Bringing 32 years of experience in commercial real estate, Marilynne joined Colliers in 2018 to provide financial analysis to the company’s leasing and investment sales teams for all types of assets, including the following types of financial analysis:

• lease renewal and relocation comparisons
• mid-term lease renegotiations (“blend and extend”)
• lease buyouts
• sublease disposition/recovery
• build-to-suit vs. design-build
• lease vs. buy
• own vs. sale/leaseback
• landlord net effective rate
• discounted cash flows

Prior to joining Colliers, she specialized in advising companies regarding their financial analysis for commercial real estate requirements or investments for 17 years. Marilynne also has a background in commercial mortgage underwriting/loan originations and commercial real estate appraisal.

Lisa Sims joined Colliers in 2001 as a member of the Office Services Group.  She brings more than 23 years of commercial real estate experience to our team.  Lisa oversees all aspects of lease and sale transactions from inception through closing, as well as manages the workflow and facilitation of tasks for her team. Lisa has participated in numerous transactions involving office, medical, land and investment properties.  She manages the compilation of research materials, creation of marketing and promotional materials, preparation of  financial analysis reports, and provides various other brokerage support services to insure the success of each project in which she is involved. Lisa’s strengths are her attention to detail, unique problem solving skills and her commitment to excellence.  She has built an outstanding reputation as a dedicated professional with a strong work ethic and has a proven record of providing excellent internal and external results for clients and the members of her team.

Prior to joining Colliers, Lisa was with a smaller boutique commercial real estate firm in Houston.  Previous to that, Lisa spent 18 years working with homebuilders in Houston and Austin, where she gained a multitude of knowledge in many different aspects of residential real estate transactions.  Lisa is a native Houstonian.