President

Jim Loft is a Senior Vice President with Colliers International. Jim specializes in office leasing, representing both landlords and tenants in the St. Louis market.

Since starting his commercial real estate career in 2000, Jim has been involved in hundreds of transactions representing both small business owners as well as major corporations. Jim has served on the St. Louis CCIM Board of Directors since 2013.

President-Elect

Tiffany started her career in the commercial real estate industry with Cushman & Wakefield in 2001. Tiffany works in the Global Occupier Services Division where she manages the leasing of client locations throughout the United States and Canada.

Prior to her current role, Tiffany worked in land brokerage where she specialized in land acquisition and disposition of retail, office, and industrial land in Missouri and Illinois.

She also practiced Tenant and Landlord Representation in the procurement of retail space. Tiffany earned her CCIM designation in 2010 and has served on the CCIM St. Louis Chapter Board of Directors since 2011.

Secretary/Treasurer

Grant Mechlin is the Managing Director of Sansone Group’s Retail Brokerage Services Division. Grant specializes in retail project leasing, tenant representation, development and investment sales.

Since joining Sansone Group in 2007, Grant has successfully completed transactions in 23 states with a 2015 team sales and leasing volume in excess of $60 million on approximately 855,000 square feet of retail. Grant became a CCIM in 2014 and joined the St. Louis CCIM Board in 2016.

Past-President

Scott is Vice President Investment Services at Pace Properties.

He has specialized in primarily retail investment sales for the past 10 years and has completed in excess of $500 million in transactions throughout the US.

Scott received his CCIM in 1999 and has been active as a board member since 2012.

Director

Ben is the President of Manor Real Estate. At Manor, Ben oversees the Commercial Real Estate brokerage team and business development efforts.

Ben has been a CCIM since 2011 and has been active on the St. Louis CCIM board since 2012 and has been President since January of 2018.

Director

David is Regional Vice President and Practice Leader of Commercial Real Estate for PlaceValue, an independent national consultancy that helps companies plan, procure and manage their office and industrial real estate transitions.

Prior to PlaceValue, David was President & CEO of Koch Development, a private real estate investor and developer based in Saint Louis. David became a CCIM in 2008. He was honored to be CCIM of the Year in Saint Louis in 2010 and serves as Past President of the Saint Louis Metro Chapter.

Director

As Vice President of Leasing & Development for Duke Realty, Matt is responsible for leading all St. Louis operations including leasing, development and marketing related to the company’s more than 4 million square foot portfolio.

A commercial real estate veteran, Matt started his career in 1999 having worked in a previous role with Duke Realty as well as Cushman & Wakefield/DTZ and Colliers Turley Martin Tucker.

After earning his CCIM designation in 2004, Matt has been an active member of the St. Louis CCIM Board since 2007.

Director

Steve formed SJ Financial Group 26 Years ago with a background in Brokerage and Loans, been a CMBS Lender in the the late 90’s, received CCIM Designation in 2001 and SIOR Designation in 2007, have served on the CCIM Board since 2006 and Chapter President in 2012, presently Regional Vice President for the CCIM Institute.

Director

Tony Kennedy is a Senior Vice President with Colliers International and specializes in office leasing, representing both landlords and tenants in the St. Louis market.

With over 20 years of commercial real estate experience, Tony has participated in hundreds of transaction representing more than $500 million in sales and leasing volume.

Tony has served on the CCIM Board since 2009 and was the Chapter President in 2017.

Director

Dan Merlo is a co-founder of Intelica CRE. He specializes in leasing, sales, tenant representation and design build projects for industrial clients and office clients.

With 20 years of commercial real estate experience, Dan has been involved in closing over 10 million square feet of industrial, office & retail space and has sold over two thousand acres of land.

Dan has been a CCIM member since 1998, a board member since 2001 and served as the Board President in 2006.

Director

As a licensed attorney in both Missouri and Illinois, Erin utilizes her extensive background in real estate law to advise clients through complex real estate decisions. Erin works with the Colliers St Louis Investment Team, helping clients achieve maximum results for investment and net lease property.

Director

Tom Ray is a first vice president with CBRE, specializing in office brokerage in the St. Louis market. He was one of the top producers in CBRE’s St. Louis office in 2004 through 2007 and 2012 and 2013. Ray recently answered several of the most common questions that office tenants have for commercial brokers. .

Director