Paula Clair Smith

Senior Vice President - Commercial Services

Senior Vice PresidentLicense# BK3226574

ColliersClearwater, FL (727) 409-5539

ABOUT

Paula Clair Smith, CCIM, joined Colliers in 2016 elevating an expansive commercial real estate career throughout Pinellas County in retail, office, industrial and redevelopment. As a resident of Pinellas County since 1984, Paula conveys a wealth of experience in the local municipalities and their regulatory nuances, making her extremely valuable to Colliers and the clients who depend on her. Paula has been licensed in commercial real estate since leaving a marketing career in 1998. She represents a variety of family investment firms, local business owners and tenants, along with special purpose groups such as Pasadena Community Church. Her notable accomplishments include: participating in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital expansion throughout the Tampa Bay area; assisting Aqua Marketing with several locations; quickly leasing Performance St. Petersburg BTS to replace a failed tenant; and, actively leasing Pineywoods office buildings while recommending an effective renovation strategy. Paula’s insatiable curiosity and expertise in the surrounding communities and Tampa Bay businesses gives her clients, such as GCP Ventures and Houghton-Wagman Properties, an advantage in leasing and sales. Prior to transferring her skills to the Colliers platform, Paula worked at local brokerage firms. She remains active in identifying and contracting on medical office buildings, industrial/manufacturing facilities, the leasing of multi-tenant complexes and assembling urban downtown blocks for redevelopment. Paula has worked in conjunction with most municipalities in Pinellas County and attributes much of her long-standing success to those relationships.