This article is from the Australian Property Journal archive
COLLIERS International has formed a partnership global workplace provider Regus in Australia and New Zealand.
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The agreement sees Colliers work with Regus right through from assessing local market strategies for flexible workplaces, to execution, project management, including identifying and developing workplaces in suitable and emerging locations.
Regus CEO Paul Migliorini said this partnership will help the company ramp up its already formidable worldwide network growth rates, and meet rising demand for its flexible workplaces.
Migliorini said demand for flexible workplaces rose strongly in 2014, as the mobile workforce increased and traditional office occupiers considered ways to reduce their real estate footprint.
“With more than 2,300 locations and 2.1 million members in over 850 cities around the world, Regus is already the global market leader in flexible workspace provision. In 2014 alone, it grew over 20% in locations by adding more than 400 locations to its worldwide network, from London to Durban to Mumbai, to satisfy growing demand worldwide. The Regus network in Australia has grown from 43 sites to 70 sites in the last year.
“Colliers International is helping us design new processes that make it easier for customers to access flexible workspace, wherever and whenever they want to. These processes – and Regus’ continuing growth – also offer an unmatched global opportunity for landlords to position their assets to benefit from meeting that need,” he added.
Colliers head of corporate solutions Doug Henry agrees.
“Our work with corporate occupiers tells us that they are looking for spaces that are more flexible, to accommodate their business needs as they expand and contract. Regus is meeting this need. Their tenancy in a building is likely to make that asset more attractive to other tenants,” Henry said.
In addition to working exclusively with Regus in Australia, Colliers has also been appointed as exclusive agents in Latin America.
Australian Property Journal
