Tampa, Fla. – Ken Lane and Clay Witherspoon, Avison Young Principals and Managing
Directors of the firm’s Tampa office, today announced the appointment of Anne-Marie Ayers as Avison Young
Principal. Ayers is an office specialist with more than 25 years of experience
in Tampa Bay. She will leverage her relationships and experience across
submarkets and asset types to focus on class A office leasing.

“Anne-Marie’s
track record of leasing downtown towers will complement the existing team’s
strength and presence in the Westshore market, positioning the overall office
for growth,” said Lane and Witherspoon in a joint statement.

Today’s
office property marketplace is ever-changing and increasingly complex. Ayers
brings her depth and knowledge to an Avison Young team that offers clients of
every size broad office market expertise – whether that’s finding and securing
optimal locations for attracting the best talent or driving efficiency by
incorporating the latest energy and technology trends into properties or
portfolios.

“Avison
Young offered the opportunity and flexibility to be entrepreneurial in an
environment with no silos,” said Ayers. “The firm’s Principal-owned and led
structure cultivates a great focus on clients where I can act as an advocate to
create value for owners and occupiers.”

Ayers
joins Avison Young from CBRE, where she served as First Vice-President
specializing in office leasing and sales. Ayers is a native Floridian and
graduate of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business.

Avison Young is the
world’s fastest-growing commercial real estate services firm. Headquartered in
Toronto, Canada, Avison Young is a collaborative, global firm owned and
operated by its Principals. Founded in 1978, with legacies dating back more
than 200 years, the company comprises approximately 5,000 real estate
professionals in 108 offices in 14 countries. The firm’s experts provide
value-added, client-centric investment sales, leasing, advisory, management and
financing services to clients across the office, retail, industrial,
multi-family and hospitality sectors.

Avison Young is a 2019 winner of the Canada’s Best
Managed Companies Platinum Club designation, having retained its Best Managed
designation for eight consecutive years.