CBRE

CBRE Group Incorporated is an investment firm. It also offers commercial real estate services. CBRE is the largest company to offer these services. It is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and also has hundreds of offices located all around the world. The company works directly with owners of commercial property and provides a variety of services including management and consulting. As of 2017, they had over 80,000 employees and some of the employment opportunities include construction management, corporate real estate services, digital technology, facilities management, engineering, maintenance, accounting, marketing, and purchasing just to name a few.

The company can trace its roots back to August 27, 1906, when the Tucker, Lynch and Coldwell firm was formed after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The company was renamed Coldwell Banker in 1940. Sears acquired Coldwell Banker in the eighties. The company was then sold to several members of management including the CarlyleGroup for around $300 million and renamed CB Commercial. The company's name changed again to become CBRE group a few years later. Services that the company provides include property management, investment management, appraisal, strategic consulting, mortgage services and development services. Their main focus is on commercial real estate services and investments.

Although the company is based in Los Angeles and primarily serves the United States, there are actually more than 450 offices worldwide. CBRE Group's clients are located in over 100 different countries. As for their financials, they reported revenue of $15.5 billion as of the 2017 fiscal year and had revenue per share of $45.78. They showed a gross profit of $4.32 billion and had quarterly earnings growth of 13.3 percent. They also showed quarterly revenue growth of about the same amount.