Colliers, a leading global real estate investment management and services consultancy, announces the consolidation of its services to the residential market into a single platform led by Antonio de la Fuente, Managing Director of Living.
Colliers has thus merged all of its residential advisory services under a single strategic direction, covering investment, financing, valuation, strategic consulting, architectural services and the marketing of high-end housing, the latter until now under the direction of Luis Valdés, who is leaving the Company.
The new platform covers both rental-oriented products - Build to Rent, PRS, Flex Living or PBSA - and sales, i.e. land under development, free and subsidised housing, unique assets and high-end housing.
Antonio de la Fuente, Managing Director of Living at Colliers says: ‘We have been leading the way in residential advisory services for the past 20 years, supporting developers and investors in the most difficult times and in the development of new development and investment formulas. The consolidation of our teams in this market will allow us to continue leading professional advice in a strategic sector that faces major challenges, such as the endemic shortage of land, the huge unsatisfied demand for affordable housing, regulatory interventionism and the development of a luxury residential market with increasingly demanding and professionalised clients. This new platform is born with the vocation of bringing excellence to the entire value chain of the residential product. I am proud to take on this new phase with the best team in the market’.
‘The conversion of properties to luxury residential is increasingly becoming the focus of institutional capital. With this vision, we believe it is strategic to integrate our teams, experts in both the marketing of high-end housing and the transaction of residential assets, thus enhancing the identification of the best opportunities for our clients and the excellence of our services,’ said Mikel Echavarren, CEO & President of Colliers for Spain and Portugal.
With an investment of more than 2,700 million in 2024 and 833 million euros registered in the first quarter of the year, Living is positioned, along with hotels, as the real estate market with the best investment expectations in 2025.
Since 2019, the residential market has been undergoing a profound transformation, which continues to accelerate in the face of the socio-demographic changes affecting our country. Colliers, as an expert advisor in Living, has transacted more than 8 million m2 of buildable area for residential product, has advised operations worth more than €10,000 million and has signed more than 900 transactions of sale and purchase of luxury housing, for more than €1,000 million in the last 6 years.