CBRE on top of the world

CBRE's Brent McGregor says the award places the firm among Kiwi high-flyers on the world stage.

CBRE New Zealand has been judged world's best property consultancy at the International Property Awards ceremony in Dubai.

"This award demonstrates the high standards to which Kiwi businesses are performing on the global stage," said CBRE's senior managing director for New Zealand, Brent McGregor.

"We thought that winning the best property consultancy for New Zealand and the best property consultancy for the Asia Pacific region were outstanding achievements, but to win the worldwide award is phenomenal and ends our hugely successful year on a high note."

The award is the culmination of a process that began when CBRE New Zealand was named best consultancy in New Zealand this year.

Country winners went forward into a regional judging process and, on May 9, CBRE New Zealand was recognised as best property consultancy in the Asia Pacific region at the Asia Pacific International Property Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The win qualified CBRE New Zealand for entry into the worldwide awards, where it was pitted against regional winners from Europe, Britain, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East to decide the world's best property consultancy.

The event organisers said CBRE New Zealand's submission exceeded the criteria set, based on a company overview, marketing collateral, business services offered and the innovation of the company on a local level.

McGregor said winning the world award would give CBRE New Zealand worldwide exposure, support his office's international market campaigns and attract overseas investment to New Zealand.

"It has been proven that a direct result of winning the award is the generation of a significant increase in sales and business.

"Previous award winners have also reported higher brand awareness and heightened staff morale, so we are expecting a number of positive flow-on effects."

McGregor said the win demonstrated the value of global businesses having a strong local touch in their approach to services.

New Zealand had a unique property landscape, and the CBRE office looked to go beyond the adage of "think global, act local", he said.