Collin Perkins currently serves as a Managing Director in Newmark’s Salt Lake City office. Collin has specialized in office product since he joined the company in 1999, and he has been a top producer every year since. After nearly 33 years in corporate real estate, Collin has leased 12 million square feet and participated in the acquisition and/or disposition of over $800 million in commercial properties. Recent clients have included All State Insurance, Bay Pacific Corporation, BDO, Crump Life, Doerken Properties, Degreed, Hamilton Partners, HNTB, MetTel Communications, MGIS, PlanSource, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Stearns Lending, Sunrise Engineering, Temkin Properties and the University of Utah.
Prior to joining Newmark, Collin worked for seven years in the Salt Lake City office of Grubb & Ellis, as a vice president with the Office Services Group. One of the company’s top producers, he received the prestigious Circle of Excellence award, which recognizes the top Grubb & Ellis agents nationwide, in 1997 and 1998. Collin previously worked for nearly three years in the Phoenix office of The Koll Company. As a senior manager, his responsibilities included supervising the leasing and management of a Class A office portfolio for clients such as Principal Financial Group, AEW, and Kansas Public Employees’ Pension Fund. In 1991, Collin received The Koll Company’s Big Deal award, in recognition of his efforts to complete a 100,000-square-foot, 10-year lease with a national insurance company.
Collin began his real estate career in 1986 in Washington, D.C., as a leasing agent for Wade Investment Company, a local real estate developer. After working on several Class A and Class B office projects, he was promoted to the position of vice president, responsible for directing the marketing and leasing efforts of a 5 million-square-foot office portfolio. While in Washington, D.C., Collin earned his MBA from George Washington University.
Professional Achievements
– CoStar Power Broker, 2006-2009, 2011, 2012 and 2016
– Most Transactions, Newmark Salt Lake City Office, 2013 and 2014
– Finalist for CCIM Office Broker of the Year, 2013 and 2014
– More than 25 years of experience in office leasing and sales
– Sold more than $800 million in commercial properties
– Leased more than 12 million SF
Professional Affiliations
– Member, Utah CCIM Chapter
Education
Collin earned a Master of Business Administration degree from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University.
Partial List of Sale Transactions
• 324 South State Street – 200,000 SF, Class B Office Building – $32.0 million
• Bridge Building – 135,000 SF, Class B Office Building – $20.5 million
• Draper Corporate Park – 152,000 SF, Class B Office Park – $17.5 million
• Draper Business Park – 190,000 SF, Class B Office Park – $15.2 million
• Lindon Tech – 74,000 SF, Two Class B Office Portfolio – 11.3 million
• 45th Street Office Park – 89,000 SF, Office Park – $10.5 million
• Evans & Sutherland – 84,000 SF, Class B Office Building – $8.3 million
• Murray Office Building – 45,520 SF, Class B Office Building – $8.25 million
• Independence Square – 80,000 SF, Three Class B Office Buildings – $6.8 million
• Vantage Plaza – 48,000 SF, Class B Office Building – $6.75 million
• American Plaza I – 56,000 SF, Class B Office Building – $6.0 million
• East Wing Plaza I – 40,500 SF, Class B Office Building – $5.8 million
• Cloverland Building – 37,000 SF, Class B Office Building – 5.7 million
• CRS Plaza – 53,000 SF, Class B Office Building – $4.8 million
• Fairway Pointe – 31,290 SF, Class A Office Building – $4.8 million
• 9067 S. Temple Dr. – 34,000 SF, Class B Office Building – $4.7 million
• Page Brake Building – 61,000 SF, Class B Office Building – $4.5 million
• Maple Loop Office Building – 16,133 SF, Class A Office Building – $3.4 million
• Ikano Building – 28,875 SF, Class B Office Building – $3.3 million
• 1333 E. 9400 S. – 25,000 SF, Class B Office Building – $2.6 million
• Brighton Pointe – 22,000 SF, Class B Office Building – $2.0 million
• Sunrise Engineering – 12,367 SF, Class B Office Park – $1.8 million
Partial List of Lease Transactions
• Goldman Sachs – 80,000 SF
• Symantec Corporation – 70,000 SF
• NPS Pharmaceuticals – 56,000 SF
• Vista Staffing Solutions – 55,000 SF
• Boart Longyear – 52,000 SF
• Franklin Templeton – 52,000 SF
• University of Utah, School of Medicine – 45,000 SF
• Crump Life – 44,000 SF
• Infinisource – 38,000 SF
• Great Basin Scientific – 36,000 SF
• Evault – 35,000 SF
• University of Utah Education at Work – 32,000 SF
• MetTel Communications – 26,000 SF
• Holland & Hart, LLP – 25,000 SF
• Nextel Communications – 25,000 SF
• Ancestry.com – 23,000 SF
• Dealer Socket – 23,000 SF
• Electronic Arts (EA) – 22,000 SF
• Horrocks Engineering – 20,455 SF
• CH2M Hill – 20,000 SF
• Océ Business Services – 20,000 SF
• Sprint – 20,000 SF
• MetTel Communications – 19,000 SF
• Workday – 18,000 SF
• University of Utah Biomedical Informatics – 16,500 SF
• HNTB – 16,000 SF
• CBIZ – 15,000 SF
• Progressive Insurance – 12,000 SF
• MGIS – 13,000 SF
• CU Prodigy – 11,100 SF
• Stearns Lending – 11,000 SF
• Interior Worx – 10,450 SF
• Sports Medicine Research & Testing Lab – 10,000 SF
• University of Utah Cardiovascular Genetics – 10,000 SF
• 4Life Research – 10,000 SF
• PlanSource – 8,800 SF
• Ereinsure – 8,397 SF
• Bartlett Homes – 8,014 SF
• Degreed – 7,500 SF