Colliers looking North in bid to increase influence

Greg Styles, who leads the Leeds-based team, said he plans to lead a “first class business proposition” in the North with Colliers winning and retaining a number of major contracts.

Mr Styles, who is also Colliers national head of retail development, said: “It makes business sense to be located in Leeds, but our expertise covers the whole of Yorkshire and The Humber, the North East, and parts of the North West.”

The Leeds office, which employs 39 staff, works on behalf of clients including Sainsbury’s, Siemens and Legal & General,

Colliers is retained as agent for Sainsbury’s main store acquisition programme across the North of England. It is also retained to acquire Sainsbury’s convenience stores in Yorkshire and the Midlands.

In addition, after providing technical due diligence and project management support to Siemens UK on the proposed wind turbine assembly plant in Hull, Colliers’ building consultancy division has just been appointed as Siemens’ sole supplier for building surveying nationally, which are primarily located in the North.

Mr Styles said: “The fact that we are securing these major contracts is testament to the quality and skills of the people we already have in Leeds.

“As an integral part of the world’s third largest commercial real estate organisation, I look forward to leveraging that status together with our regional achievements to lead a first class business proposition in the North.”