Ray Lopez

Ray Lopez is the kind of person who seems to measure a good deal not by its size, but by whether the people who trusted him ended up exactly where they needed to be.

Steady, hardworking, and known among his peers for his integrity, Ray has carried those qualities through nearly two decades in commercial real estate, and it is the reason clients tend to describe him not by the deals he closed, but by how he made them feel while he closed them. They talk about someone who knows Houston's markets inside and out, who picks up the phone when they call, and who gives people the room to make their decision with confidence. One client called him 'a professional in every sense of the word,' someone who 'does what is right' and looks for 'ways to find the yes.' Another needed just three words: 'He gets it.'

That instinct explains a lot about how Ray works. He learned the business from every angle early on, managing buildings, marketing them, filling them, and that well-rounded foundation led him to the work he loves most: advising tenants and occupiers, walking alongside companies as they make some of the biggest decisions their business will face. His clients range from family-owned Houston businesses to global corporations, and he has guided them through everything from build-to-suit projects to intricate lease structures with confidence and care. Within his first two years back at Colliers he was named a Rising Star, though anyone who knows Ray would tell you the recognition simply caught up with the way he had always worked.

The drive goes back a long way. Ray was named district MVP as a ballplayer at Spring Woods High School and kept playing through San Jacinto College and Houston Baptist University, where he earned his degree in finance. These days the competitive energy shows up before sunrise with F3 Fort Bend, a men's fitness and leadership community where he took on the job of keeping everyone connected, and in the Maximized Manhood group at his church, Lakewood.

But the clearest picture of Ray comes from how he gives his time. He has served meals at Houston's Loaves & Fishes soup kitchen for more than a decade, volunteered at the Houston Food Bank nearly as long, leads a team for Cherish Our Children, and served as president of the Fort Bend Society of Commercial Realtors, helping raise the standard of professionalism in the community he calls home. A client once summed him up with 'He gets it.' And what Ray gets, more than anything, is people.