Colliers International Expands Retail Portfolio by 808,000 SF
January 26, 2012
CHARLESTON, SC – January 25, 2012 – Colliers Internationalsignificantly expanded its shopping center leasing and managementportfolio in South Carolina since the beginning of the fourth quarter of2011, adding 808,000 square feet in new retail assignments. Thisexpansion represents the addition of 13 shopping centers across thestate. The centers include:
· Aiken Exchange, Aiken, SC
· Bluffton Commons, Bluffton, SC
· Columbia Northeast Shopping Center, Columbia, SC
· Crossroads Shopping Center, Columbia, SC
· High Point Shopping Center, Irmo, SC
· Hilton Head Village, Hilton Head, SC
· Leesburg Village, Columbia, SC
· Platt Springs Center, West Columbia, SC
· Rivers Crossing, North Charleston, SC
· Santee Centre, Moncks Corner, SC
· Sparkleberry Crossing, Columbia, SC
· Sweetgrass Shopping Center, Mt. Pleasant, SC
· Westland Square, Columbia, SC
Colliers International also added five new members to its RetailServices Group in 2011: John Orr, CCIM, joined Colliers focusing onlandlord representation; Meredith Millender was hired as a retailproperty manager; Victor “Buddy” John joined as a senior retailinvestment brokerage associate; Scott Rogers joined as an investmentbrokerage associate; and Liz Howell was hired to provide marketingsupport for the statewide Retail Services Group.
“Our goal has been to attract the best retail talent in South Carolinain order to significantly expand our retail presence throughout thestate. Through the addition of 11 new properties in 2011, this strategyhas proven to be successful,” said John W. Folsom, President and CEO ofColliers International. “We will continue to expand our retail servicesplatform in 2012 so that we may better serve our retail clientsthroughout South Carolina.”
About the Colliers International Retail Services Group
The Colliers International Retail Services Group offers tenant andlandlord representation, investment brokerage, property management andbig box disposition throughout South Carolina. Significant clientsinclude Mimms Properties, Regency Centers, Kahn Development, WheelerInterests, Walmart, Excel Trust, Costa Land Company, BVT and CWCapital. The Retail Services Group consists of a team of brokerageprofessionals, property managers and marketing specialists operatingfrom Colliers offices in Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, SouthCarolina. Colliers International is the only full services commercialreal estate firm that offers retail services statewide in SouthCarolina.
About Colliers International
Colliers International ranks among the largest commercial real estateservices companies in the world with over 12,500 professionals operatingout of more than 512 offices in 61 countries. Colliers focuses onaccelerating their clients’ success by seamlessly providing a full rangeof services to real estate users, owners and investors worldwide,including corporate solutions, brokerage, property and asset management,hotel investment sales and consulting, valuation, consulting andappraisal services, mortgage banking and research. The latest annualsurvey by the Lipsey Company ranked Colliers International as the secondmost recognized commercial real estate firm in the world.
In South Carolina, Colliers International has more than 120employees including 61 brokerage associates. Total brokerage volume forthe firm was in excess of $350 million for the calendar year 2011. Italso ranks largest in the state among all commercial property managementfirms with a total portfolio of 6.5 million square feet of office,industrial and retail properties.
