CBRE Leads Asia Pacific Investment Sales Activity in First Half of 2021

CBRE Takes Top Spot Globally, Also Ranking First in Americas, EMEA

CBRE was the top-ranked firm for commercial real estate investment sales in Asia Pacific (APAC) during the first half of 2021, according to Real Capital Analytics (RCA).

In addition to being number one in APAC, CBRE held the top spot for commercial real estate investment sales in all other regions – the Americas and Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), making it number one globally. In APAC, CBRE led all firms with a 28.4% market share.

RCA credited CBRE with a 23.7% market share across all property types on a global basis in H1 2021—nearly double the number two and three firms combined.

CBRE held the number one position globally across most property types in H1 2021, including office, industrial, multifamily, hotel and development sites.

“CBRE’s results in Asia Pacific really speak to the strong relationships and trust that our clients have placed in us to advise on every level of the capital stack. Even though the industry continues to face challenges such as travel restrictions, I’m proud of our market-leading team who were still able to deliver swiftly and execute efficiently despite border closures. They fully leveraged the strengths of our technology platform to augment our extensive regional footprint and intimate knowledge of local markets, all of which contributed to our success. We remain optimistic for the rest of 2021 as markets look set to turn the corner on recovery and will continue to grow our capabilities in pursuit of opportunities,” said Greg Hyland, Head of Capital Markets for CBRE in APAC.

Highlights from RCA’s H1 2021 global rankings include:

• #1 global office sales with a 22.1% market share.
• #1 industrial and logistics sales with a 31.5% market share.
• #1 apartment sales with a 19.7% market share.
• #1 hotel sales with a 25.8% market share.
• #1 development site sales with a 35.9% market share.

“With trusted relationships, proprietary technology and market knowledge spanning every dimension of the commercial real estate industry, CBRE creates solutions for clients in every sector and geography. CBRE Capital Markets teams continue to lead the industry in migrating global capital and we look forward to driving superior performance for our clients in the second half of the year,” said Chris Ludeman, Global President of Capital Markets for CBRE.

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