Colliers International in Vancouver recently announced that the Unique Properties Practice Group has rejoined the firm. Mark Lester, Alan Johnson and Andrea Thievin specialize in the marketing and sale of real estate assets such as resorts, private islands, waterfront and coastal estates, ranches, agricultural portfolios, golf courses, ski resorts, marinas, comprehensive development properties and forestry, rural and corporate resource properties.
Lester, founder of Unique Properties, and Johnson started working in partnership in 1997. The Unique Properties Practice Group was formalized in 1998. The team left Colliers in 2011 to pursue alternative approaches to their business.
In January 2013, Thieven joined the team as a licensed assistant.
Andrea Thievin
Kirk Kuester, executive managing director of Colliers International in Vancouver says, “The opportunity around this specialty practice is bigger and broader than ever, thanks to liquidity in global capital markets; the currency advantage of foreign investors; British Columbia’s – and Canada’s –high visibility in the global commercial real estate marketplace; and the increasing appeal of unique real estate assets to affluent and sophisticated international investors.
Colliers is in prime position to grow this type of business as we continue to enhance our technological, market intelligence and property marketing capabilities. With the Unique Properties team’s expertise and Colliers’ robust platform, we plan to expand the reach of this specialized group nationally and globally.”
