News 29102021

Craig is a Senior Director in the Valuation and Advisory Services group at Colliers and holds the AACI, P.App designation.  He offers appraisal and consulting services in the Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley area as well as throughout British Columbia with particualr focus on the following assets and services: Commercial Property, Industrial Property, Expropriation Valuation, Hospitality Property and Recreational Land, and Multi-Family Property.

Craig is the former Director of Market Intelligence for Canada as well as a real estate broker and appraiser with over 25 years of experience in commercial real estate with work experience is focused on providing strategic and transactional assistance to national real estate firms.  With professional experience in real estate research, valuation, development, management, finance, consulting, and portfolio management roles he has worked with all major asset classes for valuation of both income producing real estate as well as expropriation, development projects.  His client list includes firms in the finance, technology, aerospace, and logistical industries as well as real  estate firms and has additional work experience providing ongoing economic knowledge, research, forecasting and review of the Canadian and international environment.

Adrian focuses on the sales and leasing of industrial assets in the west GTA. His experience includes advising on projects ranging from small to 100,000+ square feet, where he has been relied upon for client management, needs analysis, strategy and business planning, and negotiation of complex real estate transactions.  Prior to his commercial real estate career, Adrian held a technology sales role with Xerox Canada where he developed entrepreneurial skills that formed the foundation of how he approaches his business today.   

Dane Gilbert, an annual top producing professional at Colliers International, has transacted over $2.6 billion worth of industrial real estate, representing over 25.1 million square feet and 690 acres of land for development. He has secured his reputation as a trusted partner for industry-leading clients in real estate acquisition, disposition, and leasing with a proven track record brokering some of the largest and most complex industrial transactions in Canada.  Dane has market specialization in the food sector focused on temperature-controlled warehouse space and food processing facilities.

Reaching annual recognition as Colliers #1 Industrial Broker in Canada (#2 broker overall) and #11 in North America among all brokers at Colliers International, Dane has also been recognized as the SIOR Industrial Broker of the Year for the Greater Toronto Area, two-time recipient of NAIOP’s Industrial Development of the Year and two-time finalist for NAIOP's Industrial Lease of the Year.

#1 INDUSTRIAL BROKER – COLLIERS CANADA

Dane was recognized as Colliers #1 Industrial Broker in Canada (#2 broker overall) in 2018.  Dane transacted $343M across 3.4M SF, which included the largest industrial investment transaction in Colliers history.  In 2017 and 2019, Dane was Colliers #2 industrial broker in Canada (#3 broker overall) where he transacted $265M/2.6M SF and $205M/2.1M SF.

SIOR INDUSTRIAL BROKER OF THE YEAR

Dane was recognized as SIOR Industrial Broker of the Year - a distinction presented annually to the top industrial broker in the Greater Toronto Area. SIOR (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors) is the leading professional industrial and commercial real estate association in the world with active members in 630 markets throughout 34 countries. The SIOR award selection process involves careful consideration of size, value and volume of transactions in a calendar year, reputation in the commercial real estate industry, impact, creativity and other significant accomplishments.

NAIOP INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR

Dane is a two-time recipient of NAIOP’s Industrial Development of the Year:

• 2018: Congebec Logistics design-build development of a 228,694 SF state-of-the-art freezer with transaction value of $67M.
• 2016: TransForce complex conversion and repositioning of an obsolete manufacturing facility into a functional mixed-use office/cross dock, culminating a 145,000 SF lease valued at $16.7 Million.

NAIOP INDUSTRIAL LEASE OF THE YEAR

Dane represented two of the three NAIOP industrial lease of the year finalists in 2017:

• Congebec Logistics: 228,694 SF design build lease valued at $67M
• VersaCold Logistics Services: 572,192 SF lease valued at $88M