About Colliers - Global leader in real estate services and investment management

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Mission and Values
Our Strategy
History
Services and Platform
Awards
Leadership and Governance

Colliers is a leading diversified professional services and investment management company. We work collaboratively to provide expert real estate and investment advice to clients. For more than 27 years, our experienced leadership with significant insider ownership has delivered compound annual investment returns of approximately 20% for shareholders.

Annual revenue $4.6B
Countries we operate in 63
Assets under management $92B

Lease/sale transactions 53,000
Square feet managed 2B
Professionals 18,000

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Maximize the potential of property and real assets to accelerate the success of our clients, our investors and our people.

Our Values

Be enterprising to exceed expectations
Collaborate to drive exceptional results
Invest in relationships to deliver enduring value
Be experts to lead our industry into the future
Do what's right for our clients, people and communities

Our Enterprise ’25 Strategy

We are at the forefront of the real estate industry, leading the way and backed by a proven record of success. We are building for our future – and yours.

We continue to set bold targets and build our business at a competitive pace. We plan to more than double our profitability, with at least 65% of adjusted EBITDA coming from recurring revenue by the end of 2025, by augmenting our internal growth with smart acquisitions that build scale, expertise, and expand our service lines.

Our History and Major Milestones

2021: Global revenues exceed $4 billion milestone

Growth across all service lines and geographies drives full year revenue to exceed $4 billion milestone.

2020: Colliers creates engineering & design platform

Colliers acquires a controlling interest in Maser Consulting, a leading multi-discipline engineering design service firm in the U.S. Maser, rebranded as Colliers Engineering & Design, provides a comprehensive suite of services including civil/site, transportation, geospatial/survey, infrastructure, governmental, geotechnical/environmental, telecommunications and utilities.

2020: Colliers adds debt finance & servicing platform

Colliers acquires a controlling interest in Dougherty and establishes a U.S. debt finance and loan servicing platform. Colliers Mortgage provides specialty debt financing through its relationships with U.S. government agencies while all brokerage, investment banking, capital markets and public finance services are carried on through Colliers Securities, which is licensed under the Securities and Exchange Commission and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).

2019: Revenues globally surpass $3 billion

Colliers International delivers a solid year of revenue and earnings growth, with professional real estate services revenues surpassing the $3 billion milestone.

2016 - 2018: Establishes investment management platform

In 2016, Colliers establishes a European investment management platform. In 2018, Colliers completes the strategic investment in Harrison Street, one of the largest real estate investment firms dedicated to the education, healthcare and storage sectors. The transaction establishes Colliers as one of the major players in global real estate investment management, provides an important new platform for growth and facilitates the integration of the firm’s existing real estate investment management operations in Europe.

2015: Colliers completes spin-off from FirstService

FirstService separates into two independent, publicly traded companies with distinct brands, customers, operating characteristics and industry dynamics. Colliers International Group Inc. begins trading on the NASDAQ and TSX on June 2, 2015.

2012-2014: Colliers strengthens presence in Europe

Colliers International acquires its operations in the UK, Ireland and Germany and integrates them into its global platform. Colliers International expands to France and Belgium and strengthens operations in the Netherlands, Spain, Morocco and Switzerland with the acquisition of Paris-based AOS Group.

2010: Gains control of Colliers brand

The U.S. operations of Colliers combines with Colliers Macaulay Nicolls (CMN) and rebrands as Colliers International in all markets. Controlled by FirstService, Colliers International becomes one of the largest and most recognized brands in commercial real estate globally.

2004: FirstService acquires largest Colliers operations and begins consolidation

FirstService acquires a controlling interest in Colliers Macaulay Nicolls (CMN) with a long-term strategy to consolidate operations and create one global organization under one brand with consistent business practices applied globally.

1984-1990: Expands to Canada, U.S., Asia, Europe and LATAM

Colliers officially joins forces with Macaulay Nicolls, creating CMN, and launches global expansion into Canada and the U.S. Colliers merges operations in Australia and Asia and expands into emerging markets including Central Europe and Latin America, accelerating its shift towards a global approach.

1976: Colliers established in Australia

Colliers is formed in 1976 in Australia through the merger of three commercial property services firms. The name is a tribute to Ronald Collier, a pioneer in the Australian real estate industry and mentor to the firms’ owners.

1898: Colliers traces beginnings back to Canada

A small group of entrepreneurs founds Macaulay Nicolls, a real estate, property management and insurance agency in Vancouver, Canada.

Our Services

Real Estate Services

We are committed to driving exceptional results with the right property solutions for you, wherever you operate. By embracing change and thinking differently, we act quickly to seize opportunities and generate better solutions. Whether you’re a developer, investor, landlord or tenant, we are a partner invested in seeing you succeed.

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Our Investment Management Platform

Colliers is a leading alternative asset investment manager with $92 billion in real assets under management. We have a track record of delivering superior risk adjusted returns to our investors and making a positive impact across the communities in which we invest and operate.

Harrison Street

Harrison Street is a leading investment management firm exclusively focused on alternative real assets in the U.S. and Europe. We create a series of differentiated investment solutions focused on demographic driven, needs-based assets such as senior housing, student housing, healthcare delivery, life sciences and storage real estate, as well as social and utility infrastructure.

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Colliers Global Investors

Colliers Global Investors is a leading investment management firm focused on institutional quality real assets across Europe. We invest on behalf of the world’s most respected institutional investors, including public and private pension plans, endowments, insurance companies and family offices, who seek to generate superior risk adjusted returns.

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Awards and Recognition

We take pride in accelerating the success of our clients and our people, as well as the contributions we make to our communities. While our work is rewarding, we're always delighted and honoured to be recognized as best in class by respected organizations.