CBRE Leads Real Estate Investment Sales Activity in Korea in 2025

- CBRE Holds Top Spot for the Three Geographic Regions—Americas, APAC, EMEA

MSCI Real Assets credited CBRE with a 25% market share across all property types on a global basis in 2025—an 800-basis point lead over the nearest competitor.

In addition to being number one globally, CBRE held the top spot for commercial real estate investment sales in all three geographic regions—the Americas (23%); Asia Pacific (35%); and Europe, Middle East & Africa (22%). CBRE also ranked first globally across most major property types, including office (25%), industrial (30%), multifamily (22%), and retail (22%).

CBRE also held the top spot for commercial real estate investment sales in Korea with a 25.8% market share in 2025. These results further strengthened CBRE Korea’s leadership in the domestic commercial real estate investment advisory market.

CBRE Korea’s performance was particularly notable in the logistics segment. The firm ranked No.1 with a 63.6% market share, demonstrating a dominant competitive position in the domestic investment advisory market. This performance reflects CBRE Korea’s ability to identify ahead of time the growing investor demand for high-quality logistics assets and to strengthen its advisory capabilities based on deep asset-level understanding and accumulated market insight. CBRE Korea also maintained the leading position in the office sector with a 22.4% market share.

Greg Hyland, Head of Capital Markets, Asia Pacific at CBRE, said, “CBRE’s performance across major asset sectors in Asia Pacific, even amid evolving economic conditions, once again demonstrates both our market leadership and the trust our clients place in us. Backed by real-time market intelligence and our global investment advisory network, we remain committed to helping clients achieve their investment goals and capture new opportunities.”

Sean Choi, Head of Capital Markets, Executive Director at CBRE Korea, added, “Maintaining leadership in the office sector while also achieving a market share of more than 63% in Korea’s logistics asset transactions demonstrates that CBRE Korea’s differentiated expertise is being recognized in a market where demand for high-quality logistics assets continues to grow. Building on our experience across core asset classes such as office and logistics centers, we will continue to provide practical advisory support so that clients can formulate and execute optimal investment strategies across a broader range of asset classes, including hotels and data centers.”