Jeff Tolrud is a Managing Director with Colliers providing tenant and office building representation services to clients in the Tampa Bay area along with private equity asset sales of retail and office buildings.  He is unrivaled in his qualifications to provide strategic, turn-key expertise to his clients in the areas of Brokerage and Asset Services.  Jeff’s experience has resulted in an extremely comprehensive grasp of the entire real estate development process, which translates into a direct benefit to his clients.   During his more than 25+ year career in commercial real estate in the Tampa marketplace, he has completed over 7.8 million square feet in transactions with a value of over $318,000,000.  He has held various positions in marketing and management capacities in real estate and developed a detailed understanding of real estate development including build-to-suits, along with securing fee income business for third party management contracts, sales and acquisitions of investment property and complete marketing plans for office, industrial and retail projects.  Jeff’s owner representation experience has ranged from institutional  pension fund and insurance company investments to private equity and joint venture relationships.

During his career in Tampa he has become a leading commercial real estate professional, working with a wide range of local and national tenant clients including New York Life Insurance Company; Hewlett-Packard; JC Penney; Apple Computer, Inc.; Safeway; Xerox; Price Waterhouse Coopers; IBM; Marsh/Mercer; AT&T; Dean Witter Reynolds; Mobil Oil; Mutual of Omaha; Warner Publishing Services; American Express; McGraw Hill; Anchor Glass Container Corp.; Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company; Scott Paper; Aerial Communications; and Fremont Investment & Loan.  His asset clients include Metlife; Travelers, Inc.; CMD Realty Investors; Euro American; Chesterton International (Church of England); Miller Global; Aetna; Principal Mutual; Hartford; and Rouse Properties.

Prior to joining Colliers Arnold, Jeff was a Vice President at CB Richard Ellis specializing in office brokerage and was previously the Director of Leasing for Highwoods Properties in Tampa and consistently the top performer for five years in this Division as the largest office landlord in Tampa.

Areas of Specialization
Brokerage: Investment Properties; Brokerage: Office; Brokerage: Tenant Representation.

Education

Graduate of Principia College with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration

Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute, CCIM designation.  Only 6% of the commercial real estate practitioners in the United States hold this designation which requires over 240 hours of graduate level study.

Achievements

During 1999, 2000 and 2001, Jeff gained a Top 5 ranking of the largest office leases completed within the Tampa Bay market, as reported by the Tampa Bay Business Journal.

In 1990 he was awarded the “Multimillionaires Club Award” and “Most Improved Performance” award out of 17 nationwide divisions at The Vantage Companies, which was a Top 5 nationally ranked developer.

He has been responsible for leasing three (3) of the largest thirteen office parks within the State of Florida.

Jeff has been awarded the CoStar Power Broker of 2005 & 2006.

He has also received the 2005 Pinnacle Award as a Top Producer - General Brokerage & Retail Investment and 2006 Pinnacle Award as #2 Top Producer from Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors.

Jeff Tolrud's 2000-2005 Statistical Summary:
Number of Transactions - 140
Transaction Value -  $167,656,880
Square Footage Leased - 1,192,959

Jeff Tolrud's 2006 Statistical Summary:
Number of Transactions - 22
Transaction Value - $32,594,589
Square Footage Leased - 237,643