>25%
Rental cost savings
Reported in CBRE’s HKEX leasing case study.
See the HKEX assignmentFor occupiers, property owners and investors
Make your next real estate decision one you can stand behind.
You need space that supports your business. Assets that perform. And confidence in what happens after you commit.
Connect your next decision to CBRE’s market intelligence, transaction advice and delivery capabilities, with your business priorities at the centre.
Start with what you need to achieve. You don’t need to know which service to ask for.
Selected client outcomes
Start-up date met
Ready for expansion
Reported by Gap Direct’s operations executive after a distribution-facility assignment.
See the Gap assignmentUS$16m+
Contract-term savings
Reported versus market across two data-centre transactions for a major U.S. bank.
See the data-centre assignmentSelected historical assignments, not expected or guaranteed results for your project. Scope and measurement qualifications appear with each case below.
01 / Your starting point
What are you trying to get done?
Your starting point might be a deadline, a property, a cost problem or an opportunity. Choose the outcome you’re working toward.
Location & leasing
Choose where your business goes next.
Your lease is approaching a decision point, or your business needs room to grow. Compare renewing, relocating and expanding.
Plan, Lease & Occupy · Transform Business Outcomes
See your path for location and leasingFootprint & cost
Reduce what your space costs you.
Your footprint no longer matches how your business operates. Identify what to keep, change or consolidate while protecting operational needs.
Transform Business Outcomes · Plan, Lease & Occupy · Manage Properties & Portfolios
See your path for footprint and costProperty performance
Get your property working harder.
You need tenants, stronger income or a clearer operating plan. Connect leasing and day-to-day management to your asset strategy.
Manage Properties & Portfolios · Invest, Finance & Value
See your path for property performanceTransactions & valuation
Move forward with the numbers in view.
You’re considering an acquisition, refinancing, disposal or valuation. Understand the asset and the assumptions behind your decision.
Invest, Finance & Value
See your path for transactions and valuationProject delivery
Get ready to open.
You have a project to deliver and a date the business is counting on. Connect the budget, schedule and delivery plan to operational readiness.
Design & Build · Plan, Lease & Occupy · Manage Properties & Portfolios
See your path for project deliveryFacilities & operations
Keep your facilities supporting the business.
Your team is spending too much time reacting to building problems. Address maintenance, operating risk, service performance and energy use.
Manage Properties & Portfolios
See your path for facilities and operationsProperty change
Decide what the property should become.
Your property no longer fits its market or purpose. Assess whether to reinvest, repurpose, reposition or sell.
Transform Business Outcomes · Invest, Finance & Value · Design & Build
See your path for property changeReal-assets allocation
Find an approach that fits your investment objectives.
You’re building or reviewing an allocation to real assets. Explore portfolio construction and real estate and infrastructure strategies.
CBRE Investment Management
See your path for real-assets allocationNot sure where to start? Describe the decision you’re facing. The scope should follow the need.
Discuss your next moveYour selected path
These paths connect published capabilities, rather than define fixed service packages. Final scope depends on your assignment. View the service directory.
02 / What’s at stake
You’re accountable for what happens after the decision.
The lease needs to work after it’s signed.
The building needs to work after it opens.
The investment needs a plan beyond the purchase.
And when someone asks why you chose that route, you need more than a recommendation with a familiar logo.
You need to understand the alternatives. Know what could change the outcome. And see how the decision becomes a working reality.
Bring the business outcome into the brief.
You’re trying to enable expansion, protect income, reduce unnecessary costs or keep operations running. That outcome should determine the work.
03 / The services behind your outcome
Find the help behind your next move.
Already know which service you need? Start here. Each lane connects the work you’re commissioning to the result you’re pursuing.
Choose space around the business you need to run.
You need a location that works for your people, customers and operations. And commitments that make sense as those needs change.
Compare your options with the cost, location, occupancy and lease implications in view.
Your goal
A location and occupancy plan you can explain, act on and adapt.
Services you can explore
- Site Selection & Location Strategy
- Transaction Services
- Workplace Solutions
- Lease Administration
- Portfolio Strategy
- Flexible Office Space Solutions
- Occupancy Management
Make the next move with a clear view of the asset.
