Patsy Fretwell

Patsy joined Colliers in 2023 as the Research Director and has more than 40 years of communications, research and statistical analysis experience in the commercial real estate industry. She produces annual and quarterly market-area reports and project-specific custom reports for client presentations while effectively utilizing commercial real estate tools and databases.

Patsy has a deep understanding of how to capture real estate data, analyze market trends and provide meaningful data-driven insights to assist clients in finding solutions to meet their real estate needs.

Previous Roles

• Senior Insight Analyst/Research Manager for Avison Young’s Houston office from 2018-2022. Responsible for leading market research by tracking and analyzing key economic and market trends. Maintained office and industrial building data and comps in a proprietary in-house database.
• Senior Market Analyst for Commercial Gateway, the commercial division of the Houston Association of Realtors, and for CDS Market Research. 
• Served as Communications/Research Director for The Horne Company and Grubb & Ellis. 
• Edited a local monthly magazine, a weekly newspaper and a special section for the Houston Post. 
   

• Compiled, analyzed and published data-based quarterly Houston-area statistics on different sectors of the Houston commercial real estate market
• Converted local commercial real estate listing service into researched database
• Researched, developed, produced and distributed syndicated surveys on lot pricing and master-planned business parks
• Researched, created and produced feasibility and MUD studies on various residential and commercial projects.

Services

Research