Power Broker
David Burden

David Burden

Principal & Vice Chair, Colliers

Chicago, IL 60606

Phone (312) 612-5948

Mobile (312) 907-7400

David Burden leads Occupier Services Chicago Area.
Specialties
Tenant Rep (Office)
Property Types
Hospitality, Industrial, Office, Retail, Flex, Specialty, Multi-Family, Health Care
Markets
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati/Dayton, Denver, Jacksonville (Florida), Los Angeles, Other Market Areas, Hartford, Orange County (California), Philadelphia, Portland, St. Louis, Hampton Roads, Minneapolis/St Paul, Toledo, El Paso, Louisville, Montgomery, New Orleans/Metairie/Kenner, Springfield, Toronto, Vancouver, Montréal
Bio
David Burden leads Occupier Services Chicago Area, a team that provides transaction and corporate advisory real estate services from Chicago across NA and the world. David advises clients locally and accounts globally for space requirements in office, lab, industrial, retail, hospitality and specialty uses. His experience stems from thousands of lease and sale transactions ranging from small offices to headquarters, restaurants, land and distribution spaces to manufacturing. David is currently the director of the firm's Life Sciences Practice Group, working closely with biotech companies. He is also a founding member of the Tenant Advisory Council (fka Occupier Services Group) consisting of the firm's Top 100 "Tenant Rep" brokers who colloborate on multi-city assignments globally. His hospitality, food company and financial services clients also hve given him the opportunity to develop expertise in Retail Services Group and as member of the Food & Beverage Practice Group. He and his team of transaction management professionals take a comprehensive approach to be a one-stop point of contact for account management, lease administration, workplace strategy, labor analytics, capital markets, project management, demographics and incentives procurement services. Prior to joining Colliers in 2008, he worked in similar corporate services capacities at CBRE and C&W. Earlier in his career, David worked on Capitol Hill in economic development roles before pursuing his MBA while working as a site selection consultant at Arthur Andersen LLP. David and wife Kristy met at the University of Illinois, married in 2001, and are blessed with three sons.
Education
MBA, Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management BA, Economics, University of Illinois
Affiliations
  • SIOR - Society of Industrial and Office Realtors
  • NAIOP - National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
  • CoreNet - Global Corporate Real Estate Network
Awards
#1 Top Producer, Colliers Chicago 2019, 2018, 2014, 2010
Most Multi-City Assignments (MCA’s) and Largest Number of Transactions Closed, Colliers Chicago, 2015 – 2019
Colliers International Everest Club 2009 - 2022
Service Provider of the Year, CoreNet Global Chicago Chapter, 2015
Chicago Crain's Office Tenant Rep Broker of the Year, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2020