Debenham Thouard Zadelhoff

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DTZ headquarters in London's Old Broad Street

Debenham Thouard Zadelhoff ( DTZ ) is a commercial real estate consultancy based in London . DTZ employs approximately 10,000 people in 148 cities and 43 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and North America. The parent company, DTZ Holdings plc. , has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1987 . In Germany the company is represented by its wholly owned subsidiary, "DTZ Deutschland Holding GmbH", and its operational unit, "DTZ Zadelhoff Tie Leung GmbH".

history

DTZ has its origins in 1784 with the founding of Cheshire Gibson in Birmingham, England. Another predecessor company, Debenham and Tewson , was founded in London in 1853. The merger of the two companies in 1913 resulted in Debenham, Tewson & Chinnocks . In 1987 the company went public on the London Stock Exchange . The DTZ brand emerged from the joint venture with Jean Thouard (France) and the Zadelhoff Group (Germany and the Netherlands). The merger with Bernard Thorpe from the United Kingdom followed in 1999 . In the same year, there was an exchange of shares with the Asian partners CY Leung & Co and Edmund Tie & Co . Since then, DTZ has had other companies such as Donaldsons LLP or JJ Barnicke Ltd. accepted. In Germany, the DTZ Group operates under the name of DTZ Deutschland Holding GmbH and its subsidiary DTZ Zadelhoff Tie Leung GmbH . In December 2011 the DTZ group was sold to the Australian UGL group for GBP 77.5 million . The company had previously been filed for bankruptcy.

On September 1, 2015, Cushman & Wakefield and Debenham Thouard Zadelhoff (DTZ) merged. The joint venture now operates under the Cushman & Wakefield brand and is majority owned by a group of investors led by TPG Capital , PAG Asia Capital and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.

Services

The company operates as a commercial real estate consultant and offers its services in the following areas: capital markets (investment and asset management, marketing of real estate and real estate portfolios), valuation of real estate and real estate portfolios, brokerage of real estate (advising tenants and landlords), real estate management (including shopping center administration), project management and construction consulting, research and market analyzes.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to Sinead Cruise, Property firm DTZ buys rival Donaldsons on Reuters July 10, 2007 (in English)
  2. ↑ according to Article JJ Barnicke acquired by DTZ Holdings at REMOnline.com on November 29, 2007
  3. ↑ DTZ sold over the weekend . In: Immobilien Zeitung (online edition), December 5, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  4. ↑ Randyl Drummer: Leadership of C & W's Local US Markets Comes Into Focus - CoStar Group. CoStar Realty Information, November 19, 2015, accessed January 17, 2017 .

Web links

  • DTZ-Holding website (in English)
  • Website of the German DTZ Deutschland Holding GmbH