David Josker (left), Amanda Spangler and Ricardo Pacheco.
David Josker, Amanda Spangler and Ricardo Pacheco
President of Western U.S.; managing director for Orange County and the Inland Empire; managing director for L.A. at Colliers
Colliers is definitely on the rise in Los Angeles.
In previous years, the brokerage would handle big projects intermittently and be considered middle of the pack. But the company hired a few dozen more brokers and finance experts, enabling Colliers over the past year and a half to grab a significant amount of landmark and large-scale assignments with millions of square feet in key submarkets,
In the most notable example, Colliers and Hilco in May were awarded the listing assignment of Oceanwide Plaza, the massive luxury development in Downtown L.A. that stalled midway through construction over five years ago due to financial troubles, and which has garnered international attention after trespassers tagged the structure with graffiti.
Colliers pins a lot of its recent growth and success to an integrated strategy between the capital markets team and the leasing professionals, and to its larger office team.
“That cross collaboration — where we’re starting to expand our platform across not just Southern California, but across the board — has been amazing to see these last 24 months especially,” said Amanda Spangler, who runs Colliers’ Orange County and Inland Empire offices.
David Josker, who previously served in the U.S. Marine Corps., is president of the Western U.S. for Colliers, and manages the firm’s offices in California and eight other states. In his previous role as president of the Southwestern U.S., the firm doubled its annual revenue in that region and hired more brokers.
Ricardo Pacheco manages the firm’s offices in Los Angeles. He’s credited with leading much of the recent business expansion and new recruiting.
Spangler handles the firm’s growth on the industrial side. For example, Colliers recently facilitated the sale of an Inland Empire logistics center for $77 million. And Spangler is anticipating an increase in activity over the next 12 months, with industrial vacancies declining.
“We’re looking to grow and expand those teams, too,” Spangler said. “I can tell you, it’s been a challenging past couple years. But we are gaining momentum, and we’re here to see Q3 and Q4 really spike, and our end sentiment for 2025 is positive. [The Federal Reserve lowering interest rates] is a big positive sentiment, especially for capital markets.”
