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Eric Bumgarner is the Executive Vice President of Industrial Brokerage Service with Colliers North Florida. Eric focuses his efforts primarily on the disposition and acquisition of industrial business parks, single tenant net leased industrial and self-storage facilities. His brokerage activities include both seller/landlord representation and buyer/tenant representation of sales and leases in the specialty of industrial land and buildings for local, regional and international companies. Eric has a reputation of being a key player in the Jacksonville, FL industrial market with having completed over 700 transactions throughout his career totaling 6.5M square feet. These transactions are valued at more than $330 million and has placed Eric among the top producers within Colliers.

Eric has relevant hands-on experience when it comes to understanding the needs of industrial users, as he has worked for multiple contracting companies in his younger years and is a veteran of the United States Air Force where he served in Operation Enduring Freedom maintaining the missile defensive systems on C-130 cargo planes.

Prior to joining Colliers International, Eric managed the industrial division at Prime Realty.

In my role as a Client Services Specialist, I provide support for highly productive brokers, Chuck Diebel, Matt Entriken, Jason Hinson and Robert Selton, and act as the point person for the Client Services Team. This support includes administrative duties, research and project management, transaction processing, proposals and presentations, database management and client support.

Prior to joining Colliers International in April of 2018, I gained experience in the residential Real Estate field. I was the Office Manager for a Weichert Real Estate office in Connecticut, and provided administrative and contract processing support to the broker and the agents of the office. In 2016, I moved to Jacksonville, and accepted a position at Buck & Buck Realtors. I extended my area of expertise into  residential property management, while handling  tenant related inquiries and all aspects of managing over 250 single family homes.

I have been in the real estate accounting area for over 25 years.  I have learned full cycle accounting for Development, predevelopment, property accounting, fixed assets, and construction.  I have experience in commercial properties, residential properties as well as student housing.

I am a high energy employee with a good sense of humor.  In all my years of accounting, I have learned to listen to those around me, because someone always has a better way of accomplishing the same task.

I have also learned that working together allows me to learn a lot.  When I was first learning construction, it was very helpful have a good relationship with the Project Managers.  They taught me how to work together to help them help me get my job done better.

I am always looking to learn more each day.  A good challenge is exciting for me, I always like to learn and expand my knowledge. 

Bob is the Research Director for Colliers in Sacramento, California and also oversees the Reno, Nevada market. With commercial real estate research experience going back to 2015, Bob provides a best-in-class research service offering for the 40+ brokers he supports and external clients he assists. Tracking market trends, uncovering the story behind the data, and adding value with forward-looking perspective, Bob leads his research team to provide unparalleled insights for his clients to make informed decisions in a competitive and ever-shifting marketplace.

Bob’s experience spans the diverse commercial real estate landscape. He has contributed to or produced local, regional, and national reports covering the office, industrial, multifamily, retail, capital markets, life sciences, medical office, and land asset classes. Assisting brokers in winning new business and providing market presentations for internal teams and external organizations, Bob is a sought after thought leader in Northern California. After starting at Colliers in Seattle/Bellevue in 2015, Bob has been at Colliers Sacramento since mid-2018. Bob has been quoted in The Sacramento Business Journal, The Sacramento Bee, The Registry, and Comstock’s Magazine, among other publications.

With increasing leadership responsibilities, Bob’s career has accelerated with the completion of the Colliers/Harvard Business School’s Management Development Program, Leadership Sacramento, and Urban Land Institute Sacramento’s Young Leaders Group. Bob’s passion for commercial real estate, economics, and urban planning are evident in the work he produces and his desire to elevate his research capabilities knows no limits.