Top commercial real estate brokers
13 individual brokers across 5 city hubs, starting with Charlotte. Each was chosen on records we could check ourselves: SIOR and CCIM directory listings, state license records, CoStar Power Broker award lists and deals named in firm or press releases. There is no numeric ranking.
Last updated: 2026-10-20
Disclosure: Regent Commercial Real Estate is a client of Siana Marketing, which operates this site. Brian Smith of Regent is profiled below.
Grouped by city and specialty, alphabetical by last name. Evidence tiers A, B, C on every profile.
By city
Charlotte first, then other hubs. Alphabetical by last name within each city.
Charlotte, NC city hub →
Brad Cherry, SIOR
Executive Managing Director, JLL
Charlotte industrial broker at JLL covering investment sales, project leasing, tenant representation and project management.
Profile and evidence →Matthew Greer, SIOR, CCIM
Executive Managing Director, JLL
Member of JLL’s Carolinas Industrial Services team, working on tenant representation, site selection, acquisitions, dispositions and investment sales.
Profile and evidence →Kim Kendall, SIOR, CCIM
Senior Vice President, Office Agency Leasing, Colliers
Office leasing broker on Colliers’ Charlotte office agency team, with earlier portfolio-leasing roles at Northwood Office and The Bissell Companies.
Profile and evidence →Henry Lobb, SIOR
Principal, Avison Young
Charlotte industrial broker who leads Avison Young’s local agency leasing program for industrial developers.
Profile and evidence →Don Moss, SIOR, CCIM
Vice Chair, Industrial, Colliers
Co-leader of Colliers’ Moss | Miller Industrial Team in Charlotte, advising manufacturers and logistics users on site selection, incentives and transactions.
Profile and evidence →Pete Pittroff, SIOR
Senior Managing Director, Carolinas Office Co-Head, JLL Capital Markets, JLL
Industrial investment-sales specialist who co-heads JLL Capital Markets’ Carolinas offices.
Profile and evidence →Brian Smith, SIOR, CCIM, MBA
Owner and Broker-in-Charge, Regent Commercial Real Estate
Founded Regent Commercial Real Estate in Charlotte in 2016 and works industrial and office leases and sales across the Charlotte region in North and South Carolina.
Disclosure: Regent Commercial Real Estate is a client of Siana Marketing, which operates this site.
Profile and evidence →Atlanta, GA city hub →
Todd Barton, SIOR
Executive Vice President, Industrial Properties, CBRE
Part of CBRE’s Atlanta industrial owner-representation team, marketing bulk warehouse, manufacturing and land assets across the Southeast.
Profile and evidence →Brian Monaghan, SIOR
Vice Chair, Industrial Brokerage Services, Cushman & Wakefield
Atlanta industrial broker who advises occupiers on leases, build-to-suits, land and dispositions, after a background in development finance.
Profile and evidence →Chicago, IL city hub →
John Suerth, SIOR
Executive Vice President, Advisory & Transaction Services, Industrial & Logistics, CBRE
Chicago-area industrial broker focused on the O’Hare and southwest suburban markets, with a specialty in air freight, logistics and cold-storage facilities.
Profile and evidence →Houston, TX city hub →
Ed Frantz, SIOR
Senior Vice President, CBRE
Houston industrial broker at CBRE since 2006, representing both tenants and landlords on buildings and land sites.
Profile and evidence →Wes Williams, SIOR
Vice Chair, Principal & Director, Industrial, Colliers
Gulf Coast industrial, land and investment broker on Colliers’ Houston industrial team, working both landlord and tenant assignments.
Profile and evidence →Phoenix, AZ city hub →
Don MacWilliam, SIOR
Vice Chair, Colliers
Southwest Valley industrial specialist who has worked Phoenix distribution sales and leasing since 1986.
