Colliers forms alliance with Sunshine of S.Sunshine

Colliers International has formed an exclusive alliance with Suzanne Sunshine, a real estate professional who has worked with women-focused businesses and non-profit organizations. As part of this new business alliance, Sunshine will represent tenants and landlords through Colliers' full-service global real estate platform, while also growing S.Sunshine & Associates LLC, her Minority- and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE). Through the newly formed exclusive alliance, Colliers-Sunshine will focus on companies that are led by and/or focused on serving women, including those in the arts, fashion, publishing, health, wellness, cosmetics, technology, education, and financial sectors. In a post-election, post-Sandy environment in which many companies and organizations are faced with difficult real estate decisions, the Colliers-Sunshine alliance is more critical than ever. "New York City has been impacted greatly by both the election and the recent storms, presenting real estate challenges and opportunities that the Colliers-Sunshine alliance is uniquely positioned to solve," said Joseph Harbert, president of Colliers' eastern region. "Suzanne is an extremely talented real estate executive who will enhance our capabilities and strategically connect us with woman-focused business enterprises through her designations." Harbert further noted that the exclusive alliance will signify to the business community that Colliers International is actively seeking to work with the best and brightest women and minority executives as well as the organizations they represent. "Women-focused companies and organizations are critical to the fabric of our city, and require best-in-class real estate services from a team that truly understands them and has the capacity to respond to their diverse real estate needs and goals," Sunshine said. "Combining my experience and the Colliers global services platform, Joe Harbert, [Colliers Tri-State President] Michael Cohen and I are all dedicated to serving this growing and influential community." Sunshine launched her own full-service real estate brokerage firm that specializes in serving nonprofit organizations more than three years ago. Prior to that, Sunshine led the New York nonprofit practice groups at CB Richard Ellis and Cushman & Wakefield. Throughout her career Sunshine has represented many notable organizations as both a tenant and landlord representative. They include the American Ballet Theatre, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, International Planned Parenthood/Western Hemisphere Region, the Ms. Foundation for Women Poets & Writers, the Correctional Association of New York, Housing Works Thrift Shops, the Mental Health Association of NY, and the Anne Frank Center. About Colliers International Colliers International is the third-largest commercial real estate services company in the world, with over 12,300 professionals operating out of more than 520 offices in 62 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 the top U.S. real estate company. The latest annual survey by the Lipsey Company ranked Colliers International as the second-most recognized commercial real estate firm in the world.