2. “What makes Avison Young unique is
its ownership structure. The people
we work with are owners of the
company, and have a different level
of professionalism because it’s their
own reputation they’re dealing with.”
– Dwight Jack
Vice President, Office Leasing
Brookfield Office Properties
3. We are an integrated full-service commercial real
estate service provider with a unique model,
culture and approach. The Avison Young difference
translates into intelligent solutions that deliver a
better client experience and better results.
Our approach is based on partnership, with our
clients and across our company. The firm’s equity
is in the hands of a broad base of principals, a
unique ownership structure that creates the
incentive for internal collaboration and aligns our
solutions, first and foremost, with client objectives.
Our principal-led structure places the priority on
relationships, not just transactions; on long-term
performance, not just the current quarter.
We’re
different.
Partnership. Performance.
That’s Avison Young.
4. Avison Young is a global real estate firm that is owned by its
operating principals, a broad group of accomplished, practising
professionals. This is not a network model. Each principal has
an equity stake in the success of the firm as a whole, which drives
a culture of collaboration, cooperation and client focus across
the company.
Our principal-led model’s lean, streamlined management
structure eliminates the multiple layers of bureaucracy found
at many traditional firms, freeing significant resources to invest
in what matters most: achieving client results.
Perhaps most important is how our model actually works. At
Avison Young, there’s no hand-off to a corporate department
or junior broker. The principal who brought in your business
manages your business, guiding the application of the full scope
of the firm’s skills to execute your strategy.
With our approach, you benefit from a structure designed to
support the achievement of your objectives. And you get the
commitment and accountability that only comes from dealing
with an owner.
That’s unique for a firm of our size in this industry.
A Principal-Led Model
Different
Lead
Principal
Client Resources
Cross-Principal
Collaboration
5. Typically in this business, client relationships
are approached as a series of transactions.
And big firms traditionally manage their
business in a top-down pyramid structure
organized into silos, either by service line,
or geographic region, or both, that often
compete with each other. At Avison Young,
we decided to break from these conventions
in order to have a greater positive impact
on our clients’ success.
To us, it’s not just a transaction, it’s a
solution. It’s part of a broader relationship.
It’s linked to a client’s overall strategy, and it
can cross a multitude of needs. That is why
our project teams often include thought
leaders who do not produce revenue
directly. We do excel at transactions—we
have people who are among the industry’s
top producers—but the point is, we see
a bigger picture. Your bigger picture.
A Client-Centric Approach
Different
We’re in business to build relationships.
That’s why we eliminated silos. Our
capabilities and services are structured
organically, around client relationships
rather than business units. That’s different.
Our key success measure is client
satisfaction. Our principals’ compensation
is tied to it, along with long-term value
creation for clients. That’s different, too.
Principal-
Led Team
the avison young
approach
“The success of Avison Young is a reflection
of the confidence placed in us by our clients.”
– Graeme Young, Founder
6. One Goal: The Best Solution
Different
We have built our company to offer
breadth of expertise, not just capability.
There’s a difference. The difference, boiled
down to one word, is quality. Consistent,
top-of-the-industry quality. Senior-level
experts rather than simply practitioners.
We achieve a consistently high level of
quality through our open-source
philosophy. At Avison Young, you’ll find
considerable breadth of offerings, but we
embrace outsourcing for the same reasons
our clients work with us. Integrating the
skills and capabilities of other best-in-class
providers enables us to create solutions
and achieve results that simply aren’t
possible within a traditional model.
Our open architecture keeps us aligned
with your best interests—we do not
have legacy product offerings that we
have to sell. We’re free to pursue the
agenda that matters most: creating the
best solution for you. A truly intelligent
real estate solution.
Owner/Investors
2 Client
Types
Utilizing
5 Service
Types
Across 4
Property
Types
Office | Retail | Industrial | Multi-Family
Landlord Representation
Appraisal/Tax
Property Management
Capital Markets/Sales Debt
Project Management
User/Occupiers
Corporate Finance
Tenant Representation
Facility Management
Consulting/Advisory
Project Management
“Our culture fosters cooperation and
ensures that resources are focused on
one objective—client solutions.”
– Mark Rose, Chief Executive Officer
7. Avison Young is the fastest-growing commercial real estate firm
in North America, and we are beginning to expand globally.
The firm’s rapid growth is driven by our strategy to build our
geographic reach and expertise to improve the value we can
offer clients. And this, of course, is being rewarded by the
growing number of clients who are coming to us for help.
Another, more telling force at work is this: More and more of
the industry’s best real estate professionals are joining their
businesses with ours and becoming Avison Young principals.
They are choosing to become a part of something bigger—one
highly collaborative firm, focused together on one thing. Client
success. A different kind of commercial real estate company.
Whether you are seeking advice or require a detailed plan of
action, whether you are an owner/investor or a business looking
at your next office, industrial or retail lease, we’re here to help.
Contact us today.
Fastest Growing for a Reason
Different
