Colliers International Brokers a $2.7 Million Transaction for Gallivan, White and Boyd, P.A.

COLUMBIA, SC – August 23, 2011 – Marsha Davis, SIOR and HenryMoore of Colliers International have brokered a long-term, $2.7 millionlease transaction to bring the Greenville-based law firm Gallivan, White& Boyd, P.A. to downtown Columbia. The firm’s expansion to CapitolCenter, located at 1201 Main Street, follows the opening of an office inCharlotte, North Carolina, earlier this year.  Marsha Davis representedthe owners of Capitol Center, Chicago-based M&J Wilkow andBoston-based Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, while Henry Moorerepresented Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A.

Gallivan, White and Boyd, P.A. is a leading business and litigation lawfirm with offices in Greenville and Columbia, SC and Charlotte, NC.  Ranked as a Best Law Firm by U.S. News and Best Lawyers, the firm’spractice areas include business and complex litigation, commercial law,strategic risk assessment and counseling, and corporate representation.The firm was also recently named to America’s Leading Lawyers forBusiness for 2011 by Chambers USA.

MarshaDavis is a member of the Office Practice Group with ColliersInternational and specializes in the leasing and sale of office andmedical properties. In 2010, she completed over 128,000 square feet ofoffice transactions consisting of approximately $14 million in value.Since joining Colliers International Marsha has achieved recognition as aLife Member of the Circle of Excellence by the Central CarolinaREALTORS® Association for recognition among peers for sustained annualtransactional production.

HenryMoore is also a member of the Office Practice Group, and has focused onthe resurgence of the Main Street corridor and Columbia’s CentralBusiness District. Recently he was part of the Colliers team responsiblefor relocating insurance giant Aflac to 400 Laurel Street, allowing thecompany to expand and resulting in 200 additional jobs for the area, inaddition to the sale of the former McCrory’s Building located at 1556Main Street for redevelopment as office and retail suites. Henryrepresented approximately 92,000 square feet of transaction volume in2010 in excess of $6.8 million and was awarded a 2010 CoStar ColumbiaPower Brokers Award, given to the top five individual office brokers inthe Columbia market. 

Colliers International ranks among the largest commercial realestate services companies in the world with over 15,000 professionalsoperating out of more than 480 offices in 61 countries.  Colliersfocuses on accelerating their clients’ success by seamlessly providing afull range of services to real estate users, owners and investorsworldwide, including corporate solutions, brokerage, property and assetmanagement, hotel investment sales and consulting, valuation, consultingand appraisal services, mortgage banking and research.  The latestannual survey by the Lipsey Company ranked Colliers International as thesecond most recognized commercial real estate firm in the world.  

In South Carolina, Colliers International has more than 120 employeesincluding 61 brokerage associates.  Total brokerage volume for the firmwas in excess of $229 million for the calendar year 2010.  It also rankslargest in the state among all commercial property management firmswith a total portfolio of 7.6 million square feet of office, industrialand retail properties. Colliers International South Carolina, Inc. is alocally owned company with 19 principals/partners statewide.