Professional Summary

Derek is the Regional Research Director for Colliers covering the San Francisco Bay Area, California. As Regional Research Director, he leads the organizational and strategic development of the Research service offering for the San Francisco Bay Area and works closely with the Colliers brokers and leadership to provide market expertise to clients and procure new business opportunities.

Derek has contributed to regional and national reports covering a wide range of topics affecting commercial real estate. He leads the development of thought leadership content in the Bay Area, tracking real estate and real estate-adjacent trends at both the market level and individual asset level.

With close to 20 years of real estate experience in the Bay Area, Derek is an expert across multiple markets including San Francisco and the East Bay, where he covered the office and industrial sectors in Oakland, the Tri-Valley, and Walnut Creek.