DTZ is part of UGL Services, a division of UGL Limited (ASX: UGL). The combined business is the third largest property services company in the world, providing corporate/occupier clients with a global, integrated end-to-end service offering and a best-in-class investor services capabilities in investment agency, leasing agency, property and facilities management, project and building consultancy, valuation and advisory, consultancy and investment and asset management. The organisation has 24,000 permanent employees and 40,000 personnel including contractors, operating across 225 offices in 45 countries
In mainland China, operational since 1993, DTZ’s fully licensed offices are in 16 cities, namely Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen and Xian. It is the largest and longest established real estate firm in this fast growing market, underpinned by these achievements:
• The first international real estate firm in mainland China to be awarded a Grade A National Valuation License in 2004, with over USD118 billion worth of real estate valued as of 2010 • No.1 investment agent in China with over 50% market share of advised and brokered transactions, with transactions valued at more than USD2.75 billion in 2010 alone • More than 90 million sq m of property in 65 cities across Greater China under our property management portfolio