For the last week, I was asked to help onboard a new portfolio for the Milwaukee office. My assignments for the project were to abstract the leases and I contributed to reaching out to vendors to establish service agreements. The entire portfolio had one month to be onboarded. As I […]

In week 7 I was able to work on several tenant move-out inspections from start to finish. Simultaneously we knocked out a few annual inspections for our business park, and we worked with our maintenance manager from another company to inspect mechanical and electrical components. As I learn more I […]

For the 6th week of my internship, I was assigned to my areas of property inspection. The 1st property I inspected was chaperoned but it quickly lead to independent inspections. The picture featured is from the rooftop of my office which I was entrusted to inspect solo. The inspections tie […]

The 5th week of my internship brought a very interesting and insightful experience. The interns were invited to an event held by the managers of 330 Kilbourn in Milwaukee. This is one of a couple of opportunities offered by Colliers to get a deeper understanding of commercial real estate and […]

During the 4th week of my internship, I learned the beginning steps of the budgeting process. This involved contacting vendors, reviewing rent rolls, and using software like Microsoft Excel and Yardi. Upon reviewing our listed vendors in MRI Angus, we decided to audit our COIs for each vendor which opened […]

This week the Colliers office sponsored a team trip to a CARW event. (Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin) This trip was a great introduction to meeting professionals in eastern Wisconsin and learning about the current market trends. As a college student, I found many opportunities to create conversation and learn […]

This week for my internship in commercial management, I toured each building to understand the layouts and procedures and learn about the tenants and vacancies. This is a preliminary procedure for property inspections as well and a great way to understand the properties that I will be working with from […]

Colliers Internship Week 1:  This summer I am working an internship for Colliers | Fox Valley and will be learning the hands-on management of commercial real estate. For my first week, I connected with the teams from Milwaukee & Fox Valley, as well as introduced/trained on software such as MRI […]