Colliers International
Accelerating success.
Colliers International is a leader in global real estate services defined by our spirit of enterprise. Through a culture of service excellence, and a shared sense of initiative, we have integrated the resources of real estate specialists worldwide to accelerate the success of our partners.
Colliers International delivers integrated real estate services globally through 15,000 specialized professionals in more than 480 offices in 61 countries. Colliers provides advice for clients on over $53 billion in transactions annually and manages in excess of 2.4 billion square feet with revenue reaching $2 billion.
To us, that means empowering our service teams to partner with each client, truly listen to their unique business needs and design an integrated service offering. Our goal is to make your property a competitive business advantage and ensure your entire range of property needs are met.
Most commercial real estate firms are either loose networks of variously owned companies, or a tightly controlled corporate structure. Colliers International operates on a partnership approach. Through a culture of service excellence and a shared sense of initiative, we are a true global provider, integrating the resources of real estate specialists worldwide to accelerate the success of our clients. Our enterprising business model further strengthens this capability. Our major shareholder, First Service Corporation owns approximately 70% of the business globally; the remaining 30% equity is retained at the local level, combining the strength and consistency of a global firm with the accountability and agility of local market knowledge. This is our competitive advantage.
As a result, Colliers is consistently ranked by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals among The Global Outsourcing 100 top businesses and the World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors. Colliers is also cited by Harvard Business Review as a leading global real estate service provider, and in 2009 we were named the Corporate Real Estate Partner of the Year at the CoreNet Global Awards.
Colliers International-Houston
Our local Houston office was founded in 1957 by Leslie L. Appelt, and in 1994, joined Colliers International as a shareholder firm known as Colliers Appelt Womack, Inc. In 2000, our named changed to Colliers International better reflected the evolution of our global breadth in commercial real estate services.
Colliers International has provided commercial real estate solutions for over 50 years to many of Houston’s leading corporations, institutions and small businesses. Our service lines include:
- Tenant and Landlord Representation
- Buyer and Seller Representation
- Local and Global Corporate Real Estate Solutions
- Site Selection Facilitation and Consultation
- Sale-Leaseback Facilitation
- Development & Build to Suit Consultation
- Property Management
- Construction Management
We are a client focused company whose foundation is the trustworthy and entrepreneurial people in its employ. Our client relationships depend on the people and their desire to add value through providing and implementing creative property solutions. “Accelerating Success” captures Colliers commitment to supply the collective expertise of a global company to our local, regional and international clients.
The Way We Do Business
Optimal Solutions: At Colliers International we strive to understand the challenges facing our client. The diligence extends to how our services will interface with the management structure and field operations of the client. Once we have an agreement on an optimal solution, we implement decisively and document the process. Finally we manage the result to ensure that the desired outcome is achieved.
Improved Efficiency: We are constantly searching for creative ways to offer the most effective property solutions to satisfy our client’s business needs. A key aspect of this the significant cost savings that can often be achieved for clients by looking at their real estate portfolios on a national, regional or global basis, identifying specific opportunities for cost reduction and improved efficiency.
Professional Qualifications
Colliers International professionals are highly educated individuals and recipients of numerous professional designations recognized by the real estate industry. Our brokers’ higher education and specialized experience allow us a unique ability to understand our clients’ challenges and potential solutions. We are skilled at all phases of real estate transactions, resulting in the utmost professionalism for and expertise in solving complex marketing, acquisition, disposition, leasing and management challenges for our clients. Our Houston team averages over 17 years of commercial real estate experience and are highly talented specialists in specifice property disciplines including:
- Office
- Industrial
- Retail
- Investment
- Land
- Multi-Family
Practice Groups: In addition our brokers participate in specialty practice groups. A sample of these highly specialized practice groups include:
- Colliers Multimodal Services Group
- Colliers Life Science Practice Group
- Colliers Healthcare Services Group
- Colliers Law Firm Services Group
Marketing & Research Resources
Colliers International is dedicated to providing the key information and knowledge needed to help our clients make sound real estate decisions, and we are committed to the professional development of industry leading marketing resources to ensure the best result is achieved. At Colliers we have a strong reputation for local, regional and global market research.
Resources: Colliers International has exceptional resources to bring to every assignment. Together with our Colliers partners, we have built a commercial real estate platform that is a powerful base from which to operate. Colliers International strives to stay abreast of all new resources and utilize them our clients advantage. We believe the availability of information and professional interpretation of that data helps create a more educated consumer. Because of that belief we have invested heavily in technology. Our internet and intranet capabilities help us create productive, real-time communication vehicles. We have developed a technology backbone, which includes hardware, software and communication capabilities necessary to gather, analyze and disseminate information necessary for optimal decision making.
Property Management Services
Colliers Property Management Services, LLC, (CPMS) understands that today’s commercial real estate marketplace embodies change at every level, from demographic shifts to consolidations and capital market trends that affect commercial real estate values. Today more than ever, owners and tenants require knowledgeable, flexible, creative, proactive full service commercial real estate companies to ensure that their assets and their future are protected and value enhanced. CMPS offers a complete range of commercial services including:
- Asset Management
- Property Management
- Facilities Management
- Construction Management
- Project Representation
- Emergency Management Services
- Development / Project Management
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