About
Professional Summary
Josh joined the Capital Markets team in 2023 after working for six years as the General Manager of the Colliers West Auckland office where they established themselves as prominent marketers of substantial West Auckland assets and delivered a number of market-leading transactions. He also established and grew a specialised Site Sales business segment dedicated to delivering well-considered residential developments, supported by comprehensive research.
Josh began with Colliers in 2003 and rapidly developed his skills to emerge as one of Colliers’ leading Brokers, facilitating hundreds of millions of dollars of property transactions. He later went on to work for a prominent construction firm where he specialised in design-built industrial developments, forging close partnerships with esteemed developers before returning to Colliers in 2015.
Since 2015, Josh has solidified his reputation as Auckland's foremost Broker for development site sales, orchestrating over $2 billion in sales across more than 150 distinctive development sites. With nine years of experience on the North Shore and six years in the Colliers West Auckland office, he has a broad geographical understanding of the Auckland property market.
In addition to his extensive involvement in Auckland's property markets, Josh's professional strengths encompass analytical, strategic, and creative thinking abilities.
In 2023, Josh was a finalist in the REINZ Individual Commercial & Industrial Salesperson of the Year award.
Memberships & Involvements
- On the board of Auckland University Students Association Property Trust
- Specialist property advisor to religious institutions
My Team
My Team
In 1993 Peter returned to New Zealand from the United Kingdom with several years’ experience in property management and development. During this time, he worked for Vanson Developments (Richard Branson´s property development company) for two years, and in investment and management for Fuller Peiser (Rolls Royce and Vickers Pension Funds). Upon his return to New Zealand, Peter joined Colliers International (NZ) Limited, where he has been ever since.
Peter now leads the Colliers International Capital Markets division, based in the Auckland CBD. The team is proud to have established a new approach to collaborative working within their division, a first the New Zealand marketplace.
The “Power of Five” approach with the Capital Markets team has driven exceptional outcomes for client service since 2007. The team has adapted a charter unique in the market, with over 100 years of combined experience. The personal and professional networks of 5 directors operating as a cohesive team across all projects, provides maximum leverage and market coverage for our vendors. It ensures an acceleration of all our clients success.
Richard is responsible for the promotion of New Zealand property to international investors, leveraging of his relationships developed in executive positions during his near 8 years in Hong Kong, as well as assisting to grow the company’s nationwide Rural and Agribusiness agency capability.
Richard began his real estate career in 2004 with CBRE, in the five years he spent with them (before leaving to run Colliers Hong Kong business in 2008) he was involved in many notable transactions including the sale of the Lion Nathan site in Newmarket for $162m, the sale of the GE & BNZ Britomart properties on behalf of Manson’s to the German fund HIH and portfolio sales, including the successful auctioning of 16 National Bank Branches across New Zealand.
During his time as MD of Colliers Hong Kong he was involved in the sale of 50 Connaught Road on behalf Apollo Group (a New York based Hedge Fund) to the Agricultural Bank of China for $US632m.
Richard was the Managing Director of Colliers Hong Kong office for six years from 2009-2014. During this time he was an active participant in several high value transactions and developed broad relationships with both Asian investors and colleagues across the region.
In late 2014, Richard agreed to run CBRE’s Asia Pacific Capital Market business, including their Capital Advisory (Real Estate Investment Banking) business, this further added to his knowledge of real estate investors, particularly in greater Asia.
As a senior executive of Colliers for 6 years in Hong Kong, Richard has strong personal relationships with Colliers personnel across the globe.
After more than a decade in Australia’s highly competitive commercial property sector, Blair joined Colliers International NZ as Director in the Capital Markets team in April 2017.
Specialising in the sale of larger commercial assets and mixed-use sites around New Zealand, Blair brings a high level of energy and diligence to the industry. His extensive knowledge and educational background ensures he is well-equipped in progressing and developing the Capital Markets team.
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Previous Experience
From 2014 – 2017, Blair was Director and Head of JLL’s South Sydney office where under his leadership, the company grew from third to first in the South Sydney market in both leasing and sales. In 2015 he was the company’s highest fee earner across the Australian industrial business. Blair specialised in the sale and leasing of larger industrial and commercial assets including mixed-use development sites within the South Sydney market.
Prior to this he was Head of Industrial, South Sydney at CBRE. While at CBRE, Blair won the prestigious Circle of Excellence Award twice for his performances and was highest fee writer in the South Sydney office in 2012 and 2013.
Peterken’s top transaction while in Sydney was the 2014 sale of a 4.9ha business park in Rosebery, South Sydney to Meriton Group for A$190,000,000
His two biggest leases were the single largest leasing transactions in South Sydney in their respective years. In 2011, he leased a Goodman-developed, 12,400sq m warehouse and office in Mascot to logistics company Toll, and last year, he leased a Meriton-owned 22,000sq m site in Pagewood to WSI Logistics.
A selection of notable sale transactions:
- Sale of St Kentigern Girls School, Remuera - $40,000,000 +
- The General Buildings, 29-33 Shortland Street, Auckland - $42,000,000
- 110 Symonds Street, Auckland - $38,500,000
- 1-55 Rothschild Ave, Rosebery - $190,000,000
- Central Park Business Park, Greenlane - $209,000,000
- Bunnings Hamilton South - $25,100,000
- The Warehouse, Blenheim - $16,380,000
- NZI Centre, Auckland - $63,000,000
- Royal Heights Shopping Centre, Auckland - $17,000,000
- 75 Karangahape Road, Auckland - $23,300,000
- 5 Nelson Street, Auckland - $9,000,000
- 66-80 Broadway, Newmarket - $65,000,000