Paul Bickford
Vice President, Colliers
Saint Louis Park, MN 55416
Phone (952) 897-7732
Mobile (612) 508-6776
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker, Tenant Rep
Property Types
Industrial, Office, Flex
Markets
Minneapolis/St Paul
Bio
Paul Bickford has been a member of the industrial leasing and brokerage division of Colliers International (formerly NAI Welsh) since 1988, and has successfully completed more than 2,300 lease/sale transactions totaling more than 45 million square feet with an approximate lease/sale consideration of over $800 million. Currently, Paul oversees a 1.5 million-square-foot portfolio of industrial properties on behalf of six institutional and four local owners.
Paul maintains a strong network of owners, tenants and brokers to keep the buildings in his portfolio fully leased. Paul handles every step of the real estate process for his clients, including telephone prospecting, site searches, negotiating final lease or purchase agreement terms, and facilitating the construction process.
Paul handled the leasing of a seven building, 421,000-square-foot office/warehouse portfolio located in Minnetonka on behalf of a large industrial REIT. The portfolio was 24% vacant and within two years, Paul achieved a 100% occupancy level including securing long term leases with its two largest tenants, St. Jude Medical and Cargill. This ultimately allowed the real estate owner to sell the portfolio at a price that even exceeded their expectations.
