John is an Executive Vice President with Colliers International. Prior to joining Colliers, he was a founding Principal of the office division at Signature Associates. He has consistently been a top producer in the field with significant expertise on both the agency side and in the occupier space.
John Fricke's real estate career spans more than 30 years, successfully completing real estate acquisitions and dispositions for clients across the nation. He has an extensive background in the office, educational, medical, financial service, automotive supplier, research and technology sectors. John is currently the primary account manager on several large institutional clients and has done work for several state universities including Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, large health care organizations such as St. Joseph Mercy Hospital System and Michigan Medicine, and automotive suppliers such as BorgWarner, Bosch and MAHLE Group. John has also been extremely successful on agency side assignments including representing ownership of the Fairlane Mall in Dearborn on a 240,000 square foot lease with Ford Motor Company in 2016 and John led the team that for over twenty years consistently kept the 600,000 square foot Oakland Towne Square at well over 90% occupied.