Binswanger Forms Strategic Alliance to Provide Corporate Advisory Services With West Coast-Based Firm

PHILADELPHIA, PA--(Marketwire - Apr 27, 2011) - Two major players in the real estate business, Binswanger and Kidder Mathews, are pleased to announce the formation of a strategic alliance offering global corporate advisory services to clients located in the Washington, Oregon, and Northern California markets and for clients with requirements in the Northwest. The alliance will focus on corporations and governments located in the region and the services for the planning, acquisitions, management, and redeployment of real property assets used in the conduct of their businesses.

In addition, Binswanger has teamed with the Industrial and Advanced Technology Group of CH2M Hill on projects in various manufacturing sectors such as Technology, Life Sciences, Automotive, Logistics, Operations, and other areas and with GoIndustry-DoveBid to offer our clients extensive engineering and equipment/machinery services. Adding these leading companies to our platform allows us to achieve the highest positive impact on company performance across a wider accounting of costs, use and value goals for our clients, including Amgen, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Texas Instruments and many others.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, Binswanger is an international full-service real estate organization with offices worldwide throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Binswanger offers comprehensive real estate services including advisory/consulting, property acquisition and disposition, location consulting, management services including facility and project management, financial services, and valuation. Founded in 1931, the company has completed thousands of transactions for billions of dollars across a diversified portfolio of businesses. We serve a vast number of the Global 1000 companies and completed over 11 billion dollars in activity last year.

Kidder Mathews is one of the largest independently owned commercial real estate firms on the West Coast, with over 400 real estate professionals and staff in nine offices in Washington, Oregon, and California. Kidder Mathews provides brokerage, appraisal, property management, consulting, project and construction management, and sustainability consulting services. Founded in 1969, the firm has performed $6 billion in transactions over the last three years, currently conducts 1,000 appraisals annually, and manages over 22 million square feet of commercial space.