Style and Function

Colliers India moves to a new activity-based workspace at One BKC in Mumbai.

Colliers, a leading diversified professional services and investment management company, recently commenced operations from One BKC, a new address in Mumbai, the company reports. This site aligns with the company’s aggressive strategy to integrate and strengthen its business in the region amidst its rapid growth objectives in Mumbai, the country’s financial capital and one of the largest markets in India.

The new office is seen as a testament to Colliers’ commitment to do what’s right for its people. The new activity-based workspace promotes agile work practices and wellness, and provides an engaging environment for the company’s people to keep up with pace with the evolving work dynamics that support Colliers’ business and talent requirements. In addition, One BKC houses some of the leading Fortune 500 companies with the largest client bases. This puts Colliers where its clients are.

Colliers has grown from strength to strength in Mumbai by hiring market-leading talent in the real estate industry. With this workplace, Colliers has created a place of collaboration to encourage results and a space to brainstorm and develop innovative, focused and value-enhancing solutions for its clients.

We have embraced the hybrid work model and have built around flexibility to encourage innovation, collaboration and fun.

The design of the workplace has been developed around the requirements of its people and clients, and hence boasts active collaboration and wellness spaces, an amphitheater, a media room, a high end cafeteria for socializing and a work café in the reception area to encourage interactions among teams and clients to experience the “Colliers way of working.”

Ramesh Nair, CEO, India, and managing director, Market Development, Asia, of Colliers, said:

“I am super excited to be moving into our brand-new office at One BKC, which brings us closer to our clients and talent pool. We have embraced the hybrid work model and have built around flexibility to encourage innovation, collaboration and fun. The office design is very millennial-friendly. It offers informal catch-up zones, ideation spaces, quiet concentrated meeting rooms, a media room, amphitheater, quick-use phone booths, flexible workstations, a walking track, exercise zone and fun, and a vibrant cafeteria. Technology is built into the space, with interactive screens in all our meeting rooms, IAQ (indoor air quality) monitors, and AI-based lighting and temperature sensors. Our employees and clients will experience the best-in-class workspace and see for themselves the higher employee engagement, sustainability, health and wellness levels.”

Prior to this, Colliers announced that it has been “Great Place to Work — Certified™” in India for February 2022 to February 2023. Colliers believes the certification reaffirms its commitment to do what’s right for its staff by creating an enterprising work culture that enables its people to drive exceptional results for its clients.

Sankey Prasad, chairman and managing director, Colliers India, said:

“Being ‘Great Place to Work — Certified’ is a testament to our commitment to our collaborative culture, our commitment to living by Colliers’ brand values and empowering our people to accelerate their success within the firm. Over the years, we have built a culture of winning and celebrating our employees’ successes to nurture and recognize our talent.”

Appaya Chenanda, national director, People & Performance, Colliers India, added:

“I thank the entire Colliers team for their contributions in helping us secure this certification. Our diverse and inclusive, talent-focused culture has ensured that we create workplaces that enhance employee experiences and empower them to achieve their business goals.”

About Colliers and Other Insights

Colliers is a leading diversified professional services and investment management company. With operations in 64 countries, its 17,000 enterprising professionals work collaboratively to provide expert real estate and investment advice to clients. For more than 27 years, its experienced leadership with significant inside ownership has delivered compound annual investment returns of 20% for shareholders. With annual revenues of US$4.1 billion and more than US$50 billion of assets under management, Colliers maximizes the potential of property and real assets to accelerate the success of its clients, investors and people.

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, it has surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make strategic people decisions. The institute serves businesses, non-profits and government agencies in more than 60 countries and has conducted pioneering research on the characteristics of great workplaces for more than three decades.

In India, the institute partners with more than 1,100 organizations annually across more than 22 industries to help them build High-Trust, High-Performance Cultures™ designed to deliver sustained business results. The institute’s research shows that great workplaces are characterized by great leadership, consistent employee experience and sustainable financial performance. These organizations are able to deliver a consistent experience to all their employees, irrespective of their role, gender, tenure or level in the organization.