Adam Lester

Mike is a Director, VIC of Retail Investment Services bringing over 14 years of industry experience.

Mike has a comprehensive understanding of the retail sector, allowing him to provide prudent advice to his clients and purchasers.

Mike has delivered of some of Victoria’s most significant Sub-Regional and Neighbourhood Shopping Centres for prominent private and institutional clients. Mike offers a unique level of expertise to his clients and purchasers, with his in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Shopping Centre market, enabling him to provide expert advice on the sale and acquisition of retail assets.

• Shopping centre acquisition and disposal
• Sale negotiation and transaction
• Strategic shopping centre asset positioning and re-positioning
• Marketing campaign strategy and implementation
• Master-planning and project delivery
• Major Retail Lease negotiation and transaction

Jennifer is a Manager in retail leasing with over 5 years of retail leasing experience. Jennifer specialises in leasing Melbourne CBD retail shops, arcades, and major retail projects. Her understanding of the retail market and current movements in the CBD allow her to seek high caliber tenants for specific properties.

As a highly articulate individual, Jennifer can work confidently in diverse cultures and situations, especially within the Asian market. Her Cantonese language capabilities allow her to communicate with Asian client’s to strategically negotiate the best transaction for the landlord.

Jennifer has worked with many of Melbourne's major Landlords and Tenants, with a large portfolio ranging from small to large format CBD retail and projects, and has an extensive track record.

Tim is a Director of Retail Investment Services, leading the Victorian team with Mike Crittenden and specialising in the sale of neighbourhood shopping centres, supermarkets, large format retail, hardware and and core retail sites. In 2020, Tim managed and transacted in excess of $200 million of core retail investment assets. 

Over Tim's 10 years in industry, he has transacted in excess of $1 billion of property, focusing solely on retail investments since joining Colliers in 2015. During Tim's time at Colliers, he has gained national and international transactional experience, including a 2-year secondment  with the Retail Capital Markets team in London, UK.

Tim and Mike combine diverse retail backgrounds across transactional, analytical and leasing expertise to provide clients holistic advice encompassing:

• Strategic asset positioning and repositioning to maximise asset performance
• Asset marketing, campaign strategy, implementation and execution
• Sale negotiation and transaction
• Shopping centre acquisition and disposal
• Fund-through and joint venture structuring
• Master-planning and project delivery