Colliers International’s David Lockwood receives Counselor of Real Estate designation

July 16, 2018

Prestigious CRE designation awarded by peers to only the most trusted professionals in real estate.

David Lockwood has been invited to become a Counselor of Real Estate (CRE), an esteemed industry recognition. The designation is reserved only for prominent real estate practitioners who are invited by current members due to their ethics, experience, expertise, influence and prominence in the industry. It stands as an acknowledgement of the member’s status as one of the most trusted professionals in the field of real estate.

With this invitation, Lockwood has become one of only twelve Counselors of Real Estate designees in South Carolina, with members ranging from attorneys to appraisers to real estate consultants.

“I am honored to have been invited to become a member of this outstanding organization,” said Lockwood. “The Counselors of Real Estate include the most admired and venerated professionals in the real estate industry, and I look forward to collaborating with fellow members to advance the field of commercial real estate and to ensure that clients can rely on their real estate counselors for advice and guidance in making some of the most critical decisions for their business.”

Lockwood is an Executive Vice President and the Chief Operating Officer of Colliers International | South Carolina, serving as the Market Leader and Colliers Manager for the enterprise’s office in Columbia. He has been involved in several commercial real estate organizations, serving as the President of the Central Carolina REALTORS® Association and South Carolina REALTORS® Association, as well as serving on the Executive Committee of the National Association of REALTORS®. He is a past Chairman of the Carolinas Chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS® and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the national organization.

In the Columbia community, he serves as a Commissioner to the South Carolina Real Estate Commission, representing the 2nd Congressional District. He recently served as the Chair of the Columbia City Center Partnership for the CBD Business Improvement District and currently serves as the Chair of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce.

 

About Colliers International

Colliers International | South Carolina has over 138 staff members, including 60 real estate professionals, covering the entire state with physical presences in the Charleston, Columbia and Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson markets. Total brokerage volume exceeded $750 million for 2017, involving over 900 sales and leasing transactions. Colliers International is the largest manager of commercial property in South Carolina and is an Accredited Management Organization (AMO) through the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), with a portfolio at year-end 2017 of approximately 14 million square feet of office, industrial, retail and healthcare properties. Colliers International’s staff holds 46 professional designations, the most of any firm in South Carolina.

Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGI) (TSX: CIGI) is a top tier global real estate services and investment management company operating in 69 countries with a workforce of more than 12,000 professionals. Colliers is the fastest-growing publicly listed global real estate services and investment management company, with 2017 corporate revenues of $2.3 billion ($2.7 billion including affiliates). With an enterprising culture and significant employee ownership and control, Colliers professionals provide a full range of services to real estate occupiers, owners and investors worldwide, and through its investment management services platform, has more than $20 billion of assets under management from the world’s most respected institutional real estate investors.

Colliers professionals think differently, share great ideas and offer thoughtful and innovative advice to accelerate the success of its clients. Colliers has been ranked among the top 100 global outsourcing firms by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals for 13 consecutive years, more than any other real estate services firm. Colliers is ranked the number one property manager in the world by Commercial Property Executive for two years in a row.

Colliers is led by an experienced leadership team with a proven record of delivering more than 20% annualized returns for shareholders, over more than 20 years.