About Avison Young
Avison Young creates real economic, social, and environmental value, powered by people.
The service breadth to meet any need
The scale to make it count
The people to make it happen
The values to make it matter
Avison Young creates real economic, social, and environmental value, powered by people.
Avison Young is built on the belief that commercial real estate isn’t just about the buildings and the square footage and the occupancies.
At its best it’s about spaces and places that improve lives and help businesses thrive for the employees, citizens and communities that make impact matter.
5,000
real estate professionals
20
countries
283 msf
under property management
100 +
offices across the globe
Our integrated services
Avison Young is accelerating our comprehensive suite of brokerage and professional services to meet our client’s needs.
We’ve designed our structure to best serve our clients by building a culture which fosters collaboration across our organization and is supported through internal and external subject matter experts in many critical specialty areas.
We are organized to deliver truly integrated solutions to meet our client’s unique needs.
In 2018, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec acquired preferred shares of Avison Young for a total amount of $250 million to support our expansion strategy, which has increased the number of our offices from 11 in Canada to over 100 offices in North America and Europe in less than 10 years.
For the 12th consecutive year, Avison Young is proud to be named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, with a Platinum Club designation. The 2023 Best Managed program award winners are among the best-in-class of Canadian owned and managed companies demonstrating leadership in the areas of strategy, capabilities and innovation, culture and commitment, and financials to achieve sustainable growth.
The service breadth to meet any need
Every client needs their own mix of real estate services and expertise. Our teams are equipped to bring insights and advantage to your business needs through advisory and planning, management and financing, investment sales, leasing, and property management services for clients across the office, retail, industrial, multi-family and hospitality sectors.
The people to make it happen
As a growing and innovative challenger in global commercial real estate, we attract the best talent in our industry – planners, advisors, brokers, marketers, support. But being the best isn’t just about having the best; it’s also about how we work together. Our longstanding culture of collaboration, and the fact we’re majority owned by our Principals, means we put the client first. Our Principal-led teams wrap themselves around our clients – driven by shared success. We work together to get it done.
The scale to make it count
We are on a continual journey of transformation – listening to clients – combining the best of our established talent with emerging tools and technologies. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the firm comprises approximately 5,000 real estate professionals in more than 100 offices around the world. The momentum in our business demonstrates that our model of smart collaboration and partnership works.
The values to make it matter
Founded in 1978 to create a more accountable and nimble real estate company, with legacies dating back more than 200 years, we will never outgrow our values of putting people first in every choice we make. Our purpose is to create net economic, social and environmental gain for our clients and in the communities in which we work.
ESG and wellness
Value for clients and communities
ESG and Wellness at Avison Young is delivered through a combination of dedicated professionals, services, online training and support, executive oversight and a Global Citizenship Affinity Group to imbed best practices, programs and transparent reporting of results into the heart of the organization. Through this approach, we work to effect change through ESG and Wellness at a human scale to help create healthy, productive, prosperous spaces and places that deliver a net benefit to the economy, the environment and the community.
