savile . savills plc type public traded as lse svs industry real estate founded 1855 headquarters 33 margaret street london w1g 0jd key people nicholas ferguson chairman 1 jeremy helsby ceo 1 simon shaw cfo 1 revenue 1 283.5 million 2015 2 operating income 121.4 million 2015 2 net income 98.6 million 2015 2 number of employees 30 000 2016 3 website www.savills.com savills plc is a global real estate services provider listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 australia 2.2 philippines 2.3 indonesia 2.4 united states 2.5 malaysia 3 services 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the business was established by alfred savill 1829 1905 in 1855 in london . 4 by the time of alfred savill s death in 1905 his sons alfred edwin and norman were established in partnership . in the 1920s the firm moved to lincoln s inn fields . during the second world war norman savill went to wimborne in dorset taking vital records with him . the remaining partners stayed at lincoln s inn field . by the 1970s the firm was re branded as savills . the firm was incorporated as a limited company in 1987 and was listed on the london stock exchange in 1988 . 4 in 1997 savills merged with first pacific davies chinese in asia . 5 in 1998 it bought majority stakes in the german french and spanish arms of weatherall green & smith . 4 in june 2015 it completed the acquisition of smiths gore provider of rural and residential property services in the uk . 6 in june 2016 savills plc announced its proprietary investment subsidiary grosvenor hill ventures had acquired a minority stake in yopa property ltd a uk based online hybrid estate agent . 7 savills announced in august 2016 that it had acquired gbr phoenix beard a midlands based commercial property consultancy strengthening its uk real estate services . 8 operations edit the company provides consulting services and advice such as valuation building consultancy environmental consultancy landlord and tenant planning strategic projects and research in connection with commercial residential and agricultural properties property related financial services and investment management which includes investment management for institutional or professional investors . savills operates from over 700 owned and associate offices employing more than 30 000 people in over 60 countries throughout the americas europe asia pacific africa and the middle east . 3 australia edit savills australia was established in 1996 . in 2016 senior management was headed by paul craig previously managing director in western australia and head of cross border investments . craig replaced outgoing chief executive paul mclean who stayed on as queensland managing director . 9 10 11 savills operates out of several australian offices . as well as offices in capitals new south wales and victoria also have branch offices in the regions . 12 savills australia is focussed on real estate transactions and the property market generally with little extension into other financial services such as investment management seen globally . 13 14 in 2016 australia rose to second place afterjapan for cross border capital inflow in the asia pacific region largely due to an increase in china s investment in sydney s cbd up 44 per cent from 4.5 billion the year before to 6.46 billion . 15 a large part of his was savills sale of fortius 75 per cent stake in sydney s 420 george street to investa commercial property fund for 442 million . 16 across australia savills offers services in the office industrial retail hotels and residential sectors . savills brisbane s commercial property division led by robert dunne combines office and industrial and parts of the other sectors with significant sales in brisbane s cbd . in may 2013 dunne set the record for the highest price for a development site in brisbane with the sale of the supreme court site at 300 george street for 63m to the taiwanese developer shayher group to become a mixed use precinct including a five star hotel . shayher group was required to build a 65 000sqm residential serviced apartment tower and a 45 000sqm commercial office tower . 17 philippines edit in early 2013 savills announced its new philippine association with kmc mag group the largest philippine based real estate services firm . 18 kmc mag group identifying itself as an an international associate of savills has headquarters in bonifacio global city a prime business district in manila . it has over 100 employees involved directly in transactions for office investments retail industrial hotel and residential . kmc mag group s client portfolio includes enterprises such as canon qbe anz and fox . 19 michael mccullough is managing director gregory kittelson chairman of the board and amanda rufino carpo chief legal officer . 20 manila s office market expanded in 2015 driven by the it business process outsourcing . 21 indonesia edit in may 2014 savills announced it has established a presence in jakarta indonesia working in partnership with local experts property connection indonesia . 22 in 2015 savills established an office services and occupier representation capability expanding its jakarta based business when leny soedojo joined savills indonesia along with rupert provest from savills vietnam head of research anton sitorus from property consultancy jll . local managing director is jeffrey hong . 