Richard Barrett Joins Colliers International
March 27, 2012
GREENVILLE, SC – March 27, 2012 – Richard Barrett has joined Colliers International’s commercial brokerage team in the Greenville, South Carolina, office and will be specializing in flex office and industrial brokerage.
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Richard is a 1975 graduate of the University of Georgia and received his Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Hartford. Prior to joining Colliers, he was associated with another national brokerage firm for four years and was Vice President of Sales for Hubbell Lighting. Richard has an extensive background in corporate relocation and sales, acquisitions, business development and landlord representation. He holds the Master of Corporate Real Estate (MCR) designation from CORENET as well as holding membership on their Knowledge Committee for the Manufacturing & Industrial Industries, an advisory group for CORENET membership. He is a member of the Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® (GGAR) and is currently completing his candidacy as a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM).
Richard is current President of the Greenville Breakfast Rotary and executive advisory board member of the University of Georgia’s Terry School of Business Sales and Marketing Department, their Upstate Alumni Association, as well as a member of the university’s Arch Foundation and Sigma Chi Delta Chapter House Corporation for the Athens campus. Richard is a former Deacon at the Covenant Presbyterian Church in Virginia.
About Colliers International
Colliers International ranks among the largest commercial real estate services companies in the world with over 12,500 professionals operating out of more than 512 offices in 61 countries. Colliers focuses on accelerating their clients’ success by seamlessly providing a full range of services to real estate users, owners and investors worldwide, including corporate solutions, brokerage, property and asset management, hotel investment sales and consulting, valuation, consulting and appraisal services, mortgage banking and research. The latest annual survey by the Lipsey Company ranked Colliers International as the second most recognized commercial real estate firm in the world.
In South Carolina, Colliers International has more than 120 employees including 61 brokerage associates. Total brokerage volume for the firm was in excess of $350 million for the calendar year 2011. It also ranks largest in the state among all commercial property management firms with a total portfolio of 6.5 million square feet of office, industrial and retail properties.
