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Note 8 - Other Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Other Assets Disclosure [Text Block] |
8. | Other assets
|  | December 31, 2011 |  |  | December 31, 2010 |
Equity method investments |  | $ | 3,441 |  |  | $ | 13,222 |
Financing fees, net of accumulated amortization of $6,419 (December 31, 2010 - $5,308) |  |  | 2,635 |  |  |  | 3,824 |
Other |  |  | 4,268 |  |  |  | 2,306 |
|  | $ | 10,344 |  |  | $ | 19,352 |
The Company holds 29.5% of the shares of Colliers International UK plc, a publicly traded commercial real estate business in the United Kingdom which it acquired in October 2009 at a cost of $13,955. The shares are accounted for under the equity method. The carrying value of the shares as at December 31, 2011 was nil (2010 - $8,993) (see notes 6 and 20).

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