23 24 united states edit in june 2014 savills announced it had acquired 100 % of studley inc. a leading us independent commercial real estate services firm specialising in tenant representation with twenty five offices across the united states . within the us the new business was branded as savills studley . 25 studley was acquired in a 260 million deal including cash savills stock and promissory notes . studley was founded in 1954 by julien studley and in 2002 was bought by its 139 partners . the savills deal brought more than 400 brokers and 175 support workers from studley to the new firm . 26 mitchell steir is chairman & ceo and michael d. colacino is president both in new york . 27 subsequently the firm established several new offices across the united states including phoenix austin minneapolis and baltimore and completed several high profile acquisitions including cresa carolinas offices in charlotte and durham north carolina ; real facilities in toronto ; cooper brady partners in silicon valley ; and new york based management consulting firm klg advisors . in july 2016 savills studley acquired of memphis based sterling solutions with offices in memphis and cleveland established in 1998 sterling solutions was an operations management consulting firm specializing in transportation management distribution and plant network optimization and third party logistics management led by david sterling and nick pacitti . 28 malaysia edit in february 2015 savills announced it had acquired a substantial shareholding in a malaysian real estate business previously trading as cbre in malaysia . the business has close to 300 staff and offices in kuala lumpur penang and johor . 29 savills malaysia managing director is allan soo . 30 services edit investment sales acquisitions & leasing research & consultancy residential commercial & industrial services property management valuation & finance fund management project management see also edit cbre group jones lang lasalle colliers international knight frank dtz cresapartners foxtons marsh & parsons references edit a b c board of directors savills a b c preliminary results 2015 . savills . retrieved 18 march 2016 . a b savills trusted advisors to real estate clients around the globe key facts . savills.com . retrieved 11 february 2016 . a b c savills germany history . savills.de . retrieved 3 april 2015 . first pacific davies forms alliance with top british property agent . south china morning post . 9 september 1997 . retrieved 3 april 2015 . land agent savills buys smiths gore for 40m . farmers weekly . 22 april 2015 . retrieved 15 april 2016 . savills makes investment in online hybrid estate agent . savills . retrieved 3 june 2016 . savills strengthens midlands position with gbr phoenix beard acquisition . retrieved 2016 08 12 . paul craig commences as ceo at savills australia & new zealand http www.publicnow.com view 8d1e346f678f8a400606097c21f3b894740aa997 2016 04 07 02 00 35 01 00 xxx4391 australian financial review http www.afr.com real estate commercial paul craig to take over from paul mclean at savills 20151106 gksik5 new chief paul craig takes reins as savills finalises leadership transition http www.commercialrealestate.com.au news new chief paul craig takes reins as savills finalises leadership transition savills australian senior management http www.savills.com.au about savills management australian senior management.aspx savills australia services http www.savills.com.au services and sectors savills investment management http www.savills.com services investment management.aspx property council of australia https www.propertycouncil.com.au web content news national 2016 australia sets standard for capital transactions.aspx savills australia blog http www.savills.com.au blog article 144733 australia articles australia sets standard for capital transactions.aspx brisbane s former supreme and district courts to become five star hotel in 63 million deal 21st may 2013 https www.theurbandeveloper.com brisbanes former supreme and district courts to become five star hotel in 63 million deal savills confirms kmc mag group inc. as an international associate of savills . kmcmaggroup.com . retrieved 3 april 2015 . savills philippines http kmcmaggroup.com about us company overview savills philippines leadership team http kmcmaggroup.com about us our people leadership team asian cities report manila office 2015 http pdf.savills.asia asia pacific research asia pacific research asian cities ph office 2h 2015.pdf savills opens new office in indonesia . property wire . retrieved 3 april 2015 . savills strengthens its indonesian business muneerah february 6 2015 http www.propertyguru.com.sg property management news 2015 2 82924 savills strengthens its indonesian business savills adds depth and strength to its indonesian business 05 february 2015 http www.savills.com news article 63 134576 1 2 2015 savills adds depth and strength to its indonesian business studley purchase big deal for unusual player . wall street journal . 4 may 2014 . retrieved 3 april 2015 . los angeles times 2 june 2014 http www.latimes.com business realestate la fi mo studley savills merger 20140602 story.html savills studley http www.savills studley.com our firm leadership.htm savills studley bolsters national industrial team with acquisition of sterling solutions http www.savills studley.com 99c8c858 ba8e 43dd b29a b5203d487b3d our firm press room detail.htm three cbre senior execs to operate under savills . the 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