Colliers collected three major awards at the 2022 REINZ Awards for Excellence in Auckland this week.
Colliers' Highbrook office in South Auckland was named Medium Commercial and Industrial Office of the Year, marking the ninth time the team has collected this honour in the past 10 years, while Colliers North Shore won the Small Commercial and Industrial Office of the Year award.
For the fourth time in the past 10 years, Greg Goldfinch, National Director of Industrial at Colliers, was named the Commercial and Industrial Salesperson of the year, capping a fantastic run of market-leading results.
Mark Synnott, CEO of Colliers New Zealand, says these awards recognise the organisation’s continued commitment to delivering the best possible outcomes for their clients.
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“We take great pride in receiving these awards and I am incredibly proud of our team members who continue to work collaboratively with our clients to ensure we remain trusted property advisors,” Synnott says.
“I look forward to seeing what our team will achieve next and challenge them to continue to raise the bar higher each year.”
Alongside the award winners, Colliers was recognised in several other areas with team members and offices being finalists in various categories.
Colliers Highbrook was named a finalist in the Medium Community Award for their outstanding fundraising effort last year to support Motor Neuron Disease that generated more than $215,000. This marked the single largest donation ever given to the Motor Neuron Disease New Zealand foundation.
The Colliers Hawke’s Bay office was a finalist in the Small Commercial and Industrial Office of the Year award, while Colliers was also a finalist in the Large Commercial and Industrial Office of the Year category.
But it was the Commercial and Industrial Salesperson of the Year award that was the most notable as Colliers dominated the category with all four finalists.
While Goldfinch claimed the award, North Shore-based Directors Shoneet Chand and Matt Prentice were recognised alongside Sam Staite from Colliers Christchurch.
“It’s a tremendous honour to receive this award and I am truly humbled by the recognition from REINZ,” Goldfinch says.
“It is an amazing achievement for Colliers to have all four of the finalists in this category, which is something I have never seen before, and it’s a testament to the dedication our team members bring to their respective roles.”
Established in 2008, the Colliers Highbrook office is home to some of New Zealand’s top industrial and investment sales and leasing professionals.
Led by Goldfinch and Director of Investment Sales Matthew Barnes, the Highbrook team includes 24 Brokers who are consistently among the top revenue earners across the Colliers network in New Zealand and during the past year they transacted more than 310 deals totalling $1.6 billion in value.
“It’s a privilege leading the team at Highbrook. They are incredibly hardworking and talented but most importantly they are quality people,” Goldfinch says.
Colliers North Shore, based in Takapuna and led by Director Jimmy O’Brien, transacted nearly $1 billion worth of deals during an outstanding year of results.
This year marked the fourth time in the past five years the team has been recognised as the best Small Commercial and Industrial Office in New Zealand.
“We are thrilled to have received this award and are incredibly proud of the collaborative team culture we have in our office,” O’Brien says.
“Our clients always come first for us, and we thank REINZ for this award and look forward to the challenges the next year will bring.”
The 2022 REINZ Awards for Excellence, held at the Cordis in Auckland on Tuesday night, saw 41 awards handed out to different sectors of the real estate industry.
- Article supplied by Colliers
