Colliers International Group Inc. has agreed to acquire the privately owned Colliers International Tampa Bay, Central and Southwest Florida. The three new offices will add an additional 165 employees, nearly doubling Colliers International’s current operations in in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. Colliers International Group is a global commercial real estate services company with more than 16,300 employees. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“As a longtime partner with Colliers, this transaction is really a natural progression for us,β said Lee Arnold, founder and CEO of Colliers International Tampa Bay, Central and Southwest Florida. βHaving the opportunity now to integrate operations in Florida and leverage the size, capital and established infrastructure of the Colliers global platform will enable us to better serve our clients and create more opportunities for our people.β