Auckland CBD Real Estate Management

Richard leads Colliers Real Estate Management team. The team comprises nearly 200 employees across the country. Richard has 20 over years’ experience in the property industry.

Richard’s background has been across large scale assets, both retail and commercial properties.

He is actively involved in project leasing, retail consultancy and development opportunities, and leads the strategic positioning of assets to maximise value to owners.

Richard joined Colliers  in 2013 following 12 years at Kiwi Property Group, where he held various leasing and management roles.

He has extensive knowledge and experience in management, leasing, redevelopment and strategic planning.

Richard consults across a wide variety of clients including listed property trusts, private clients, off-shore funds and syndicates. Richard is involved in due diligence projects for major asset transactions.

Jarrod has worked for Colliers for over eleven years and manages over 120,000m2 of predominantly shopping centres, along with retail and commercial space. With the portfolio spreading across the upper North Island, Jarrod has extensive knowledge and experience in management, leasing, project leasing and delivery, master planning, tenancy mix, redevelopment, rebranding, repositioning and strategic planning.

Assets he has been involved with include Bethlehem Town Centre, Shore City, Downtown Shopping Centre, Centre City, The Boundary, Silverdale Mall, Highbury Shopping Centre, Hunters Plaza, Highland Park Shopping Centre, Ormiston Town Centre, Takanini Town Centre, Coast Plaza.

Jarrod’s work history includes four years in the UK where he managed Central London assets for large institutional investors.

Lynda has 25 years' experience in retail, industrial and commercial property management, having managed a diverse range of  properties throughout the country

Davina has a real estate career spanning over 17 years across commercial, industrial and retail asset classes.  Having worked in both New Zealand and abroad, Davina has a significant record of achievement in strategic asset management, lease negotiation, tenant retention, makegood negotiation settlements and has worked on flagship projects which have received numerous awards and national industry recognition.

Davina leads the Colliers Commercial Real Estate Management Services team ensuring best practice across all management disciplines, whilst championing Asset management in Auckland.  With an international client base, Davina works with Owners to ensure maximum asset value is achieved, and that sustainability reporting and initiatives are consistent with international standards.

Davina is an Associate Member of the Royal Institute of Charted Surveyors and is licenced Salesperson under the Real Estate Authority.

Simone Bishop is a senior marketing professional with proven ability and specialist expertise in brand development and guardianship, marketing strategy, customer-led experiential marketing and event management.

With over 25 years’ marketing experience in the property and retail shopping centre industry, she has been successful in leading and inspiring teams to deliver strategically robust, innovative marketing solutions which have effectively lifted customer traffic and sales, driven asset value and exceeded centre objectives and client expectations.

Simone has personally developed and implemented over 40 centre marketing plans and in her capacity as Creative Director and National Marketing Manager has provided strategic oversight and sign-off over numerous marketing plans across multiple asset classes throughout the Colliers managed portfolio.

Simone’s marketing skills include; 

• Brand strategy, development and guardianship
• Development of strategic centre marketing plans
• Creative Leadership
• Client management
• Brand experience and placemaking activations
• Touchpoint reviews
• Bespoke signage and wayfinding solutions
• Marketing research and analysis
• Event management
• Corporate communications and public relations
• Community partnerships
• Customer experience CX insights and programmes
• Social media and digital management
• B2B leasing marketing strategy and collateral
• Project consulting

Instrumental in developing and delivering new shopping centre brands and rebranding. Recent projects include WestCity Waitakere, Silverdale Mall and the BNZ Centre.

Specialist experience in transitioning shopping centres through the change of ownership process, relevant to the marketing function including SCentre Group selling WestCity to Angaet Group 2017, Westfield selling Downtown Shopping Centre to AMP NZ Office and Westfield selling Shore City to Aviva Investors in 2012.

Tailor REM Marketing service outputs based on client requirements, budgets, objectives.

Event and project management from a stratgeic level to the day to day implementation.  Experience in organisig  trans-tasman events, National Real Estate Management conferences, shopping centre opening day campaigns, centre stabilisation promotions, site activations, school holiday events and more.

Responsible for developing and implementing successful online strategies for retail centres.

Responsible for setting up ISO Certified Marketing SOP's.

Over 15 years experience in the retail property industry.

Jane has over 22 years' experience in retail, property and business development, with vast experience in developing strategic direction through identifying and developing new corporate business across a wide range of industries. This includes retail marketing solutions for brands and retail businesses, via activations and sponsorships in the right locations, and developing and implementing digital media signage packages.

Jane looks at opportunities for centres in New Zealand managed by Colliers and consults to others. Jane adds value across the portfolio to achieve the best outcome for the relevant owners.

Mark joined Colliers' Real Estate Management Team in Auckland following a 10-year career managing and commissioning some of Auckland’s largest residential apartment complexes.

He now focuses on driving best practice Facilities Management within a varied portfolio of commercial, retail and industrial properties across the Auckland region.

During his time at Colliers Mark has worked on a number of significant infrastructure and redevelopment projects. Mark currently manages properties for some of the worlds’ largest listed-funds to strategically protect and enhance the future value of their assets.

Mark specialises in commissioning new assets and activating unused spaces within properties to add value and strengthen tenant retention. 

Mark leads a team of 8 Facilities Management specialists  in the Auckland Region with a combined experience of over 50 years. 

Gerhard joined Colliers International in 2006 as a senior development consultant within the retail and development consultancy team.  Gerhard has over 20 years of experience in the property industry and is currently responsible for the Property Management arm of Colliers as well as Commercial Leasing and Corporate Services. Various aspects of his duties are performed across the Middle East in countries such as UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Oman, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Beirut and Kuwait.

Before joining Colliers International Gerhard was based in Lusaka Zambia for 4 years as the CEO of Manda Hill Shopping Centre, owned by The Commonwealth Africa Development Fund where he was responsible for the overall management of the company and disposalof the asset at the expiry of his contract period.

His largest role in South Africa was with Broll Property Group where he started as the Financial Manager for the company and then became more involved in the operational side of the business until such a time as he was General Manager for Cresta Shopping Centre.

Peter's experience encompasses the entire facilities management industry. He provides operational and capital expenditure forecasting, compliance and risk management, services procurement, project management, sustainability and energy management services providing valuable insight to property owners and tenants.

Zeba works as a Retail Property Manager, with her portfolio consisting of shopping centres. She joined Colliers in 2015 as a Facilities Manager and transitioned into a Property Management role in 2018.  

Nick has over 15 years' experience in shopping centre leasing, including master planning, with a strong understanding of  the nature of the shopping centre lifecycle and the changing nature of retail with the growth of online shopping.

Nick has formed strong relationships with a number of national and international retailers over his career in retail property and enjoys working with tenants and landlords to achieve a positive outcome for both.

Fran is an experienced Property Manager. As 
well as extensive expertise in the retail sector 
she has experience working in commercial and
industrial assets. 
Fran has worked for Colliers for over three
years and continuously delivers exceptional
results.