1976 Several successful property
Colliers Canada’s Timeline 1922 Ronald Maitland, who
1932 Macaulay dies and
joined the firm as a clerk in 1904, becomes a partner and the firm becomes Macaulay Nicolls Maitland (MNM).
J.P. Nicolls becomes the firm’s second president.
Douglas Maitland, aged 16, becomes the first son to work at the firm, earning $35 a month.
post a profit of $57,000.
1920s
1930s
1926 The firm
incorporates and Charles Macaulay is its first president.
1898 Macaulay Nicolls
registers in the province of British Columbia, Canada – currently the 13th oldest registered company.
J.P.R. Nicolls (son of founding Nicolls) dies from a shark attack off the coast of Mexico.
MNM relocates to 200 Granville Street. Colliers Canada HQ remains there to this day.
companies merge and take the name of their mentor, Ronald Collier, a Chartered Surveyor who was instrumental in the development of the profession in Australia.
Colliers Property Consultants rapidly grows throughout the Asia Pacific and Canada on an independently owned, referral network platform.
1977 1927 MNM and Company
1900s
1973
J.P. Nicolls opens bank account #8 with Royal Bank of Canada for the firm.
1948 J.P. Nicolls’ son,
1940s
1939 Six employees leave
MNM to join the armed forces. The firm continues to pay 50% of their salary in their absence.
J.P.R. Nicolls, joins the firm at age 21.
1950s
1960s
John McLernon becomes president and chief executive officer of MNM in Vancouver.
1970s
1978 MNM opens offices in
1966 MNM records an
Edmonton and Seattle. By the end of 1978, MNM has 11 offices and 360 employees in Canada and the U.S.
annual after-tax profit of $64,728.
1934 The firm has one of
its darkest years with key client bankruptcies and key partners defecting.
1957 J.P. Nicolls dies at
age 87, completing 57 years of service to the firm. Dean Mansell becomes president of MNM. Dean also served on the Canadian Association of Real Estate Boards and as president of the Vancouver Real Estate Board.
1974
MNM opens an office in Calgary.
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