Avison Young aquires The Eidson Group

January 10,2014

Mark E. Rose, Chair and CEO of CAP Member, Avison Young, the world's fastest-growing commercial real estate services firm, announced today that it has acquired The Eidson Group LLC, a privately held real estate services company based in Atlanta, Georgia.

The purchase further expands Avison Young's tenant-representation services in Atlanta and the U.S. Southeast.

Effective immediately, Douglas Eidson joins Avison Young as a Principal and Scott Perry joins the firm as an associate broker. They will continue to focus on their specialty of tenant representation.

Founded in 1998 by Douglas Eidson, The Eidson Group is a corporate real estate services firm specializing in representing Atlanta tenants with their office space solutions. Services offered include acquisition, disposition, facility design co-ordination, portfolio management, lease document review and move management.

Today, the Atlanta office has more than 75 employees with approximately 20 msf of space under property management. Led by top professionals, the Atlanta brokerage has built a broad platform covering all industry sectors. Atlanta serves as the hub of Avison Young's Southeast expansion, partnering with many of the company's other U.S. offices on several projects. Avison Young's Atlanta-based Southeast Capital Markets Group also works frequently with the firm's Canadian offices, particularly Toronto and Vancouver, to assist Canadian investors with cross-border investments in commercial and multi-residential property located in the Southeastern and Sunbelt markets.

"Scott and I are thrilled to be part of Avison Young's ongoing expansion program in the United States," says Eidson. "I am also excited to be part of Avison Young's unique, Principal-led ownership structure. By linking our operations with Avison Young, we can benefit from tremendous brand power and a strong brokerage network that spans the U.S., Canada and parts of Europe. At the same time, we can maintain our strong core values and tenant-representation services by partnering with people who share our philosophy of putting the client first."

-Courtesy, Atlanta Business Chronicle