Colliers International provides specialized real estate solutions focused on technology and data centers. They help clients with lease reviews and contract negotiations to achieve cost efficiencies, flexibility, and security. Their services also include site assessments, cloud consulting, and data center acquisitions or dispositions. Colliers takes a holistic approach to technology solutions rather than just treating them as another real estate deal.

1. COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL
Colliers Technology Solutions
Specialized Real Estate Solutions RESULTS FOR OUR CLIENTS:
UPTIME ALL THE TIME LEASE REVIEW & CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
Strong, scalable cost
In today’s digital world, the data center sits at › Reviews existing leases and service level
efficiencies
the core of a company’s business operations. agreements
Mission-critical facilities are the repository
› Negotiates new agreements that support
of a company’s most vital asset: information.
our clients business needs Greater contract
Colliers International’s Technology Solutions
› Creates scalable solutions and contract flexibility
Group is the trusted advisor that clients
rely on for their technology and facilities flexibility
needs. The Technology Solutions Group’s
Higher levels of
operations and compliance experts empower
data security
clients with strategies for cost efficiencies CLOUD SERVICES & COMPLIANCE BEST
and best practices. While most of our PRACTICES
competitors approach technology solutions › Examines existing IT architecture
as just another office deal, Colliers’ method › Makes cloud services recommendations
is holistic, delivering customized, relevant
technology solutions. › Reduces or augments current footprint
SITE ASSESSMENTS & COST ANALYSIS
DATA CENTER ACQUISITION/DISPOSITION
› Evaluates tech infrastructure
SERVICES
› Analyzes in-house and outsourced data
› Enables our clients to consolidate
center facilities
facilities
› Counsels best practices related to data
› Provides cash back to our clients through
center locations
sale-leaseback scenarios
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2. Colliers Technology Solutions
North American Team Member Locations
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3. Colliers Technology Solutions
Case Studies
WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
The Westpac data center in Sydney, a 130,000 Colliers was tasked with setting up a 512 offices in
SF-purpose-built facility, was nearing full project team consisting of engineers, 61 countries
capacity and required upgrades to redundancy architects, general contractors and other
and resilience while remaining in full specialty consultants. Colliers had complete • US $1.5 billion in revenue
production. As the client put it “(We need to) oversight of the project team to complete • 12,509 employees
change the engines on a 747 in mid-flight”. the due diligence, design/engineering, pre- • 979 million square feet under
construction budgeting and construction management
> Our solution
administration. A land purchase and
• US $59.6 billion transaction value
We assessed the risk of physically performing development agreement was negotiated
each upgrade and developed a mathematical from a municipality that was developing a Founding member of
risk model that excluded items that fell technology park on a greenfield site. the World Green
outside of the customer’s risk profile. Building Council
> Our solution
We implemented a detailed program, Member of World
Colliers was meticulous in documentation and
breaking the overall task into discrete work Economic Forum
attention to detail throughout the process.
packages that could be performed under
Colliers also supervised the project team 2011 Named Top 100 service
close supervision and control. Temporary provider more times
through several rounds of value engineering ™
switchboards, water tanks and generators than any other real
exercises to ensure that the ultimate design
were installed to mitigate risk during critical estate firm
delivered the best possible cost and on
upgrade steps.
schedule. The facility was designed as fully Ranked #1 real estate
> What was the result for the client? scalable, with pre-planned expansion modules company (January,
which allowed Northern Trust to cost- 2011)
The client was able to accommodate both
effectively manage their growth requirements The second-most-
organic growth and a staged consolidation of
for the future. recognized commercial
IT equipment. Extraneous and under-utilized
real-estate brand (2011
facilities were closed, saving substantial > What was the result for the client? Lipsey Survey)
operational expenses, while the equipment
The project was delivered to Northern Trust Ranked #2 in 2010
concentration created an additional 50% of
at $5.0 million under budget. With Colliers’ global transaction
new data hall space.
oversight, construction was completed well volume
ahead of schedule. The building received
CONTACT:
LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. TIM HUFFMAN
Green Building Council. Colliers was able to Global Director | Technology Solutions Group
negotiate over $500,000 in state and local tim.huffman@colliers.com
Tel: 404-877-9245
incentives for Northern Trust.
This document has been prepared by Colliers International for advertising and general information only. Colliers International makes no guarantees, representations or warranties of any
kind, expressed or implied, regarding the information including, but not limited to, warranties of content, accuracy and reliability. Any interested party should undertake their own inquiries
as to the accuracy of the information. Colliers International excludes unequivocally all inferred or implied terms, conditions and warranties arising out of this document and excludes all
liability for loss and damages arising there from. This publication is the copyrighted property of Colliers International and/or its licensor(s). ©2011. All rights reserved. Accelerating success.