Each year, PTK magazine — a publication of AZ Big Media — honors the talented people and compelling projects across Arizona’s commercial real estate landscape. Each day leading up to the PTK launch party, we will be spotlighting the influential professionals and projects featured in the 2027 edition of PTK. Today, meet the Arizona office brokers to know in 2027.

AZ Big Media will host a launch party to commemorate the 2027 edition of PTK in on Oct. 29, 2026. The Presenting Sponsors for the PTK 2027 edition magazine launch party are Lincoln and Harvard Investments; the Premier Sponsor is Wolverine Builders; the Event Sponsors are DFDG Architecture and Layton; the Photobooth Sponsor is Chasse Building Team; the Digital Sponsor is ModLogics Commercial Furniture Solutions; the Social Media Sponsor is Tempe Mechanical; the Red Carpet Sponsor is Concord General Contracting; the Entertainment Sponsor is Gensler; the Appetizer Sponsor is Stevens-Leinweber Construction; the Dessert Sponsor is Arizona Escrow & Financial; the Lanyard Sponsor is BPR Companies; the Beverage Sponsor is LGE Design Build; the Valet Sponsor is Clayco; the Interactive Champagne Wall Sponsor is PDO, a studio of RDC; the Floral Sponsor is Empire Paving; the Seating Sponsor is Corporate Interior Systems; the Champagne Sponsor is Milhaus; and the Floral Provider is PJs Flowers. For more information, click here.

Keri Davies

Partner

LevRose Commercial Real Estate

BACKGROUND: Davies brings more than 30 years of sales experience, including 14 years in commercial real estate, and specializes in office properties, landlord representation, and investment sales across Scottsdale and the Greater Phoenix area. 

SURPRISING FACT: “I have competed in a National Scrabble Association-sanctioned tournament and actually won money. I’ll stick to commercial real estate, though.”

Kevin Calihan

Executive vice president

CBRE

BACKGROUND: Drawing on nearly 30 years of experience, Calihan specializes in selling and leasing marquee, large-scale office transactions, with a specific focus on corporate occupiers.

SOURCE OF PRIDE: Last year, Calihan worked with national food service and consumer products company to identify a new property for their company’s headquarters. This deal resulted in the national company signing a 60,855-square-foot lease.

Larry Downey

Vice chairman

Cushman & Wakefield

BACKGROUND: Downey focuses on tenant representation and strategy, utilizing nearly four decades of industry experience to guide clients. 

SURPRISING FACT: Downey often says he must have been a cowboy in a past life, given how he loves riding horses, spending time in Pinetop, watching Westerns and exploring historic places that keep the spirit of the Old West alive. 

Matt Baniszewski

Vice president, office properties

Colliers

BACKGROUND: Beginning his career as a researcher in 2018, Baniszewski quickly advanced into brokerage, earning Rookie of the Year honors and contributing to multiple team awards.

SOURCE OF PRIDE: “Helping Colliers Arizona’s Office Services team become the No. 1 office team in the state during a period that had some of the most challenging office market conditions in recent history, requiring creativity, persistence and a solutions‑oriented mindset.”

Spencer Nast

Senior vice president

JLL

BACKGROUND: Nast specializes in agency leasing for office properties, utilizing more than a decade of industry experience to advise clients. He began his career at Lee & Associates in 2014, becoming the firm’s youngest principal in the Phoenix office.