🠈  CBRE  🠊

CBRE, Inc

CBRE is the world's largest real estate company and real estate investment firm.

The company was founded in San Francisco just after the 1906 earthquake as Tucker, Lynch & Coldwell. The company was renamed Coldwell Banker in 1940. The firm was acquired by Sears in 1981. Sears sold its real estate holdings in 1989.

• 1989: The company split from Sears and adopted the name CB Commercial
• 1995 CB Commercial acquired Westmark Realty Advisors for $37.5 million.
• 1996 CB Commercial acquired L.J. Melody & Co. for $15 million.
• 1996 CB Commercial held an IPO
• 1997 CB Commercial acquired Koll Real Estate Services for $145 million.
• 1998 CB Commercial merged with Richard Ellis International (REI) which traces its roots to London in 1773. The combined firm adopted the name CB Richard Ellis
• 1998 CB Richard Ellis acquired Hillier Parker May & Rowden for $69 million
• 1999 CB Richard Ellis acquired LirAntunez Propiedades SA based in Chile
• 2001 CB Richard Ellis was taken private by an investment group led by Blum Capital in an $800 million transaction.
• 2001-2004: Freeman Spogli invested in CBRE.
• 2003 CB Richard Ellis acquired Insignia Financial Group for $415 million in cash.
• 2004 CB Richard Ellis became a public company via a second IPO.
• 2006 the company acquired Trammell Crow Company for $2.2 billion.
• 2011 the company was acquired the real estate investment management business of ING Group for $940 million
• 2011 the company changed its name to CBRE Group Inc.
• 2016 CBRE acquired Skye Group.
• 2017 CBRE acquired technology companies Floored and Mainstream.

The web site lists several thousand properties. The site is not clear about which properties it owns outright or which it manages.

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References:

1. Wikipedia - CBRE Group (Drawn 12/28/2017)
2. SEC - Freeman acquires CBRE (Drawn 1/4/2019)

Directory Listings:

• Phoenix Color - Commercial Realty: CBRE
• Pima County - Realty: CBRE
• Boulder Color - Realty: CBRE
• Colorado Springs Color - Commercial Realty: CBRE
• Denver Color - Commercial: CB Richard Ellis
• Fort Collins Color - Real Estate: CBRE
• Salt Lake Sites - Commercial Realty: CB Richard Ellis

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