PHOENIX—Bob Mulhern, senior managing director at Colliers International, was recently honored with the award of excellence by the NAIOP Arizona chapter. Mulhern shared his insight into market trends in the Greater Phoenix market and how to juggle work-life balance in the hectic CRE environment.
GlobeSt.com: What CRE trends does Colliers see on the horizon in 2016 and 2017?
Bob Mulhern: We think these next two years will be healthy ones for the Greater Phoenix commercial real estate market. Demand for all kinds of real estate—rental housing, for-sale housing and commercial spaces—will be driven by resumed population growth and by accelerating employment growth. We are seeing signs of expansion from existing businesses as well as successes from local communities in attracting business relocations from other markets.
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
