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 Georg Muzicant

 Dr. Ariel Muzicant

 Georg B. Muzicant

1958 marked the year of Columbus Immobilien's first transaction. Georg Muzicant, the company's founder, was the broker for a shop on Kärntner Strasse, later known as the 'Kurier-Eck'.

The firm's first office opened in 1961 in Hegelgasse with three staff members. Shortly thereafter, it was moved to Goldschmiedgasse 10 in Vienna's CBD (1st district) where Colliers Columbus can still be found today.

The company grew along with the expansion of supermarkets and international retail chains in the 1970s. At that time, it was involved in the sale of such important real estate as the Palais Equitable in 1967, a residential complex in Gallmeyergasse, and a Bank building on Stephansplatz, bought by Bank Austria. Dr. Ludwig Markovits became partner in 1970.

Following the death of Georg Muzicant in 1977, his son Dr. Ariel Muzicant took over the management of Columbus and has developed it to its current size and importance.

In addition to providing traditional brokerage services for retail firms, such as Eduscho, Vita Drogeriemärkte and McDonald's, Columbus has developed not only new client relationships, for example with Impo, H&M, Douglas, Zara and Mango, but also new areas of business, such as brokerage of offices, rental apartment buildings and industrial real estate, as well as development of office buildings, e.g. the Internationales Zentrum Donaustadt with the IZD Tower, the largest private real estate investment project in Austria.

Columbus has been a member of the international Colliers network since 1994, representing an increasing number of international clients moving into the Austrian market as well as taking care - in cooperation with the local Colliers partners - of Austrian firms expanding their business abroad.

Membership of the Österreichische Immobilien Partner (ÖIP) has also secured a strong presence throughout all of Austria.

In the past couple of years, the real estate market has become more and more international and thus changed significantly. In order to stand up to the future challenges of an enlarged Europe, the fields of activities have been diversified and the team has become more specialised. This led to the shift of international activities into the newly founded company Colliers International Immobilienmakler GmbH.

In 2005, Georg B. Muzicant, Ariel's son, joined the firm to make it a third generation family business. Based on his several years' experience in the Anglo-American real estate business, he will focus on the establishment of a highly competitive development division within the company for national and international projects.

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