Tenant Advisory

Simon Crouch is the head of of Tenant Advisory in Australia and  has been with Colliers since 1996. Simon started his career in Office Leasing and changed roles to help establish Tenant Advisory Services at Colliers in 2006. When we started out our aim was to provide the highest quality impartial advice to tenants and to deliver bespoke accommodation strategies that would accelerate our clients business and that  is what we have done since. Through employing best in class people with diverse skills our focus is always on holistic customer solutions and service excellence. Evidenced by our average client satisfaction score of 9.5/10 and our expanding services we deliver results that set us apart from our competitors. 

 Simon and his team has delivered some of the most complex assignments in the Australian market. Major recent accomplishments Simon has led include:

Nine Entertainment Co. in their pre-committment of 16,000sqm into North Sydney and subsequent expansion of 6,000sqm following a merger with Fairfax Media, Microsoft's Long Term Strategy and relocation of 10,500sqm in North Sydney, Norton Rose Fulbright's pre-committment of 10,000sqm into 60 Martin Place, Sydney and QBE's 12,000sqm pre-committment in Parramatta and 10,000sqm pre-committmnet in Sydney. 

Tim is a National Director of Colliers International's Occupier Services division  and head of the Victorian Tenant Advisory team .  With a career in corporate real estate spanning over 20 years in Australia and the United Kingdom, Tim is an established,  recognised market leader and subject matter expert, with a strategic and organised approach to business. 

Leadership:

Colliers International’s APAC Occupier Advisory Committee

- Education Sector Focus Group

- Legal Sector Focus Group

- Flexible Workspace Focus Group

Tim’s expertise includes:

• Lease & Agreement For Lease

• Market Rent Review

• Acquisitions (Leasehold & Freehold)

• Property Disposal (Strategy, Planning & Management)

• End of Lease / Lease Legacy (Risk & Liability mitigation)

• Strategic Portfolio Review

• Lease Assessment & Restructure

• Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

Clients Tim has assisted include: Grant Thornton, URBIS, Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), CGI Technologies Australia, McKinsey & Company, NEC Australia, Bunnings Limited, Coles, Fly Buys, International Workplace Group (IWG), Victoria University, University of Melbourne, Acknowledge Education, Vic Govt., Commonwealth Govt., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Porter Davis Homes, DB Schenker, Telstra, NAB, EQUINIX, Equity Trustees, Medibank, Orica Limited, Asciano, Philips, ASIC, APRA, WILEY Education Services, URBIS, SwissRe, ActForKids, Animals Australia, CHUBB Insurance, Amazon Webservices, NINE Entertainment.

I am a Director within the Occupier Services Tenant Advisory Team in Sydney.   I am highly focused with a commited work ethic and pride myself on securing great results for my clients.  I am consistently recognised by my clients for providing unparralled customer service. 

I have 12 years global experience in corporate real estate and property & asset management providing me with invaluable insight, knowledge and understanding of both the landlord and tenant's perspective. 

I specialise as a Tenant Advisor and have worked with a range of occupiers both in Sydney and across Australia succesffully delivering a range of tenant focused services including; market research, restructuring existing lease, site identification and evaluation, lease negotiations, subleasing and disposal strategies and providing strategic consultancy advice. 

A sample of my clients include: Microsoft, Michael Page, Okta, Splunk, FTI Consulting and CHU

Prior to joining Colliers I worked with Europe's leading investment trust, British Land, as well as several indepedant funds.  I was also seconded to British Airways as part of CBRE's Global Corporate Services team and managed their global real estate portfolio and was instrumental in securing considerable cost savings across their leased portfolio.
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Over the last 12 years Nick has practiced across numerous sectors of commercial property as a solicitor, negotiator, lecturer, and advisor. He possesses a wealth of knowledge and expertise stemming from his career as a commercial property solicitor for a major national law firm. In this role, he specialized in commercial leasing, development and sales transactions which includes negotiation and client advisory.

Nick has worked on and completed three of the largest deals for the Queensland Tenant Advisory team by working with Urban Utilities for a 6,000sqm HQ requirement, securing a 5,000sqm site in Fortitude Valley and a 4,000sqm site in the Brisbane CBD for long term client IWG and working with Energy Queensland on their 25,000sqm requirement.

Joe is a Director within the Tenant Advisory team  in Sydney handling major metro market requirements and has  22 years experience in the  commercial  property industry.  Engaging Joe puts  an  industry  insider  on your team,  provides an insight into what others in your industry are doing, local market dynamics, options, risks and opportunities.

Joe's expert knowledge and experiemce integrates, strategy, risk analysis,   transaction  management and  negotiation with  clients  business needs and aspirations in delivering the most effective outcomes.

Joe can,  review and restructure terms  your existing premises  provide a  stay vs go analysis,  and assist with long term planning, multi site requirements,  consolidation and  liability reduction.

Specialising in Sydney’s office markets, Rowan has a keen interest in the Tech, Media, LifeSciences and Co-working sectors, is passionate about helping his clients and is known as a deal-maker. The landlord has an expert negotiator on their side, shouldn't you?

Fifteen years experience exclusively representing office tenants, providing advice, strategy and representation throughout the entire leasing process, from sourcing and evaluation through to successfully securing his client's preferred property.

Rowan has represented a multitude of Tech companies throughout his career, leads Colliers’ Tech Practice Group in Australia and is a member of Colliers’ APAC Tech Practice Group. Rowan enjoyed visiting the offices of major Tech companies in San Francisco to gain insights about how these firms use their workplace to attract and retain talent.

Kevin is a Licenced Estate Agent based in the Melbourne CBD office of Colliers . He has over 30 years post qualification experience in all facets of commercial real estate work having specialied in Commercial Office Leasing and now Tenant Advisory in his 19 years at Colliers. 

At Colliers, Kevin utilises his extensive property background and well developed project delivery skills in the analysis and formulation of strategy on behalf of clients leading to new property acquisitions, lease renewals and lease rationalisation.

Matt is a Director in the Occupier Services division based in Melbourne. With a diverse background in commercial property and market experience in the UK, NZ and Australia, Matt has a clear perspective of commercial property from a tenant’s perspective.

Matt has over 15 years experience in the property industry in both the UK and Australia. Matt has acted for global corporates, national businesses and government entities in Australia across the office and industrial sectors.  A Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Matt is well qualified to advise clients in all aspects of commercial real estate.

Justin is a corporate real estate professional, with multi-market experience in Australian and Hong Kong real estate markets, specialising in tenant representation, real estate advisory and transaction management.

Justin has represented occupiers with lease renewals, relocations, disposals, consolidations, negotiations, make good, lease surrender advice, buy side due dilligence and acquisitions.  He has also advised clients on their corporate real estate strategies and is an Associate member of the Australian Property Institute (AAPI).

I joined the team in June 2015 to create Workplace Management Services (WMS) under the Occupier Services divison. Our team provides an innovative model of workplace management to high-performing workplaces.

My previous role was Co-Founder & CEO of First Contact, pioneering the first “hotel style” service model for ANZ and top tier landlords in 2005. Over the past 2 years I have worked closely with companies like Westpac Group to create a new corporate services offering, focused on experience for both clients and employees. Previous to this, I worked extensively in the hotels, events and catering industries.

WMS challenges the traditional FM solution by providing a service-oriented and customer aware solution. It’s all about creating a corporate hub with a sense of community around the organisation.

Each service is uniquely designed for each client and their individual departments:
1. For external guests (those visiting the clients location), and equally as important, 
2. Internal guests (the employees of the client).

Our services range from workplace management, service training and advisory as well as front-of-house shared services with the aim of providing services that are designed to support the way people work.