You need to understand what a property is worth, how it can be financed and what could affect its performance.
Whether you’re acquiring, refinancing or selling, put the assumptions behind the transaction under scrutiny before committing.
Your goal
A defensible basis for the decision and a practical route through the transaction.
Services you can explore
- Capital Markets
- Property Sales
- Debt & Structured Finance
- Valuation & Advisory Services
- Strategic Investment Consulting
When your decision depends on the deadline
“They deliver by the quoted date”
Get your project ready for the day the business needs it.
Your opening date has people, budgets and business plans attached to it.
Connect project decisions to that reality. Understand the schedule, cost pressures and dependencies before they become last-minute surprises.
Your goal
A delivery plan that accounts for the building you need and the business that must operate inside it.
Services you can explore
- Project & Program Management
- Cost Advisory
- Supply Chain Sourcing
Project-management capabilities draw on CBRE and Turner & Townsend. Confirm the team and scope for your assignment.
Discuss your projectKeep your buildings working for the people and business inside them.
When you own the property: You need occupancy, income and controlled operating expenditure, supported by an experience that works for tenants.
When you occupy the property: You need facilities that support the working day, with attention to maintenance, uptime, operating risk and service quality.
Your goal
Property and facilities performance that supports the reason you have the space.
Services you can explore
- Integrated Facilities Management
- Property Management
- Landlord Leasing
- Sustainability Solutions
- Fund & Property Accounting
- Experience Services
- Occupancy Management
When accountability matters as much as activity
CBRE’s facilities-management offering includes CORE™, a contract model designed around agreed outcomes rather than only service inputs. Ask whether it fits your requirements.
Explore outcome-based facilities managementA client’s experience of accountability
“CBRE always remained accountable and transparent”
Know what to change before committing to the change.
You might be carrying excess space, considering a new use for a building or deciding whether to own or lease.
Start with the business question. Examine the options. Then connect the chosen direction to the people and services needed to act.
Your goal
A reasoned decision about what to keep, change, invest in or stop doing.
Services you can explore
- Consulting
- Business Analytics
- Adaptive Reuse
- Own vs. Lease
- Location Strategy
Build your real-assets approach around your investment objectives.
You’re making an allocation decision, not simply choosing a property.
Explore how portfolio construction and real estate and infrastructure strategies could fit your objectives through CBRE Investment Management.
Your goal
An investment approach evaluated against your mandate, risk appetite and investment horizon.
Areas you can explore
- Portfolio Construction
- Real Estate Investment Strategies
- Infrastructure Investment Strategies
Investment-management enquiries follow a separate route, with the relevant eligibility process and investment disclosures.
04 / How the work connects
Your goal shouldn’t fall between service lines.
A location decision can affect your lease, fit-out budget and operating costs. A refurbishment can change your leasing options. You shouldn’t have to treat those decisions as unrelated.
Use your business outcome to connect the strategy, the transaction, the project and the operating requirements.
Explore CBRE’s consulting capabilitiesAn example of your path
You need to consolidate locations while keeping the business running.
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01 / Decide
Know what to keep or change.
Compare your options, costs and operational implications.
Portfolio Strategy
Consulting
Occupancy Management -
02 / Secure
Get the space and terms in place.
Account for timing, commitments and flexibility in your occupancy decision.
Location Strategy
Transaction Services
Lease Administration -
03 / Prepare
Connect the project to the move.
Coordinate the schedule and budget, with the critical dependencies identified.
Project & Program Management
Cost Advisory -
04 / Operate
Support the working day.
Match the operating scope to the needs of the people using the space.
Facilities Management
Experience Services
Illustrative service pathway, not a fixed package or a description of one specific client assignment.
Know what is included. Know who is responsible.
Before work begins, confirm the lead contact, each team’s responsibilities, the decisions that remain with you and the measures that will show progress.
You need joined-up work, not simply access to more specialists.
Discuss your next move05 / What changed for clients
Outcomes you can look into.
See the assignment behind the result. These published cases describe specific client experiences, not a promise for every project.
