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National Director | Arizona Cooke Multifamily Team thomas.brophy@colliers.com Direct: +1 602 222 5057 Mobile: +1 602 820 1162 Main: +1 602 222 5000 colliers.com/arizona 2390 E Camelback Rd Suite 100 Phoenix, AZ 85016
Area of Expertise
Business Background
As national director of multifamily
Prior to his current role, Thomas served
research & analytics for the Cooke
as research director for Colliers in
Multifamily Team with Colliers, Thomas is
Arizona, managing the research
responsible for the aggregation,
department entrusted with all market
management, and analysis of all market,
data and analysis. His creative outlook
and related, data sets. He provides
significantly enhanced research services
market-leading research services through
for clients and brokers. Thomas has
the systematic deployment of custom,
extensive experience in collecting,
purpose-built software, and analytic
analyzing, and preparing market and
platforms for the creation of qualitative,
economic data and research, as well as
not just quantitative, analysis.
expertise in corporate communications,
In addition to publishing quarterly
investor relations, strategic planning,
statistical reports for each market in
brand management and public speaking.
which the team’s clients operate, he
Prior to Colliers, Thomas was director of
maintains a database of both publicly
research for ABI Multifamily, where he
available, and in-house built, leading
developed market reports and research
economic/real estate indicators to
data used in marketing materials for ABI
provide forecasts and analyze and
offices in Phoenix, Tucson, Sacramento,
Bachelor of Arts
interpret real estate trends as they
and San Diego. He oversaw all data
History and Spanish
happen.
collection and reporting, wrote monthly
University of San Diego
Thomas also produces customized
market insight articles, and developed
Education or Qualifications
research reports on behalf of the team Affiliations or Memberships Arizona Economic Roundtable (AERT) Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) Colliers’ Designated Contact Valley Partnership Speaker
and clients, prepares market presentations and develops ad hoc research projects in support of business development. Thomas’ ethos: question different; for it is in asking better, more salient, questions that true market knowledge, and understanding is found. In our new era of big data, we have reached peak data overload. Knowledge is a derivative of information; wisdom, knowledge’s ultimate abstract, can only be gained when tethered to, and guided by, experience.
market podcasts. Thomas served as director of research and partner for Neighborhood Ventures, a multifamily investment firm. In his role, he collected, analyzed, and wrote market data reports for use in investor presentations, offering materials and corporate communications. As principal with EPU Investments, Thomas directed business and research operations for a multi-divisional investment company involved in singleand multifamily development and land services. As an affordable housing specialist at Hendricks & Partners (now Berkadia), he helped create the affordable housing division, and assisted brokers and clients in the acquisition and disposition of assets across the U.S.