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2026 Next Generation Awards
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- CBRE’s Groen Drives $11 Billion in Phoenix Multifamily Investment Sales
- Cohen with MMCC Provides Commercial Debt and Equity Financing Across Multiple Asset Types
- Cole with Vestar Oversees Leasing and Development for Large-Scale Retail Pipeline
- Colliers’ McInerney Handles High-Volume Office Brokerage Throughout Las Vegas Market
- Cushman＆Wakefield’s Brown Has Executed More Than $3 Billion in Structured Real Estate Financing
- Gates Builds Active Self-Storage Brokerage Platform for Matthews
- Newmark’s Dorsett Handles Retail Investment Sales Across Arizona Markets
- Saccente Handles Regional Marketing for Lincoln’s Desert West Portfolio
- Sproul with Transwestern Specializes in Industrial Land Sales and Development in Arizona
- Vasquez Bridges Brokerage and Development Strategy Across Diversified Partners’ Platform
Cole with Vestar Oversees Leasing and Development for Large-Scale Retail Pipeline
As a Leasing and Development Manager at Vestar, Harrison Cole is responsible for leasing and development execution across a multi-state retail portfolio totaling approximately four million square feet in Arizona and California. He sources and negotiates lease transactions, structures deal terms, and executes merchandising strategies to support long-term asset performance.
Cole has completed over $200 million in transaction volume across retail assets in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Washington, working with leading ownership groups including Nuveen, Barings, AEW, DMB, and 3D Investments.
Cole oversees the leasing and development of more than 2.6 million square feet of ground-up retail currently underway in Arizona. A key project is the 520,000-square-foot Verrado Marketplace, an open-air shopping center in Phoenix’s West Valley anchored by Target, Safeway, Harkins Theatres and HomeGoods. Harrison played a central role in leasing execution, merchandising strategy and architectural design to bring the project to market.
Cole is the ICSC NextGen Chair for the Southwest Marketplace Council, a member of the Urban Land Institute and NAIOP, and participates with the Valley Partnership. Outside of the industry, he volunteers with St. Mary’s Food Bank in Phoenix.
These are just a few reasons we chose Harrison Cole as one of Connect CRE’s Phoenix & Southwest Next Generation Award winners. Connect CRE’s annual Next Generation Awards recognize young leaders who will have a strong influence on the commercial real estate industry.