About
Professional Summary
Ms. Lenardson joined Colliers International | Houston in 2012 as Vice President of Retail Services, bringing over 16 years of commercial real estate experience to the firm. Kim is a dedicated retail specialist providing both landlord and retail tenant representation services. She has worked with REITs on large portfolios as well as help local owners find smaller shop space.
Kim previously served as a Leasing Specialist with North American Properties – Southeast, Inc. | Ft. Myers, FL from 2007 to 2012. She was primarily responsible for leasing document management of new leases, renewals, assignments and amendments of the North American Properties Ft. Myers portfolio consisting of Publix anchored and Target anchored centers throughout Florida and Georgia. The North American Properties Ft. Myers portfolio reached a scale of over 1.2 million square feet of GLA including approximately 360,000 square feet of small shop space. She acquired a working knowledge of shopping center construction with the ability to read construction plans. Assisted in site plan design of new developments along with building the design in accordance with creating merchandising plans. Kim worked with many aspects of asset management including creating detailed reports for the purposes of Pro-Forma projections andlease assumptions. leasing summaries, competitive market surveys, and five-year budget projections.
Director of Sales and Leasing with Grand Bay Properties, LLC | Bonita Springs, FL from 2004 to 2007. Retail leasing of grocery and specialty centers of up to 93,000 square feet as well as Class A office space. Negotiated new and renewal lease agreements to ensure the best terms, compliance and obligations, with landlords, agents, attorneys and/or tenants directly. Reviewed tenants construction documents, sign shop drawings and sample boards for conformity to Landlord’s criteria. Monitored and verified negotiated construction to be built on schedule.
Leasing Associate with Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.| Miami, FL from 2003 to 2004. Represented Landlord, JP Morgan Investment Management, in leasing a 1.4 million square foot property with approximately 350 tenants. Updated and distributed monthly reports to JP Morgan.
Property Administrator with Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. | Atlanta, GA and Miami, FL from 2002 to 2003. Responsible for all aspects of lease administration including compilation of lease documents for ownership approval and distribution of leasing status reports, rent rolls, and Winstack stacking plans.
Education
- Real Estate Sales Agent's License, Texas
- Real Estate Sales Agent's License, Florida
Memberships & Involvements
- International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
Services
My Team
My Team
Lisa Bridges
Director of Market Research | Houston
Houston
Lisa joined Colliers in 2010 as Director of Market Research bringing 26 years of commercial real estate experience to the firm. Lisa initiates proactive market research projects to further the business goals of the company. She writes and prepares 29 market reports annually which include quarterly reports on Houston’s retail, office, industrial and healthcare properties. Further, she prepares statistical ownership reports for various clients as well as an annual Houston Economic Overview. Lisa also creates PowerPoint market presentations, trade journal articles, and other marketing materials in support of the company's business endeavors. She works with senior management in planning the company's marketing strategy and public relations support for local and national conferences, luncheon meetings, recruitment programs, and special events. Lisa works closely with the company's brokers to develop effective custom market research material specific to both existing and potential clients.
Lisa serves on the Colliers International Editorial Board, the Colliers International U.S. Research Council, is a Colliers Center of Excellence team member and is a recipient of the Colliers International Researcher of the Year Award.
Lisa earned the Commercial Property Research Certification (CPRC) from Colliers University. CPRC is the first and only accreditation for commercial real estate research professionals. It offers a professional development path to increase strategic and tactical expertise in marketing/research, knowledge of the industry and capabilities with commercial real estate tools.
Marilynne Clark
Director, Financial Analytics | Houston
Houston
Bringing 31 years of experience in commercial real estate, Marilynne joined Colliers in 2018 to provide financial analysis to the company’s leasing and investment sales teams for all types of assets. Prior to joining Colliers, she specialized in advising companies regarding their commercial real estate requirements or investments, including the following types of financial analysis:
- lease renewal and relocation comparisons
- mid-term lease renegotiations (“blend and extend”)
- lease buyouts
- sublease disposition/recovery
- comparison of build-to-suit/design-build to lease
- lease vs. buy
- own vs. sale/leaseback
- landlord net effective rate and IRR
- investor discounted cash flow analysis
- direct capitalization
Marilynne also has a background in commercial mortgage underwriting/loan originations and commercial real estate appraisal
Bethany is a commercial real estate professional with legal experience. She translates her creative and innovative ideas across all service lines in this ever-changing industry. Bethany excels at providing excellent customer service to both her internal team and external clients. She delivers high-quality capital markets, tenant and landlord representation, and property marketing reports and presentations. She is highly organized and has a keen eye for details, ensuring a high standard of quality in everything she does.
As the primary project coordinator for the Colliers office in Houston, she supports a team of advisors who specialize in all property types including land, office, retail, industrial, healthcare, and investments. She works on projects from proposal stages to closing and strives to help her team exceed their clients’ needs and expectations.
Bethany earned the Commercial Property Research Certification (CPRC) from Colliers University. CPRC is the first and only accreditation for commercial real estate research professionals. It offers a professional development path to increase strategic and tactical expertise in marketing/research, knowledge of the industry and capabilities with commercial real estate tools.
Before Colliers, Bethany’s background consisted of reporting on commercial properties, property management projects, legal support, and consulting.