About Avison Young
Avison Young creates real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.
Avison Young creates real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people. Avison Young is the world’s fastest-growing commercial real estate services firm. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Avison Young is a collaborative, global firm owned and operated by its Principals. Founded in 1978, with legacies dating back more than 200 years. As a private company, our clients collaborate with empowered partners who are invested in success. Our integrated talent realizes the full potential of real estate by using global intelligence platforms that provide clients with insights and advantage. Avison Young is a 2022 winner of the Canada's Best Managed Companies Platinum Club designation, having retained its Best Managed designation for 11 consecutive years.
The service breadth to meet any need
The people to make it happen
The scale to make it count
The values to make it matter
Global presence
5,000
real estate professionals
16
countries
225 msf
under property management
100+
offices across the globe
Real estate for real impact.
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.
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.
Global ESG & wellness strategy
Value for clients and communities
We believe in the positive impact commercial real estate can make in people’s lives. That’s why we’re driven by a common purpose to create real economic, social, and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors are central to how we consult with our clients, manage our own operations and workplace practices, and our philanthropy. 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. Email us for more information.
Allies for diversity and inclusion.
Avison Young’s success is driven by outstanding people. We’re committed to policies, partnerships and practices that help to eliminate barriers between our organization and extraordinary talent. We work actively to ensure that members of underrepresented groups have access to business and career opportunities in commercial real estate — as suppliers, as early-career professionals and as senior leaders.
Our Global Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council is a 20-member body that includes representatives from all levels and regions of our business. Created in 2020, this group is responsible for shaping diversity and inclusion (D&I) work across Avison Young and ensuring close alignment between our D&I strategy and business strategy.
The Council’s efforts are focused in five areas, with subcommittees who oversee:
