DTZ

DTZ
Industry	Commercial Real Estate Services
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Tod Lickerman, Global Chief Executive Officer Duncan Palmer, Global Chief Financial Officer Edward Cheung, Chief Executive Greater China John Forrester, Chief Executive EMEA Stuart Roberts, Chief Executive Asia Pacific Joseph Stettinius, Jr., Chief Executive Americas Steve Quick, Chief Executive Global Occupier Services Christopher Cooper, Chief Executive Investment and Asset Management Paul Bedborough, President Facilities Management Americas
Services	Agency/Project Leasing Building Consultancy Capital Markets and Financing Corporate and Occupier Services Facilities Management Facilities Services* Investment and Asset Management** Project and Development Management Property Management Portfolio Administration Strategic Consulting Sustainability Tenant Representation Valuation Services DTZ Services *DTZ Investors
Number of employees	28,000+
Website	http://www.dtz.com/

DTZ is a global leader in commercial real estate services providing occupiers, tenants and investors around the world with a full spectrum of property solutions. DTZ provides property management for 1.9 billion square feet and facilities management for 1.3 billion square feet. In 2014, the company completed $63 billion in transaction volume globally on behalf of institutional, corporate, government and private clients. With headquarters in Chicago, DTZ operates in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacifi c (APAC), Greater China and the Americas. DTZ has more than 28,000 employees in more than 260 offices that operate in 50 countries.

DTZ was acquired from UGL by a private equity consortium led by TPG Capital on November 5, 2014.^[1] On December 31, 2014, the same consortium purchased Cassidy Turley and combined the two companies under a new DTZ brand.^[2]

History

1784
DTZ founding predecessor firm, Chesshire Gibson, established in Birmingham, UK.

1853
Beginnings in London with second predecessor Debenham and Tewson.

1987
Listed on the London stock exchange as Debenham, Tewson & Chinnocks.

1993
A European joint ventures with Jean Thouard of France, and the Zadelhoff Group in Germany and the Netherlands, creates the DTZ brand.

1999
The DTZ brand extends into Asia with partners CY Leung & Co and Edmund Tie & Co in Singapore. DTZ’s French subsidiary acquired a majority shareholding in DTZ Asset Management, France.

2004 - 2008
DTZ continued its global growth with the opening of offices in India and Bahrain and its continued expansion into China. These years saw global growth across India, the Middle East, China, the United Kingdom, Canada and the US.

2011
Australia engineering firm UGL Limited acquires the trading operations of DTZ and combines its property services firms: Singapore facilities management firm UGL-Premas; US corporate real estate firm UGL-Equis; Americas facilities services firm UGL-Unicco; Australia, New Zealand and Middle East facilities management and real estate companies UGL Services, to form a new global property services powerhouse

2012
UGL’s property services companies integrate and rebrand to DTZ; expanding its global presence to 52 countries.

Moves global headquarters from London to US.

2014
UGL sells DTZ to a private equity consortium comprising TPG Capital (TPG), PAG Asia Capital (PAG) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP). ^[3]

On December 31, 2014, the TPG Consortium purchases US commercial real estate firm Cassidy Turley, adding 4,000 employees and 900 brokers.^[4] The new DTZ now has more than 28,000 employees in more than 260 offices in 50 countries.

References

External links

DTZ company website<http://www.dtz.com/>