My Team
My Team
Serving dual roles for Colliers as vice president, account management for the Americas, and as executive vice president for Colliers in Arizona, Kathy Foster specializes in occupier advisory and corporate solutions, including portfolio management, corporate real estate and workplace strategy.
Kathy works on behalf of clients with significant domestic and global real estate assets. Her areas of expertise include strategic planning, transaction implementation, site selection, lease administration, and project and portfolio management.
With more than 26 years of in-depth experience in corporate real estate, Kathy has completed transactions in excess of 10 million square feet in more than 100 markets throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Partnering with Phil Breidenbach, SIOR, senior executive vice president; Kyle York, senior associate; and Bella Harris, sales assistant, their team provides exceptional service and strategic solutions to clients, representing buyers, tenants, owners and landlords.
Prior to joining Colliers, Kathy was a principal with Cresa Phoenix for seven years, specializing in corporate real estate. Previously, she managed the corporate real estate portfolio for First Health Group based in Scottsdale for 13 years. The portfolio consisted of more than 2.7 million square feet with an annual operating budget of $33 million.
Bella Harris is a sales assistant for Colliers in Arizona, specializing in landlord and tenant representation for the sale and leasing of office and industrial properties.
Bella works with Phil Breidenbach, SIOR, senior executive vice president; Kathy Foster, executive vice president; and Kyle York, senior associate. The team structure allows flexible client representation with a diverse base of knowledge and expertise that tailor customized real estate solutions to each client.
Bella brings to the team her results-oriented experience in commercial real estate sales and research, a high level of initiative, and passion for real estate and helping others. She has impeccable planning and organizational skills and is highly effective at prioritizing tasks to see them through to completion. Her customer-centric approach and ability to thrive in a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment make her a valued asset to the team.
Bella has demonstrated an unparalleled ability to keep track of details across global transactions in an ever-changing market to help her clients stay focused on their prioritized business goals and objectives. Colleagues who work with Bella describe her as a quick learner with unfailing eagerness to help and strong communication, critical thinking, and organizational skills.
Prior to Colliers, Bella served as a brokerage intern at ORION Investment Real Estate in Phoenix, a leading commercial real estate investment brokerage firm in the Western United States with a multi-billion-dollar track record. In her time there, she conducted retail market research and evaluated potential locations, prepared and maintained various real estate documents, scheduled meetings, developed methods to effectively gather and organize data, created detailed site maps, and managed numerous administrative tasks.
Prior to ORION, Bella served as leadership associate intern at CBRE in Phoenix, the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. At CBRE, she advanced her real estate skills and knowledge of the Phoenix market by coordinating client surveys, compiled and analyzed data for leadership’s top pursuits, built an internal database resource, developed winning presentations, and participated in research to collaborate on published market reports.