Colliers expands service

Mark Synnott, chief executive of Colliers International NZ

Colliers International has established a new project and building consultancy services division to be based at its Auckland CBD office.

Mark Synnott, chief executive of Colliers International NZ, says the new division will provide a wide range of project services to expand its rapidly growing consulting role under Alan McMahon, national director of consulting and research.

The agency has partnered with Alec Dunn and Hugh Rebbeck of Rebbeck Dunn; and Peter Watters, formerly of Jones Lang LaSalle New Zealand and, more recently, Singapore.

Rebbeck and Dunn have built Rebbeck Dunn into a leading industry player over the past two and a half years, providing project management, development management, technical due diligence and other building consultancy related services to a growing number of blue chip owner and occupier clients.

Watters says the new division will benefit Colliers's growing client base, enabling a full range of buying, developing, managing, valuing and selling solutions to be offered.

"Including projects and building consultancy in a professional services offering has proved very successful in the property services industry globally," Watters says.

Synnott says Colliers has been keen to provide project consultancy services for some time but was determined to wait until it could bring on board the "best in class" people.

"We now have the right people in place to offer an even wider suite of property services to our clients," he said.

"Adding to the likes of our retail demographic analysis, research-based investment strategy advice and demand studies, and our range of valuation and advisory services, we can now claim to be one of the country's leading professional property consultancies."