Paul Choukourian Joins Colliers International in Detroit

-17-Year Veteran to Manage Detroit, Ann Arbor Offices-

DETROIT, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Choukourian, a veteran real estate executive with nearly two decades of experience, has been tapped to head Colliers International's Detroit region as managing director.  Choukourian will oversee the Detroit and Ann Arbor, Mich. offices.

Choukourian has a wealth of experience across a wide range of commercial real estate market segments and specialties, including brokerage, acquisitions and sales, development, project management, property marketing, energy efficiency and business management. Choukourian will be based in the Detroit office.

"Paul was the perfect candidate to lead our Detroit region going forward," said Dylan Taylor, chief executive officer for Colliers International in the U.S.  "He has a unique, multi-faceted real estate background, which positions him to accelerate our clients' success by helping them to utilize the diverse service platform Colliers International offers."

"Colliers International is truly the new breed of commercial real estate services companies," Choukourian said.  "Its emphasis on teamwork and strategic partnership with its clients to serve all their commercial real estate needs is the wave of the future. Colliers International is leading the charge. Recognition by industry groups, the news media and clients alike is a testament both to the organization's current success and awesome potential."

Choukourian most recently served as the director of leasing and market development for KIRCO in Troy, Mich., where his responsibilities included marketing and leasing of the firm's vast portfolio of office, industrial, healthcare properties and vacant land.  Prior to that, he was director of leasing and marketing at Liberty Property Trust of Tampa, Fla., responsible for the firm's three million square-foot portfolio of flex and industrial properties.

About Colliers International

Colliers International is the third-largest commercial real estate services company in the world with 15,000 professionals operating out of more than 480 offices in 61 countries. A subsidiary of FirstService Corporation (Nasdaq: FSRV; TSX: FSV and FSV.PR.U), it focuses on accelerating success for its clients by seamlessly providing a full range of services to real estate users, owners and investors worldwide, including global corporate solutions, brokerage, property and asset management, hotel investment sales and consulting, valuation, consulting and appraisal services, mortgage banking and research. Commercial Property Executive and Multi-Housing News magazines ranked Colliers International as the top U.S. real estate company and the latest annual survey by the Lipsey Company ranked Colliers International as the second most recognized commercial real estate brand in the world. 

SOURCE Colliers International

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