Avison Young honored with 2014 CoStar Power Broker Award

Local Firm Selected by Commercial Real Estate’s Largest Research Organization as One of the Top Leasing and Sales Firms in the Market

CHARLESTON, SC – Avison Young has been selected by CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces, to receive a CoStar Power Broker ^TMAward.  This annual award recognizes the “best of the best” in commercial real estate brokerage by highlighting the firms and individual brokers who closed the highest transaction volumes in commercial property sales or leases in 2014 within their respective markets.

With the largest professional research organization serving the commercial real estate industry, CoStar is uniquely positioned to identify the top firms and brokers in each market throughout the U.S. and Toronto, Canada.  All awards are based on transaction data maintained in CoStar’s commercial real estate database, the largest independently researched database of commercial real estate property information available online.

Avison Young qualified as one of the top commercial brokerage firms in Charleston, SC based on total leasing transactions closed during the year.  In order to be selected for this honor, Avison Young’s overall transaction volumes were evaluated by CoStar against other commercial real estate brokerage firms active in its region, and subsequently ranked among the top firms in the market.

“CoStar is proud to honor the individual brokers and firms who perform at the industry’s highest level each year,” said CoStar Group founder and CEO Andrew C. Florance.  “These industry leaders deserve to be recognized for their expertise, hard work and superior deal-making abilities. We extend our congratulations to this year’s winners on their exceptional sales and leasing success.”

The complete list of 2014 CoStar Power Broker Awards winners can be found at CoStarPowerBrokers.com.