NAI Global featured in CPN's Most Powerful Brokerage Firms

NAI Global is featured in the Cover Story of the June 2008 issue of Commercial Property News as one of the most powerful brokerage networks worldwide. CPN is one of the industry's leading trade magazines and is read by over 30,000 senior industry executives.

You can read the article here.

NAI Global President & CEO Jeff Finn was also tapped for his perspective on social networking in the same issue. You can see that article here.

NAI Global ranks in Real Estate Forum's top five companies

The Real Estate Forum has ranked the top 100 companies in the brokerage, development, finance and ownership areas of the industry. In the inaugural rankings, NAI Global was named the no. 3 company within the brokerage category.

The companies on the list were ranked using four gernal categories: 2006 revenues, projected revenue for 2007, number of employees and number of offices. This information was provided by the individual firms.

NAI Global has more than 8,000 professionals in 375 offices in 55 countries worldwide and complete over $45 billion in transactions annually.

Ashlar Urban Realty Inc. is the exclusive Southern Ontario member of NAI Global. Our membership in NAI keeps our firm on the leading edge of the industry, while allowing us to maintain our local entrepreneurial ownership.

NAI and Brand Awareness

The results of the 2007 Lipsey Co. Top 25 Commercial Real Estate Brands survey are in, NAI Global leaped over both Jones Lang LaSalle and Grubb & Ellis to rank #4 in the 2008 survey.

The 2008 Top 10
1. CB Richard Ellis
2. Cushman & Wakefield
3. Colliers International
4. NAI Global
5. Jones Lang LaSalle
6. Grubb & Ellis
7. Coldwell Banker Commercial
8. The Staubach Company
9. ONCOR International
10. GVA Worldwide

About NAI Commercial Toronto

NAI Commercial is the premier partner-owned commercial real estate service firm in Canada, comprising over 180 real estate professionals including licensed brokers, financial analysts, professional advisors, researchers and marketing specialists across the country. We provide clients with the best local market knowledge in the industry, complemented by NAI Global’s award winning technology and professionally managed international network, the largest of its kind. We help our clients strategically optimize their real estate assets.

NAI provides a leading edge information technology platform to facilitate assignments between member and corporate offices. This technology has won the Realcomm award for ‘Best Use of Automation in Brokerage for the benefit provided to our clients and agents through Realtrac Online.’ The platform also serves as a powerful transaction management tool for local assignments.

With both deep local knowledge and full integration with NAI Global, the Toronto team provides diversified and comprehensive commercial real estate services including brokerage, corporate services, investment, advisory and facility services.

NAI Global's entrepreneurial culture and best-in-class technology helps clients anywhere in the world, tap into 5,000 experts in 350 offices across 55 countries. Whether you're looking locally or thinking globally, our professionals have the knowledge, experience and network to deliver effective real estate solutions.

For more information please visit:
Local Reach: http://www.ashlarurban.com
Canadian Reach: http://www.naicommercial.ca/
Global Reach: http://www.naiglobal.com/

Toronto: Ashlar Urban - a member of NAI Global
350 Bay Street, Suite 400
Toronto, ON Canada M5H 2S6
Tel 416 205 9222