Colliers has acquired LocationiQ, Australia’s leading location data and analytics advisory business, as part of its transition from a traditional real estate services firm to a diversified professional services firm.
Gavin Duane, founder and director of LocationiQ, said: “Our advisory and analytics capability perfectly complements Colliers’s urban planning and strategic advisory services. Joining Colliers allows us to scale and deliver a broader range of insights to support our clients. We’re excited to unlock new opportunities across Australia.”
John Kenny, CEO of Colliers Asia Pacific, said: “We’ve invested in high-performing businesses aligned to our clients’ evolving needs.
“Under our unique partnership model, management teams retain ownership and entrepreneurial spirit while leveraging Colliers’s global platform.”
Malcom Tyson, CEO of Colliers Australia, said: “By integrating planning, engineering, and advisory expertise, we can support clients’ projects, portfolios, and strategies from inception through to completion, delivering more specialised solutions than traditional professional services firms.
“The strategy has driven sustained profitability and market leadership in Australia.”
LocationiQ is Colliers’s eighth acquisition. Recent acquisitions include engineering companies PeakUrban, Craig & Rhodes, Pritchard Francis, Greenhill and TTM; urban planning specialists Ethos Urban and residential land development experts Red23.
Non-transactional services now account for around 50% of Colliers’s revenue and headcount in Australia.
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