Commercial real estate’s leading independent information provider recognizes market’s top leasing and sales brokers

March 14, 2016

Avison Young announces that Vitré Ravenel Stephens has been named a 2015 CoStar Power Broker TM by CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP) for being a Top Retail Leasing Broker, the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces.  This annual industry award recognizes distinguished professionals in commercial real estate brokerage by highlighting the achievements of the firms and individual brokers who closed the highest transaction volumes in commercial property sales or leases in 2015 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, which is the largest independently researched database of commercial real estate property information available online.

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

 

About Avison Young

Avison Young is the world’s fastest-growing commercial real estate services firm. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Avison Young is a collaborative, global firm owned and operated by its principals. Founded in 1978, the company comprises 1,500 real estate professionals in 57 offices, providing value-added, client-centric investment sales, leasing, advisory, management, financing and mortgage placement services to owners and occupiers of office, retail, industrial and multi-family properties.  South Carolina, USA, Avison Young offices are independently owned and operated by WRS Real Estate, LLC.