CBRE Group (NYSE:CBRE)

CBRE Group Inc, a Texas-based firm, provides commercial real estate services.

The S&P 500 company also provides investment services for the customers engaged in the real estate sector.

It claims to be a leading commercial real estate firms in the world. CBRE Group Inc is primarily a holding company that mainly operates through its subsidiaries.

It provides its services to investors as well as to occupiers in the real estate industry.

In 1906, businessperson Colbert Coldwell founded the company. The name CBRE stands for Coldwell Banker Richard Ellis.

The real estate firm conducts the business under three segments:
• Advisory Services Unit
• Global Workplace Solutions Unit
• Real Estate Investment Unit

Advisory Services Segment

The firm provides the following services
• Leasing of properties
• Selling of properties and origination of mortgages
• Sales and other related services in capital markets
• Property and project management services
• Valuation services

Global Workplace Solutions Segment

The segment primarily focuses on providing its services to the occupiers in the real estate sector, which are mainly based on contractual services worldwide.

Its portfolio of services under global workplace solutions segment:
• Management services of the facilities
• Management of the projects
• Other business-related services like sale and lease

The firm under the facilities management services caters to day-to-day management of client-occupied space such as regional offices, headquarter buildings, administrative offices. It also caters to facilities serving specialized industries, such as distribution warehouses, life science, medical facilities, data centers, retail stores and government facilities.

Real Estate Investments Segment

This segment deals with various operations of the company, such as investment services and other related management solutions globally. It also caters to developmental services in the United States and the United Kingdom

The American commercial real estate company also provides advisory services for property occupiers and owners.

The publicly listed firm claims to provide its services to its clients domiciled in more than 100 countries globally.

Its stocks are traded on the stock exchange of New York under the ticker symbol 'CBRE'.