While the past few years have witnessed a massive increase in the amount of vacant retail space on the national “big box” market, many other retailers with expansion plans see opportunity in these larger spaces made available by struggling or failed retail chains.

Colliers International UK (AIM: COL), one of the leading commercial real estate consultancy groups in the UK, provides a trading update for the half year ended 30 June 2010, ahead of the announcement of its interim results in September 2010.

Casual Dining Restaurant Franchise Eyes 20 Percent Annual Growth

Martin Lubieniecki appointed Chief Operating Officer for the EMEA Region

Industry Leader Mark Silver to Head National Service Line

Colliers International’s UK property healthcare team has been voted the winner in the Specialist Adviser of the Year (Healthcare) category of the ACQ Awards for the third year running.

Colliers International has made another key strategic investment, hiring the leasing team of Joseph Nitti and John Kainer for the organization’s industrial practice group in New Jersey.

NEW YORK, June 14, 2010 – Securing its stronghold presence in the New York Tri-State region, Colliers International has expanded into the Long Island market with the addition of Sutton & Edwards.

Australian office tenants are again in growth mode, with a quarter of businesses indicating they are planning to relocate within three years, according to new research announced today by Colliers International. Tenants said the number one factor fueling relocation was business expansion.

Colliers International Thailand appoints new director of hospitality department, Jean Marc Garret.

Colliers International, Denver Office provided strategic consulting, program planning and transaction execution services to United Launch Alliance resulting in the leasing 452,733 square feet of office space in Englewood, Colorado.

Colliers CRE plc has changed its company name to Colliers International UK plc. The Colliers CRE Group, including Colliers Robert Barry, Colliers Godfrey Vaughan and Colliers Jackson-Stops, will now all trade as Colliers International.

The Canadian real estate investment market made an abrupt return to a vendor’s market in the first quarter of 2010.

Transaction volume plummeted by 61% with average price per room sliced by nearly half; Majority of activity was led by private investors, mainly in Eastern Canada

Colliers International has been awarded the Best Property Consultancy in Hong Kong and Indonesia.

Jumps Three Notches to Second Spot in National Real Estate Investor Annual Ranking of Top 25 Brokerages

Tri-State Hub of World’s Third Largest Commercial Real Estate Services Organization to Continue Hiring, Opening New Offices

The Rating Surveyors Association (RSA) has appointed Graham Ryall, a Director in Colliers CRE's Birmingham Rating team, Vice President for its next year of operation.

Colliers International Further Expands in Ohio with Addition of Cincinnati’s West Shell Commercial

According to Colliers International research, the Top-15 Rental Index shows that rental levels are starting to stabilize in Bulgaria

Western Michigan’s Leading Commercial Real Estate Company Integrates with Growing Global Firm

Nashville’s Leading Commercial Real Estate Company Integrates with Growing Global Organization

World’s third largest commercial real estate services firm aligns global operations to provide clients with seamless services under a single brand

Global Firm Partners with Chicago’s Leading Commercial Real Estate Firm

Central Ohio’s Leading Commercial Real Estate Company Forges Ties with Growing Global Firm

Colliers International's Global Investor Sentiment Survey shows globaly property clock chimes recovery; investors worldwide preparing to expand portfolios

Christine Schultz to head US Marketing Team and Louise Brandy joins as US IT Director

Colliers International introduces Parfois to Chmielna

Colliers International advises SEB Asset Management in EUR 93 million acquisition of Warsaw office building

Edmonton office rental rates continuing to drop

Record-high Retail Sales in January 2010; Jewellery, Watches and Valuables Took the Lion’s Share

Colliers International CEE has announced today the appointment of John Verpeleti to Managing Director, CEE Investment Services.

115% Surge in Greater China & 259% Increase in South Asia Focus Shift from Residential to Office Sector in Asia Pacific

The results are in and Colliers International has climbed to the #2 spot in the annual Lipsey Survey of the top 25 brands in the commercial real estate industry.

Colliers stands out among real estate brokerages for the second year standing

Industrial occupancy rates for commercial space in and around the nation’s most active export-focused ports appear to have stabilized, according to a new White Paper from Colliers International that examines the shipping trade’s varied impact on industrial demand for space.

Colliers International–Greater Phoenix announces that Andrew Tate has joined the Phoenix office as senior vice president of multifamily investments.

Although 2009 saw a decline in tourism, in spite of this hotel development has not diminished, on the contrary numerous new players plan on entering the market in 2010, due to developments started before the crises.

Australia’s industrial property market has begun to emerge from the troughs of the global economic downturn, buoyed by stabilising yields and increasing tenant enquiry new research by Colliers International has shown.

The Hungarian office of Colliers International has recently issued its updated market analysis for the industrial market.

"Tenants reduced lease areas, and the vacancy rate is increasing” – reminisces Miklós Saly, head of office leasing at Colliers International Hungarian office, on the main points of turbulence in 2009. Regardless, there have still been success stories.