My Team
My Team
Michael Weiner is a Senior Vice President at Colliers, overseeing the leasing and sales of office and flex-owner/user properties in the Los Angeles market. As a 30-year veteran based out of the firm’s Downtown Los Angeles office, Michael is adept at providing advisory services to industries across banking & financial, technology, media & telecommunications, professional services and non-profit sectors.
Highly regarded as a strategic professional on the Colliers Office Pellow Team, Michael utilizes his varied experience to secure profitable and advantageous deals for tenants, landlords, investors and developers alike. He is skilled at uncovering unique and untapped opportunities in this dynamic business landscape while maintaining a thorough understanding of his clients’ diversified real estate challenges. What sets Michael apart is his ability to thoughtfully manage a transaction from conception through execution, often providing key data points to help his clients make well-informed decisions. Through his distinct and defined process, he has cultivated strong and communicative relationships to ensure integrity remains at the forefront.
Some of his notable transactions include the opening and expansion of five Signature Bank locations throughout Southern California amidst the pandemic, the 56,000 square-foot sale, lease termination and relocation of Celluphone’s HQ offices, and the lease of a 225,000 square-foot world headquarters facility for Northrop Grumman Corporation.
Nick Nybakken is a member of Occupier Services working in the Colliers Downtown & West LA offices partnering with Nathan Pellow & Michael Weiner. Nick's team is a leading tenant occupier practice that provides a wide array of real estate strategies and planning to service a company's complex real estate requirements for their office headquarters and distribution/flex facilities in the West Los Angeles, Downtown, & South Bay real estate markets.
Mr. Nybakken creates workplace-driven real estate solutions specifically tailored to his client's evolving business needs that effectuate change in employee performance and align a company's critical facilities with its long term business objectives. His services are occupier-focused and include: facility/portfolio assessment, strategic planning, financial modeling, market research, transaction management, workplace advisory, and acquisition and disposition services.
Additionally, Nick and his team are experts in representing local owner-users and investors to dispose and acquire their commercial office, flex, and industrial properties in excess of over $300 million in transactions across West Los Angeles, Downtown LA, Culver City, Hollywood, and Burbank.
Since joining Colliers, Mr. Nybakken has represented clients in various industries including: architecture, engineering, design, all professional service, non-profit as well as technology, media, apparel/fashion, e-commerce, entertainment, and aerospace. Some of his clients include BMW, Coca Cola, The Los Angeles Clippers, SoundCloud, AC Martin Architects, ARUP Engineering, & One & Only Palmilla Resorts.
In his free time, Nick enjoys staying active and spends his time golfing, practicing martial arts, skiing, swimming, traveling internationally, and helping mentor young children through the ACE Mentor Program in Los Angeles.
Michael joined Colliers International in our Downtown Los Angeles office in February of 2017, working with Pellow Office Team.
Michael focuses exclusively on tenant representation in downtown LA. After graduating from college, he quickly found commercial real estate and tenant representation to be his passion. On Nathan Pellow’s team, he primarily focuses on business development, property tours, financial analysis and research.
Michael’s strong work ethic, along with his knowledge of the downtown Los Angeles market, creates exceptional value to the team’s clientele. He is a collaborative worker, active listener, and effective communicator. Michael is passionate about helping his clients reach their business objectives and real estate goals.