Mark Friedman
Vice Chairman, Global Brokerage Occupier Advisory, Colliers
New York, NY 10036
Corporate Commercial Real Estate Specialist
Phone (212) 716-3814
Corporate Commercial Real Estate Specialist
Specialties
Tenant Rep, Tenant Rep (Full Service)
Property Types
Office
Markets
New York City
Languages
English
Bio
Mr. Friedman joined the firm in 2003 when it operated as GVA Williams. With over 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, Mr. Friedman has leased in excess of 20 million square feet of space in his career. He specializes in the representation of corporate tenants in the acquisition and disposition of office space in the New York City and international marketplaces.
Mark also specializes in:
• Repositioning portfolios for Corporations in order to achieve sustainable run rate savings
• Representing tenants in formulating best practice, real estate strategies
• Incorporating Key Business Drivers into Pre-Lease Negotiations Legal and Risk Management, Maximize EBITA thru consolidations of synergistic, corporate restructuring & monetizing owned assets
• Negotiating the surrender and disposition of surplus leases, facilities & existing owned assets
• M&A Support and DD for acquisitions to peg values mark-to-market and purchase accounting
• Negotiating Municipal Incentives
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Friedman was an Executive Vice-President of Corporate Services at CB Richard Ellis. Mark was previously at the Koll Company where he led a team responsible for the acquisition, repositioning, lease-up and disposition of institutional portfolios at Koll Investment Management. Mr. Friedman began his real estate career with a major New York developer and asset manager. Mark is solely dedicated to tenant advocacy. He regularly engages in courses at the NYU Institute of Real Estate as well as seminars relating to C-Suite function matters, Six Sigma & LEED.
Mark is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), American Management Association (AMA) and Coronet and actively involved with Upper West Side Historical District. He is dedicated to several charities including Widows and Children’s Fund of The Patrolman’s Benevolent Association of NY, Ronald McDonald House, ASPCA, Community Food Resource Center, CUNY Research Foundation and the PENCIL Foundation.
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