plans and value-add summaries.
METRO-DETROIT – Numerous office tenant representation engagements including high profile corporate headquarter transactions, build-to-suit office/ R&D assignments; large/complex investment property sales.
CONFIDENTIAL FORTUNE 25 COMPANY – 10+ year partnership; Ongoing portfolio optimization activities. Office, industrial, retail and land global transactions. Well-defined transaction processes in place. Broad use of the CBRE platform of services including transaction management, project management, appraisal/valuation and labor analytics. Regular delivery of market surveys, broker opinions of value, financial analysis, RFPs and value-add summaries.
CONFIDENTIAL TIER ONE SUPPLIER – 14+ year partnership; Ongoing portfolio optimization activities. Office, industrial and land global transactions. Well-defined transaction processes in place. Broad use of CBRE platform including transaction management, appraisal/valuation and project management. Regular delivery of market surveys, broker opinions of value, RFPs, sublease marketing plans and value-add summaries.
CONFIDENTIAL TIER ONE SUPPLIER – 10+ year partnership; Ongoing portfolio optimization activities. Office, industrial and land global transactions. Well-defined transaction processes. Broad use of CBRE platform including transaction management, appraisal/ valuation and project management. Regular delivery of market surveys, broker opinions of value, RFPs, sublease marketing plans and value-add summaries.
METRO-DETROIT – Numerous office tenant representation engagements including high profile corporate headquarter transactions, build-to-suit office/ R&D assignments; large/complex investment property sales.
Education
- Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Accounting from Western Michigan University
- Multiple real estate trainings, marketing methodology, motivational and technology seminars
Awards
- 14-time CBRE National Top 10%
- 17-time CBRE/Detroit Top Producer
- 2005 President’s Cup
- 2012 CBRE/Detroit Team Philanthropy Award
- 2012 William H. McCarthy Memorial Award
- 2020 Midwest Real Estate News Hall of Fame
- Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Accounting from Western Michigan University
- Multiple real estate trainings, marketing methodology, motivational and technology seminars
- 14-time CBRE National Top 10%
- 17-time CBRE/Detroit Top Producer
- 2005 President’s Cup
- 2012 CBRE/Detroit Team Philanthropy Award
- 2012 William H. McCarthy Memorial Award
- 2020 Midwest Real Estate News Hall of Fame
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Our team provides world-class real estate services and solutions to local, domestic, and global corporate occupiers
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We deliver real estate solutions that align with corporate business strategies.
Our team provides world-class real estate services to businesses with a presence locally, nationally and internationally. Whether there is a need for a single location or managing the process for an international portfolio, we constantly strategize with our clients to ensure the real estate aligns with the overall business plan.
We focus on two types of clients:
Businesses with a requirement in southeastern Michigan:
Corporations with a multi-market (national and/or international) real estate portfolio:
Our team provides world-class real estate services to businesses with a presence locally, nationally and internationally. Whether there is a need for a single location or managing the process for an international portfolio, we constantly strategize with our clients to ensure the real estate aligns with the overall business plan.
We focus on two types of clients:
Businesses with a requirement in southeastern Michigan:
- In-depth market knowledge of local buildings, landlords, developers, etc.
- Diverse skill set of team to deliver comprehensive market information, financial analysis, etc.
- Strong, in-house resources out of CBRE Detroit’s office for project management, facilities management and other service lines
Corporations with a multi-market (national and/or international) real estate portfolio:
- Consistent corporate emphasis as it relates to ethical standards for all personnel throughout the company
- Most comprehensive network of internal resources in the world (349 offices and over 44,000 employees)
- Constant investment into best-in-class service lines to handle every aspect of the real estate transaction at the highest level