"We've done a lot of business with colliers offices all over thecountry, but especially the Atlanta office, including jointlymarketing some larger industrial buildings and jointly representingtenants and buyers," Sink tells GlobeSt.com. He says the Atlantaoffice has established a group that focuses specifically on ports,so working with the Savannah brokerage was a natural extension oftheir business. It was also natural for Neely Dales to align itselfwith an international group as their market has grown over the pastdecade, he says.

"Our investment in Colliers Neely Dales is a critical element ofour business development in the Southeast region," Bob Mathews,president and CEO of Colliers Spectrum Cauble, stated in a release."Import and export activity has been slow in the recent months, butlong term we think Savannah will afford us numerous growthopportunities."

Neely Dales' latest transaction was a 150,000-square-footindustrial lease in September at AMB Morgan Business Center,near the Port of Savannah in Bloomingdale, to Foxboro, MA-basedDorel Juvenile Group Inc., a manufacturer and distributor ofchildren's products. The company also recently brokered an81,000-square-foot, 10-year lease for environmental solutionstenant Dirtt within IDI's Crossroads Business Center. Sink addsthat the firm is currently working with a company seeking a250,000- to 300,000-square-foot retail import distribution centerin either Savannah or Charleston, SC.