AREA OF EXPERTISE
Mr. Given joined the firm in 1980 when it operated as Williams Real Estate. With over 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, Mr. Given focuses on institutional tenant representation and serving as exclusive leasing agent for some of Manhattan’s premier Class A office buildings. During his career, Mr. Given has been associated with the leasing and sales of over 20 million square feet of commercial real estate space. His comments and insights have appeared in many real estate publications throughout New York.

Mr. Given represents numerous companies in the acquisition of corporate headquarters.He was the preferred vendor for Thomson Financial and represented it in its New York and Boston relocations of more than 680,000 square feet. Recently, he represented Colgate Palmolive in restructuring and renewing its 537,000-square-foot headquarters lease at 300 Park Avenue in Manhattan. In 2003, Mr. Given received the NAIOP Award for Leasing Deal of the Year. In addition, he received the CoStar Group’s New York City Power Broker Award for the 550,000-square-foot relocation of Health Insurance Plan (HIP) of New York to 55 Water Street.

As the exclusive sales agent for Bertelsmann, he sold its 590,000-square-foot distribution center in Indianapolis and its 330,000 square feet distribution center in Chicago. Mr. Given was the exclusive agent in the disposition of 170,000 square feet for National Broadcasting Company (NBC) at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

Mr. Given - as leasing and managing agent of the 175,000-square foot Class A, landmarked Argonaut Building, located at 224 West 57th Street - supervised the building repositioning and capital improvements program which culminated in the long-term Master Leasing of the entire building to The George Soros Foundation. He has acted as the exclusive leasing and managing agent for 500 Fifth Avenue and 1700 Broadway. Additionally, Mr. Given was the leasing and managing agent for Equitable Real Estate Investment Management, Inc. at 645 Madison Avenue. In 1998, he leased 2 Broadway to the MTA. The entire building constitutes 1.6 million square feet. This transaction was known as “the largest lease transaction of the decade”.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Mr. Given is a member of CoreNet. He is also a Board Director of Bryant Park Management Corporation and a Board Director of The Ridgewood YMCA.

Steve joined the firm in 1992 when it was operated as GVA Williams. With over 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, Steve has leased in excess of 20 million square feet of space in his career. In the last two year (2012-2013) alone, Steve has participated in over 7 million square feet of space covering 170 separate transactions throughout the United States and Canada.  He specializes in the representation of corporate tenants in the acquisition and disposition of office space, nationally and internationally

Prior to joining Colliers International as an associate broker, Jack interned with CBRE and Vornado Realty Trust in Washington, DC. Under these companies, he assisted senior-level brokers with research, tours, pitches, and business development.

Since joining Colliers International in New York City, Jack has graduated from the company's inaugural Accelerate Program.  The program is a selective two-year brokerage development program designed to advance transaction management skills.  Since graduating, Jack was hired by one of the top tenant representation teams in the Midtown New York office to focus on Tenant Representation and Advisory services.

Jack has experience representing multiple high-growth technology companies and boutique financial and professional service firms, with over 500,000 SF of tenant rep assignments completed in early career.