Note 1 - Description of the Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Business Description and Basis of Presentation [Text Block]

1. Description of the business

Colliers International Group Inc. (“Colliers” or the “Company”) provides commercial real estate services to corporate and institutional clients in

32

countries around the world

(66

countries including affiliates and franchisees). Colliers’ primary services are outsourcing and advisory services, lease brokerage, and sales brokerage. Operationally, Colliers is organized into

three

geographic regions – Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”); and Asia Pacific.

On

June

1,

2015,

“old” FirstService Corporation (“Old FSV”) completed a plan of arrangement (the “Spin-off) which separated Old FSV into

two

independent public companies – Colliers and “new” FirstService Corporation (“FirstService”). Under the Spin-off, Old FSV shareholders received

one

Colliers share and

one

FirstService share of the same class as each Old FSV share previously held.

The historical operations of FirstService have been reclassified as discontinued operations (see note

4).