Retail Services Overview
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From Big-Box, F&B, Urban, Lifestyle, Strip/In-line and everything in between—we see more so you can do more.
Explore Retail PropertiesWith the industry’s largest retail services platform, we offer unrivaled real estate experience, superior data intelligence and integrated solutions to guide retailers, restaurateurs, investors and developers to adapt and grow in an ever-evolving retail world.
Our unique vantage point allows us to do more for our retail clients around the world.
Global 2022 Coverage
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5,500+
Retailers leverage our services
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16,825
Retail transactions
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$49.7B
Annual transaction value
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1B SF
Property and facilities under management
Expertise Spanning all Retail Categories and Property Types
- Food & Beverage
- Mixed-Use
- Banking Centers
- Convenience
- Grocery Anchored
- High Street & Luxury
- Mall & Large Format
- Net Lease Properties
- Power Centers
- Store-in-store
- Street & Urban
- Short-term Activation & Pop-ups
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Retail Investor Services
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CBRE brings a personal approach to our retail investor clients, with solutions across the full real estate life cycle. We know every aspect of the retail business — and how to deliver better client outcomes, today and for the future.
Our people have deep roots in the cities and towns where retail thrives. In every market, certain places become true retail destinations. CBRE helps investors deploy innovative solutions to position their properties, activate assets and generate momentum. Purchasing and selling. Property diagnostics and placemaking. Merchandising and marketing. Leasing and management. We make sure they all align seamlessly for retail property owners and investors.
#1 Retail Investment Sales
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$18.4B
Global retail sales volume 2022*
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$2.6B
Global retail financing volume 2022*
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300 MSF
Global retail properties & facilities managed
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14,175
Global retail lease transactions
* Source: MSCI Real Assets, CBRE Capital Markets
Global includes sales transactions $10M+, U.S. includes sales transactions $2.5M+
Our Services
Our capital market professionals unlock added value in the sale, debt and structured finance placement and recapitalization of retail properties.
We use world-class data and analytics on leading brands to draw true trade areas, understand consumer behavior and discover the right merchandise mix.
Innovative strategies to maximize asset value through a platform that handles day-to-day operations, accounting, consumer marketing and more.
As the leader in Valuation & Advisory services, we empower clients to make informed decisions by offering accurate insights and professional expertise.
CBRE's trusted specialists in economics, data science and forecasting at Econometric Advisors deliver the most sought-after analytical real estate research.
Streetsense is a global creative collective of placeshapers, brandbuilders, and storytellers who make space for great experiences and shape what’s next.
From controlling costs and mitigating risks to ensuring quality and brand consistency, our project managers deliver any retail project on schedule.
Realize your asset’s full potential with a team of experts working together to explore all intended uses with speed and agility.
Whether analyzing market rates or profiling consumers, our retail researchers' insights and tools help investors make informed, data-driven decisions.
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Tap into our market intelligence to locate available space, negotiate the best transaction, manage your space and deliver the best outcome.
Tap into our market intelligence to locate available space, negotiate the best transaction, manage your space and deliver the best outcome.
Retail Occupier Services
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Global 2022 Coverage
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$20.7B
Global leasing value
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14,175
Retail leasing transactions
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1.4B SF
Managed portfolio
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1,000+
Store openings annually
Unique Insights Drive Exceptional Experience
Our passionate network of retail experts is deeply invested in every market we serve. We help our clients make strategic decisions based on proprietary research and industry-leading technological tools, including operational and competitive analyses, demographic studies, tenant-mix comparisons and digital tracking and reporting. This approach delivers superior outcomes, no matter our client’s size, scope or business goals, today and in the future.Expertise Spanning all Retail Categories and Property Types
- Food & Beverage
- Mixed-Use
- Banking Centers
- Convenience
- Grocery Anchored
- High Street & Luxury
- Mall & Large Format
- Net Lease Properties
- Power Centers
- Store-in-store
- Street & Urban
- Short-term Activation & Pop-ups
Retail Solutions for Today and Tomorrow
Our process increases speed-to-market, clarifies location decisions and enhances value by looking beyond the typical scope of transaction.
Across food and beverage, grocery, health and more, our retail project and program management experts ensure every project is set up for success.
For investment sales, acquisition and recapitalization services, our retail specialists offer tailored advice and a single point of coordination.
We create strategies for managing occupancy and capital costs related to merger & acquisition, underperforming assets, prototype changes and restructuring.
With vast market research, due diligence and on-the-ground knowledge, our best-in-class site selection process is tailored to your unique location needs.
Our customized analytics modeling validates retail decisions using data science, leading to smarter location decisions for brands of all sizes.
Our Portfolio Services professionals simplify complex processes to maximize the value of your holdings, so you can gain a competitive advantage.
We connect enterprise-grade technology, unmatched data, and world-class facility maintenance to enable retailers to optimize for today while anticipating the future.
Streetsense is a global creative collective of placeshapers, brandbuilders, and storytellers who make space for great experiences and shape what’s next.
Our supply chain experts can help you balance where your product is stored, how quickly it gets to your customers and at what cost.
