Cushman & Wakefield launches Concordis Real Estate.Cushman & Wakefield announced the launch of Concordis Real Estate, a corporation wholly owned by nine independent minority and women-owned real estate firms across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . In announcing the launch, Cushman & Wakefield also formalized for·mal·ize tr.v. for·mal·ized, for·mal·iz·ing, for·mal·iz·es 1. To give a definite form or shape to. 2. a. To make formal. b. its national marketing agreement with Concordis. Through the strategic alliance, Cushman & Wakefield and Concordis will develop and refer business to each other. The relationship between Cushman & Wakefield and Concordis is the first of its kind in the real estate industry. "Over the last three decades, corporate America has increasingly realized the value of diversity in the workplace and with the supplier channel," said Cushman & Wakefield president, U.S. operations Bruce Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. Mosler. "The real estate industry has lagged in this regard, but this alliance is a giant step forward. Our agreement with Concordis gives the end user a solution for meeting their diversity objectives and marks a milestone in the history of the services sector." Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Banks Mashore, executive managing director, Global Corporate Services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. , Cushman & Wakefield, said the primary obstacles to a minority supplier program in the real estate industry were all overcome by the Concordis platform. "The real estate industry had problems identifying minority firms, reviewing their track records, reducing the number of vendors to a workable quantity and identifying firms with broad geographic reach and expertise. Concordis is the whole package: geographically diverse, broad service offerings, experienced quality professionals," he said. Ivan Boone, president of Concordis, said the alliance between Cushman & Wakefield and Concordis "clearly provides a mutual advantage to both parties." Concordis was organized on May 15. The nine firms from across the U.S. joined together at Cushman & Wakefield's global headquarters in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to create the nation's first corporate real estate partnership comprised exclusively of minority and women-owned business enterprises. Concordis is comprised of the following companies: * Aguirre Corporation - a facility solutions concern, based in Dallas. * E.L. Martin & Co. - a commercial real estate consulting and brokerage company, based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . * The Freeman Freeman can mean:
consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , based in Washington, D.C. * Frontier Commercial, L.L.C - a real estate brokerage, consulting and advisory firm, based in Chicago. * Harris Smith Design - a firm of architects, interior designers, and planners based in New York City. * Mayfield Gentry - a real estate services firm based in Detroit. * Northbridge Group- negotiates the purchase and disposition of real estate and is based in Oakland, Calif. * Ryland Enterprises, Inc. - a commercial real estate services firm based in Houston. * Thomas Coats and Assoc.- a real estate advisory firm based in Chicago. |
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