{"id":1004122973,"date":"2015-07-10T09:32:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T17:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004122973"},"modified":"2022-12-08T22:23:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:23:58","slug":"2015-top-brokerage-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/2015-top-brokerage-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Most Powerful Brokerage Firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Mike Ratliff<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 17px;font-weight: 400\">You can also read our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/2018-top-brokerage-firms\/\">2018 Most Powerful Brokerage Firms<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/2017-top-brokerage-firms\/\">2017 Most Powerful Brokerage Firms<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/2016-top-brokerage-firms\/\">2016 Most Powerful Brokerage Firms<\/a>\u00a0rankings.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Continuing Consolidation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004122976\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/2015-top-brokerage-firms\/brokers-chart-2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-Chart-2015.png\" data-orig-size=\"592,468\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brokers Chart 2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-Chart-2015.png?w=592\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1004122976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-Chart-2015.png\" alt=\"Brokers Chart 2015\" width=\"233\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-Chart-2015.png 592w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-Chart-2015.png?resize=300,237 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/>The last seven months in the brokerage sector were defined by M&amp;A activity. Apartment heavy hitter ARA rolled into NGKF on Dec. 1, 2014. Meanwhile, an investment consortium bought DTZ and then folded in Cassidy Turley. Its sights then fell on Cushman &amp; Wakefield\u2014which had just acquired New York City specialist Massey Knakal in January\u2014scooping it up in mid-May.<\/p>\n<p>Among the major food groups, office had the biggest year on the investment sales market, with firms reporting $133.8 billion in such transactions. That\u2019s about 36 percent of the total investment sales volume disclosed for 2014. Multi-family secured the second spot with about 20 percent of activity ($67.3 billion), followed by retail with 17 percent ($53.9 billion). A marked uptick was seen in the hospitality sector, which captured 12 percent ($42.3 billion) of the total investment sales volume. Last year, hospitality accounted for just 7 percent of activity.<\/p>\n<p>These firms also detailed 2.7 billion square feet of leasing activity. We are happy to report that the total square footage leased increased by 8.2 percent from 2013 to 2014. From 2012 to 2013, this square foot value increased 8.4 percent, so perhaps a slowdown in growth is on the horizon. Read more about last year\u2019s ranking here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/2014-most-powerful-brokerage-firms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2014\u2019s Most Powerful Brokerage Firms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004122977\" style=\"width: 830px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-List-2015.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004122977\" data-attachment-id=\"1004122977\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/2015-top-brokerage-firms\/brokers-list-2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-List-2015.png\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1619\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brokers List 2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-List-2015.png?w=632\" class=\"wp-image-1004122977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-List-2015.png\" alt=\"Brokers List 2015\" width=\"820\" height=\"1328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-List-2015.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-List-2015.png?resize=185,300 185w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-List-2015.png?resize=768,1243 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-List-2015.png?resize=632,1024 632w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Brokers-List-2015.png?resize=949,1536 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004122977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to Enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Methodology<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThe CPE-MHN Index of the Most Powerful Brokerage Firms is based on information collected from a survey. No single factor determines the ranking. For this index, we examined how firms have performed over time, using factors like investment sales and leasing activity, as well as the range of sectors covered. All firms in our index are industry leaders in some sense. Some have a strong following in just one sector; others have demonstrated leadership in LEED buildings and services.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004122979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">podcast<\/a> examining trends in the brokerage sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last seven months in the brokerage sector were defined by M&amp;A activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1194,"featured_media":1004045910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37763,37782],"tags":[32789,32796,34836,34460,36007],"class_list":["post-1004122973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rc-surveys-and-rankings","category-research-center-most-powerful-brokerage-firms","tag-cbre","tag-jll","tag-marcus-millichap","tag-newmark-grubb-knight-frank","tag-newmark-knight-frank"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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