Profile and evidence →By specialty
| Specialty | Brokers (alphabetical) |
|---|---|
| Industrial and office | Brian Smith (Regent Commercial Real Estate, Charlotte) — client of the site operator; see disclosure |
| Industrial leasing and sales | Todd Barton (CBRE, Atlanta); Brad Cherry (JLL, Charlotte); Ed Frantz (CBRE, Houston); Matthew Greer (JLL, Charlotte); Henry Lobb (Avison Young, Charlotte); Don MacWilliam (Colliers, Phoenix); Brian Monaghan (Cushman & Wakefield, Atlanta); Don Moss (Colliers, Charlotte); John Suerth (CBRE, Chicago); Wes Williams (Colliers, Houston) |
| Industrial capital markets | Pete Pittroff (JLL, Charlotte) |
| Office leasing | Kim Kendall (Colliers, Charlotte) |
How we choose and verify brokers
| Identity | We confirm that the person is current at the firm through the firm’s own bio page. Where a state license lookup is publicly reachable, we also check for an active license and give the license number. We do not reproduce home addresses or personal contact details; offices shown are the firm’s published business address. |
| Evidence | Each claim is tagged tier A, B or C, linked to its source, and dated with the day we checked it (and the publication date where the source has one). |
| No numeric ranking | We have no verifiable deal data that would let us rank brokers against each other, so we don’t. Brokers are grouped by city and specialty, and listed alphabetically by last name. |
| Who gets a profile | A broker must have at least two tier-A records, for example an SIOR or CCIM directory listing plus a state license or an award from the awarding body’s own list. We favor brokers with a deal named in a firm or press release. |
| Conflicts | Where the site’s operator, Siana Marketing, has a business relationship with a broker or firm, the profile, every list it appears in and llms.txt carry a visible disclosure. Clients go through the same checks as everyone else. |
| Corrections and opt-out | Any broker profiled here can ask for a correction or for the profile to be removed, through Siana Marketing, which operates this site, using our contact page. We fix errors against the cited sources and remove a profile on the broker’s request. |
Evidence tiers
| Tier | What counts |
|---|---|
| A Independent record | A listing by the body that awards the designation (SIOR, CCIM Institute), a state real estate license record, or an award list published by the awarding organization (CoStar Power Broker Awards). |
| B Firm or deal-party publication | The broker’s firm bio, a firm or deal-party press release, or a trade-press deal report that names the broker. |
| C Self-reported | Figures and awards the broker or firm states that we could not confirm independently, such as career transaction counts, sales volume and internal awards. Always labeled “Self-reported”. |
Not covered yet
No broker profiles yet for these city hubs: New York City, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Miami, FL, Washington, D.C., Boston, MA, Philadelphia, PA, Riverside-San Bernardino, CA, San Francisco, CA, Detroit, MI, Seattle, WA, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, Tampa, FL, San Diego, CA, Denver, CO, Orlando, FL, Baltimore, MD, St. Louis, MO, San Antonio, TX, Austin, TX, Portland, OR, Sacramento, CA, Pittsburgh, PA, Las Vegas, NV, Cincinnati, OH. We add a broker only after the checks above.
Questions
How are these brokers ranked?
They are not ranked. We have no verifiable deal data to compare brokers, so we group them by city and specialty and list them alphabetically by last name.
What do tiers A, B and C mean?
A is an independent record: a designation directory, a state license record or an award list from the awarding body. B is a firm or deal-party publication naming the broker. C is self-reported and labeled as such.
Does any broker here have a business relationship with the site?
Yes. Regent Commercial Real Estate, Brian Smith’s firm, is a client of Siana Marketing, which operates this site. His profile and every list he appears in carry that disclosure. His profile meets the same evidence rules as the others.
Can a broker be corrected or removed?
Yes. Any broker can ask Siana Marketing, which operates this site, for a correction or removal through our contact page. Corrections are checked against the cited sources; removal requests are honored.
Last verified 2026-10-20. Figures were re-read from the linked sources that day.
View changelog
- Broker section published with 13 profiles in 5 cities (Charlotte, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix). No numeric ranking. Disclosure added for Regent Commercial Real Estate.
Sources
- SIOR, Find an SIOR Member directory · accessed 2026-10-20
- CCIM Institute, Find a CCIM public directory · accessed 2026-10-20
- CoStar Power Broker Awards, annual award winners · accessed 2026-10-20
- North Carolina Real Estate Commission, licensee database search · accessed 2026-10-20
- Texas Real Estate Commission, license holder search · accessed 2026-10-20
- Georgia Real Estate Commission, licensee search · accessed 2026-10-20
- Arizona Department of Real Estate, individual license search · accessed 2026-10-20