HKEX / Hong Kong
>25%
Rental cost savings reported
Relevant to portfolio consolidation, leasing and flexibility.
Space that supports the business without unnecessary cost.
HKEX approached CBRE with offices spread across five locations and different lease expiries.
The published case describes a phased leasing strategy, expansion rights and rental cost savings of more than 25%.
“…so that we can achieve large rental savings.”
Historical case. The published page does not specify the savings calculation period or full comparison methodology.
Gap Inc. / Bolton, Ontario
The facility secured. The start-up date met.
CBRE’s published case describes securing a distribution facility against location, labour and launch constraints.
225,000 sq ft
Distribution facility secured in Bolton, Ontario.
“We were able to meet our start-up date”
Historical assignment. Relevant to site selection, leasing and expansion readiness; not a universal delivery-time commitment.
Read the published Gap caseMajor U.S. bank / Hong Kong
Facilities that fit. Terms that leave room to adapt.
For two data-centre transactions, CBRE reports savings against market over the contract term.
US$16m+
Reported contract-term savings across both transactions.
The assignment included a new data centre, contractual flexibility and an existing-site infrastructure upgrade completed within 15 months.
Historical case; client unnamed. The savings are across both transactions over the contract term, not an annual figure. Relevant to technical requirements, location options and negotiation.
Read the published data-centre case06 / Client and customer voices
The details that make the difference to you.
Accurate work. Useful advice. Communication you can follow. Selected comments from clients and customers about specific assignments.
You need numbers you can use.
“prompt and accurate”
You need advice grounded in the market.
“in-depth market expertise”
You need the work before your deadline.
“ability to meet tight deadlines”
You need the important factors, not more material to sort through.
“Gets to the point with critical factors.”
You need a location that lets expansion happen.
“we have now established our flagship building in the Greater Central area”
You need to understand what is happening.
“He explained everything clearly, kept us informed.”
Selected excerpts, not a representative satisfaction survey. Corporate testimonials are published by CBRE; several are undated or historical. Each comment concerns its stated practice or assignment. The individual public review is not independently verified.
07 / Institutional recognition
Supporting evidence for your due diligence.
External recognition adds another perspective. It remains separate from the evidence for your particular assignment.
2026 recognition
Ethisphere
CBRE appears on the 2026 World’s Most Ethical Companies list as a 13-time honoree.
View the published honoree list2025 award / February 2026 case study
Forrester
A February 2026 case study examines CBRE’s Ellis AI platform and identifies the company as a winner of Forrester’s 2025 Technology Strategy Impact Award.
Read the public report summaryThese recognitions concern organizational capabilities and practices. They are not customer-satisfaction ratings or guarantees about individual engagements. Forrester’s full report requires access.
08 / Before the conversation
Start with the questions that matter to you.
Do you need to know which service to ask for?
Start with the decision, property or operating problem. Include what needs to change and any deadline. Use the goal selector to identify a starting point.
Can you discuss one requirement rather than a whole portfolio?
Bring the requirement you have. A valuation, lease decision or project does not need to be presented as a wider transformation. The scope should follow the need.
What happens when several services are involved?
Use the conversation to clarify the proposed lead, each team’s responsibilities and how handoffs would work. Confirm those arrangements in the scope before proceeding.
What about advisers or providers you already work with?
Include their roles in your brief. That gives the team a basis for discussing where additional support could fit and where responsibilities need to remain separate.
How should you define success?
Name the business result before agreeing to the activity. That might be an agreed opening date, lower occupancy expenditure, improved leasing performance or a valuation delivered for a specific decision.
Agree the baseline, measurement and dependencies for your assignment.
Are the featured results a promise for your project?
No. They describe selected assignments. Your outcome will depend on your requirements, market conditions, scope and execution.
09 / Your next move
What needs to happen next?
You may have a decision approaching. A project taking shape. Or a problem that keeps coming back.
Start with what you need to achieve.
You don’t need a fully formed brief to identify the decision you’re facing.
Revisit your goalContinue to CBRE’s contact page to find the relevant team and share your requirements.
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