Carolyn Shears specializes in tenant representation and investment sales in Central Virginia. She advocates for and advises her clients through the complexities of real estate lease and sale transactions. Since 2007, she has been a Senior Vice President with the firm, and prior to that time she was the principal broker of her own commercial real estate firm.

Carolyn’s clients benefit from her market knowledge and expertise gained over the course of her extensive career which spans over thirty years. Carolyn is able to leverage her experience to attain the best possible outcome for her clients, whether that be keen negotiating to achieve cost savings for her corporate clients or finding the ideal location in spite of a market with limited inventory. She has assisted numerous Charlottesville-based companies with commercial real estate requirements in multiple markets--both domestic and international locations.

Focusing on investment sales enables her to parlay her over ten years of commercial real estate appraisal background in to a concrete asset that her investor clients have come to depend upon. She works hard to create a competitive market in order to maximize profits for her investor clients.

Ms. Elliott is the Senior Client Services Coordinator for the Charlottesville, VA office. 

As Senior Client Services Coordinator, she oversees the marketing efforts and listing management for the brokerage team in the Charlottesville, VA office. Such marketing efforts include property, digital, and content marketing for pitches, presentations, and more. She is responsible for the marketing efforts of seven brokers which include Broker Opinion of Value packages, tour books, Offer Matrixes, Request for Proposals, ProCalc analysis, and web marketing.  Prior to her role with Colliers, she was the Senior Office Services Coordinator for CBRE for 3 years.