As part of its growth strategy in Europe, Bilfinger's GVA Worldwide has extended its European reach by signing an affiliation agreement with French real estate advisor Keops.
As part of its growth strategy in Europe, Bilfinger's GVA Worldwide has extended its European reach by signing an affiliation agreement with French real estate advisor Keops.
A subsidiary of property Group Nexity, Keops is a multidisciplinary property advisor covering the French market from its headquarters, established in Paris in the late 80’s, and a network of 19 offices located in all major French cities.
Keops employs 160 people in total, with particular strengths in office, retail and industrial agency brokerage, tenant representation and valuation consultancy,
'We’re delighted to welcome Keops into the growing GVA Worldwide family,' said Patrick Morrissey, Chairman of GVA Worldwide. 'Having spent much of 2013 expanding significantly into new European and far Eastern territories and having secured our new strategic partner Bilfinger Real Estate in 2014, this latest announcement marks the start of our next logical phase of growth.'
This latest partnership marks yet another step in what has been a busy year of notable growth for GVA of which the centerpiece was the merger with Bilfinger Real Estate in July.
'We are delighted to join a global partnership that shares our values and we look forward to becoming an integral player of the European platform and to having, thanks to GVA, an additional capacity to serve our clients on a wider scale,' added Laurent Castellani, Chairman of Keops and Nexity Corporate Real Estate Services.
Headquartered in London, GVA is a company of Bilfinger Real Estate, a real estate manager with €40 bn in assets under management. GVA’s overall business, which is 80% consultancy-based, generated a turnover of £147.3 mln year ending 30 April 2013, up from £140.4 mln on the previous year. GVA is the majority shareholder in GVA Worldwide, a partnership of independent commercial real estate companies.
