Bill Ritter Email & Phone Number

Lakeland, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Awards*Colliers Minneapolis-St. Paul Top 5 Broker 1983-2018*2012 through 2018 Everest Club (Top 10% of all Colliers Brokers across the U.S., Canada and Latin America)* Three time recipient of the Minnesota Commercial Association of Realtors (MNCAR) Industrial Transaction of the Year Award Bill completed lease negotiations for the headquarter operations of Digital River, a publicly traded e-commerce company. Digital River hired Bill to evaluate market alternatives, analyze the financial impact of consolidation and relocation, and to lead the negotiation for the relocation of their Eden Prairie office space into a 143,000-square-foot Gold LEED-certified building located in the Opus Park of Minnetonka. Recipient of the (MNCAR's) "Industrial Transaction of the Year" award for his representation of Lifetouch Studios. The assignment involved the consolidation of three older inefficient facilities totaling 200,000-square-feet into one property of 105,000-square-feet. This allowed Lifetouch to increase operational efficiency, eliminate redundancies and make use of new production and distribution technology. Bill represented Milestone AV Technologies in the acquisition of a 75,000 square-foot headquarters office building to consolidate Milestone's office space. Bill completed lease negotiations for Milestone's 125,000 square-foot assembly facility and a new 105,000 square-foot distribution center. Recipient of (MNCAR's) "Industrial Transaction of the Year Award", Bill negotiated the contract to sell a 510,000 sf facility on 109 acres to a national developer and prior to closing the sale, identified and secured a sale of the building and 59 acres to a company who will occupy the building. Bill secured a 227,000 sf 10 year lease on behalf of Graco, Inc. This project consolidated warehouse and distribution from three existing production plants to enable continued growth and expansion of Graco's business operations.