Ranking Arizona: Top 10 brokerage firms for 2019

Here are the Top 10 brokerage firms in Arizona, based on public voting for the 2019 edition of Ranking Arizona, the state’s biggest and most comprehensive business opinion poll. Ranking Arizona is based purely on opinion and ranks companies based on how voters answer this simple question: with whom would you recommend doing business?

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Here are the Top 10 brokerage firms in Arizona, as featured in the 2019 edition of Ranking Arizona:

Brokerage firms (24 brokers or more)

1. CBRE

Background: CBRE Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2017 revenue). The company has more than 80,000 employees (excluding affiliates) and serves real estate investors and occupiers through approximately 450 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. 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.

2. Colliers International

3. NAI Horizon

4. Lee & Associates

5. Commercial Properties Inc.

6. Cresa

7. Cushman & Wakefield

8. JLL

9. West USA Realty

10. Keyser

Brokerage firms (23 brokers or fewer)

1. Avison Young

Background: Avison Young is the world’s fastest-growing commercial real estate services firm. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Avison Young is a collaborative, global firm owned and operated by its principals. Founded in 1978, the company comprises 2,700 real estate professionals in 85 offices, providing value-added, client-centric investment sales, leasing, advisory, management, financing and mortgage placement services to owners and occupiers of office, retail, industrial, multi-family and hospitality properties.

2. Commercial Plus

3. ORION Investment Real Estate

4. ZELL Commercial Real Estate Services Inc.

5. Cardon Commercial

6. LevRose Commercial Real Estate/TCN Worldwide

7. SRS Real Estate Partners

8. Commercial Property Connect

9. VWP Realty

10. Kidder Mathews

Industrial

1. Cushman & Wakefield

Background: Cushman & Wakefield is a leading global real estate services firm that delivers exceptional value by putting ideas into action for real estate occupiers and owners. Cushman & Wakefield is among the largest real estate services firms with 48,000 employees in approximately 400 offices and 70 countries. In 2017, the firm had revenue of $6.9 billion across core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, valuation and other services.

2. Colliers International

3. CBRE

4. NAI Horizon

5. JLL

6. LevRose Commercial Real Estate/TCN Worldwide

7. Avison Young

8. Commercial Properties, Inc.

9. Kidder Mathews

10. ORION Investment Real Estate

Land

1. Land Advisors Organization

Background: Land Advisors Organization is the nation’s largest brokerage company focused exclusively on land. Land Advisors’ highly specialized agents use a combination of publicly available and private information, cutting-edge mapping technology, deep market knowledge and extensive transactional experience to help their clients identify and capitalize on valuable land opportunities in all kinds of economic environments. Land Advisors Organization employs a true collaborative brokerage model with offices located throughout Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas and Washington. Other service lines in place to compliment Land Advisors’ brokerage operations include Land Advisors Capital and Land Advisors Resort Solutions.

2. CBRE

3. Avison Young

4. Colliers International

5. Commercial Properties, Inc.

6. SVN Desert Commercial Advisors

7. NAI Horizon

8. Nathan & Associates

9. Marcus and Millichap RE Investment

10. Cushman & Wakefield

Medical

1. Avison Young

2019 outlook: “Avison Young is poised to continue to lead the industry as the fastest growing commercial firm. The growth will happen both in the United States and internationally with a substantially larger European presence in the first quarter of the year.”

2. GILE Healthcare Realty

3. CBRE

4. Colliers International

5. Benchmark Commercial Real Estate

6. ORION Investment Real Estate

7. LevRose Commercial Real Estate/TCN Worldwide

8. Keyser

9. Arizona Medical Office Brokers

10. Commercial Properties, Inc.

Multifamily

1. CBRE

2019 outlook: “In an environment where investors are concerned that rising interest rates could diminish returns, market fundamentals are more important than ever. With leading job, population and household formation growth, and limited single-family completions, Phoenix is ideally positioned to continue to attract strong capital flows throughout 2019.”

2. Colliers International

3. NAI Horizon

4. Commercial Properties, Inc.

5. ABI Multifamily

6. Lee & Associates

7. Cushman & Wakefield

8. ORION Investment Real Estate

9. Avison Young

10. SVN Desert Commercial Advisors

Office

1. Colliers International

Background: Colliers has served clients globally for more than 35 years. With an enterprising culture and significant insider ownership, Colliers provides a full range of services – brokerage, corporate solutions, investment sales, capital markets, project management, workplace solutions, property management, valuation and appraisal services – to real estate occupiers, owners and investors worldwide. Colliers International Group Inc. is a global leader with more than 13,000 professionals operating in 69 countries. Colliers has been ranked among the Top 100 outsourcing firms by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’ Global Outsourcing for 13 consecutive years – more than any other real estate services firm.

2. CBRE

3. Lee & Associates

4. Newmark Knight Frank

5. Avison Young

6. NAI Horizon

7. Andrea Davis, CRE

8. LevRose Commercial Real Estate/TCN Worldwide

9. Cresa

10. SVN Desert Commercial Advisors

Retail

1. Zell Commercial Real Estate Services

Background: Alan Zell started the company in 1977 after being transferred from New Jersey to Arizona by a shopping center developer in 1974. The company has always focused on providing shopping center management and leasing services on open-air shopping centers in Arizona. The current portfolio includes more than 4 million square feet of retail properties throughout the Valley, Payson and Show Low. Biltmore Plaza (32nd Street Camelback), Arrowhead Palms (75th Avenue and Bell) and Foothills Park Place (I-10 and Ray Road) are some signature properties. Zell’s staff of 20 professionals is dedicated to exceeding the expectations of clients.