Realize your asset’s full potential with a team of experts working together to explore all intended uses with speed and agility.
Leadership
- Global Services Leader
Mike McAlister
Senior Vice President, Sales, Solutions & Marketing, Enterprise Global Services
Definitive Guide to Omnichannel Real Estate
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Book | Intelligent Investment
Midyear Global Real Estate Market Outlook 2023
Are we through the worst of it? CBRE Research experts provide insights on what’s in store for the global economy.
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Local Response | Future Cities
CBRE Survey Reveals Five Key Trends for U.S. Retail
Consumer preferences and the role of the store continue to evolve in far-reaching ways.
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Article | Adaptive Spaces
Omnichannel Is Omnipresent: How savvy retailers integrate brick-and-mortar and e-commerce
Retailers are finding ways to make it easy for customers to interact with their brand
Markets in Focus
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Article | Future Cities
Retail Markets in Focus: Toronto
Robust population and job growth, combined with a resurgent tourism industry, are boosting retail sales and leasing activity in Toronto.
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Article | Future Cities
Retail Markets in Focus: Dallas-Fort Worth
The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metro region’s retail sector has outperformed the U.S. average.
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Article | Future Cities
Retail Markets in Focus: New York City
New York’s retail sector faced significant challenges over the past few years.
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Article | Future Cities
Retail Markets in Focus: Orange County, CA
Like many other Sun Belt retail markets, Orange County, CA has rebounded relatively quickly from the pandemic-induced downturn.
Food & Beverage Tomorrow
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Article | Intelligent Investment
Food & Beverage Tomorrow: A hands-on approach to an operator search in hospitality and mixed-use environments
Best way to ensure that both landlords and operators achieve long-term success
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Article | Intelligent Investment
Food & Beverage Tomorrow: Expanding restaurant chains are tapping powerful analytics to avoid cannibalizing sales
Cannibalytics enables decision-makers to infill responsibly and measure risks of oversaturating the market
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Article | Creating Resilience
Food & Beverage Tomorrow: Seven considerations for downtown restaurants adjusting to hybrid work
Hybrid work is affecting not only downtown office buildings but also nearby food establishments.
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Article | Creating Resilience
Food & Beverage Tomorrow: How restaurants are navigating challenging times
Higher food costs, labor shortages and a tight retail real estate market make day-to-day operations and future planning more challenging.
Retail Insights
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Article | Intelligent Investment
Navigating Opportunities in Secondary and Tertiary Retail Markets
With the availability of retail space at an all-time low, retailers are looking further afield to expand.
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Article | Intelligent Investment
Three Trends Impacting the Future of Retail
Despite economic headwinds, retail real estate has experienced unparalleled growth over the last few years.
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Article | Intelligent Investment
High Streets Reimagined: Shifting Availability Is Changing the Look of Legacy Retail Districts
“Legacy” high-street districts are adapting to shifting occupancy trends as more and more luxury brands are attracted to new or “emerging” high-street districts.
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Article | Future Cities
Retail Markets in Focus: Toronto
Robust population and job growth, combined with a resurgent tourism industry, are boosting retail sales and leasing activity in Toronto.
The Weekly Take
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Podcast | Adaptive Spaces
Space Jam: Psycho Bunny’s hunt for retail real estate
While many retailers were shuttering stores during the pandemic, menswear retailer Psycho Bunny took the opposite approach. Chief Development Officer Kenny Minzberg and CBRE’s Drew Schaul discuss Psycho Bunny’s strategy to aggressively add brick-and-mortar stores to their wholesale and e-commerce ecosystem.
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Podcast | Intelligent Investment
I Feel Good: Walgreens and the Evolution of the Modern Pharmacy
Walgreens’ Chris Noble and CBRE’s Maury Vanden Eykel join Spencer Levy to offer insights on how the pharmacy has evolved from a corner drugstore to a healthcare stalwart with investment-grade credit, a compelling brand story and scientific innovation.
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Podcast | Adaptive Spaces
Food, Glorious Food: Innovation and Opportunity in the Grocery Sector
With a real estate and logistics strategy predicated on buying local, Sprouts is reinventing the grocery sector. Sprouts’ Dave McGlinchey and CBRE’s Brandon Famous discuss the implications for grocery-anchored retail centers and how landlords and owners can attract today’s discerning shoppers.
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Podcast | Creating Resilience
Something New: Finding Opportunities in Retail Real Estate’s Omnichannel Evolution
The Weekly Take traveled to Las Vegas where ICSC CEO Tom McGee and CBRE’s Bill Wright offered insights on the implications of retail’s evolution for consumers, real estate investors and retailers.
Figures and Reports
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According to the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the construction industry labor force increased by 2% in Q1 2023 while construction unemployment remains very low at 3.5%.
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Report | Creating Resilience
North American City Sustainability Study 2023
The impact of climate change is top of mind for real estate investors and occupiers.
Contacts
- Econometric Advisors
Kasia Dziewulska
Global Director of Client Care, Consulting, Data & Forecasting Products
- Econometric Advisors
Dennis Schoenmaker
Executive Director | Principal Economist, Econometric Advisors