CBRE Group, Inc. is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with 2019 revenues of $23.9 billion and more than 100,000 employees (excluding affiliate offices). CBRE has been included on the Fortune 500 since 2008, ranking #128 in 2020. It also has been voted the industry’s top brand by the Lipsey Company for 19 consecutive years, and has been named one of Fortune’s “Most Admired Companies” for eight years in a row, including being ranked number one in the real estate sector in 2020, for the second consecutive year. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CBRE.”
CBRE offers a broad range of integrated services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services.
CBRE Global Investors, combined with CBRE Clarion Securities and CBRE Caledon, is one of the world’s leading real asset investment managers with $114.5 billion in assets under management.
Built up over more than 40 years, our unparalleled platform is focused on real assets, giving our institutional clients access to real estate and infrastructure in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Our clients benefit from a complete range of investment solutions including equity and debt, direct and indirect, and listed and unlisted strategies.
Trammell Crow Company, founded in Dallas, Texas in 1948, is one of the nation’s oldest and most prolific developers of, and investors in, commercial real estate.The CBRE Global Investors and Trammell Crow Company platforms make up the Real Estate Investments division of CBRE Group.
The Real Estate Investments division is led by
Mike Lafitte, Global CEO, Real Estate Investments.
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This page details the types of investments our programs are actively seeking to invest in. Brokers and owners are encouraged to contact CBRE Global Investors with transactions that fit these requirements.
Office
€1.0B
€30M-€250M
Focus on multi-tenant offices with good-quality income
Strong rental growth prospects
Minimum 70% occupancy at purchase
NIY: 4.0%+ minimum in UK; 3.5%+ in Continental Europe
Repositioning and refurbishment plays for our core plus and value add strategies
Top tier cities
Improving locations in key cities
All European markets considered
Retail
€1.4B
€30M-€250M
Dominate regional shopping centres, hypermarkets, food-based convenience centres and high street retail
No factory outlets
Core / Core +/ Value Add
Potential refurbishments/extensions
NIY: 4.0%+ minimum
All European markets considered
Logistics
€1.2B
€15M+
Single tenant or multi-tenant
Open to short leases and development opportunities for our value-add strategies
Regional and last mile
Major transport corridors
Other
€400M
€25M+
Residential
Student Housing
Hotels
Leisure: cinemas, restaurants/drive-thrus, dominate schemes in and out of town
All European markets considered
Office
$4.0B
Core:
$25M-
$250M
Core+:
$50M+
Value Add:
$50M-
$250M
High-quality, well-located, best-in-class properties in CBD and infill suburban locations with moderate vacancy and/or lease expirations
Functional, efficient buildings that can accommodate open layouts and added amenities
Select development
Metros with strong forecast rent growth, diversified tenant driver and modest construction pipelines
24/7 CBDs
“Innovation Districts”
“Edge Cities” – high-amenity suburban nodes
Retail
$4.0B
Core:
$25M-
$250M
Core+:
$50M+
Value Add:
$50M-
$250M
Anchored shopping centers with limited exposure to e-commerce price competition
Grocery anchored centers in areas with strong demographics
Urban retail in affluent trade areas
Select development
Affluent trade areas
24/7 neighborhoods
Dominate supermarket-anchored neighborhoods
Lifestyle centers
Premier trophy malls
Prime high streets
Logistics
$4.0B
Core:
$25M-
$250M
Core+:
$50M+
Value Add:
$50M-
$250M
State-of-the-art bulk distribution centers located in leading distribution hubs; for core profiles, long-term leases to credit tenants; for core plus or value add, substantial vacancy or lease expirations
In-fill, “last mile” distribution facilities in major markets
Select development
Metros with large and/or growing population and jobs
Ready access to ports-of-entry
Multiple transportation nodes and inter-modal facilities
Multi-Family
$4.0B
Core:
$25M-
$250M
Core+:
$50M+
Value Add:
$50M-
$250M
Communities in markets with strong projected population/job growth and access to transportation/amenities, including suburban markets with barriers to new supply
For value add profiles, recently built, underperforming properties with opportunities to increase revenue through repositioning
Select development
Major coastal metros with ownership barriers
High population/job growth metros, primarily in the West and South (U.S.)
Infill urban and suburban neighborhoods proximate to employment centers and amenities
Transportation access
Debt
$500M
$5M-
$50M
All product types
80% LTV maximum
Will consider development
Primary and secondary markets