Broker wars: Binswanger exec moves to Colliers

Clive G. Mendelow has departed his post as vice chairman of Philadelphia's venerable Binswanger commercial real estate borkerage and joined Philadelphia-based Colliers International as Senior Managing Director-Corporate Solutions, Doug Sayer, chief executive at Colliers, said in a statement.

Sayer called Mendelow, a graduate of South Africa's Witwatersrand university, a seasoned adviser who has aided Shell, St. Gobain, Johnson & Johnson, Motorola, Penn, Drexel and other big instutitions in managing large real estate portfolios. He said Mendelow will help Colliers in "marrying intellectual capital with innovation and technology."  Mendleow is a fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and served as an attorney in South Africa's Supreme Court.

In his departure statement, Mendelow praised Binswanger's "talented real estate professionals" and wished them success.