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| March 2025 | JLL acquired Javelin Capital, an investment bank specializing in the renewable energy sector. |
| January 2025 | CBRE established a new global financial headquarters at Lever House in Midtown Manhattan. |
| 2024 | JLL partnered with IBM to develop a platform tracking sustainability data for commercial properties. |
| 2024 | JLL acquired Raise Commercial Real Estate, a firm with a technology platform for managing real estate holdings. |
| May 2024 | JLL acquired SKAE Power Solutions, a data center services company, forming a new technical services division called SKAE, a JLL company. |
| August 2023 | JLL developed and launched JLL GPT, the first large language model (LLM) tool by a major real estate services company, trained on JLL's data. |
| June 2023 | JLL launched Carbon Pathfinder, a software tool to help companies identify and reduce carbon emissions from buildings. |
| May 2023 | CIM Group announced a new project at 5252 W. Adams Boulevard, a three-story office building with ground floor commercial space and parking garage basement, designed by 64North and totaling 32,600 square feet for rent. |
| 2022 | Confirmed as the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm based on annual revenue. |
| 2022 | JLL founded the JLL Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on climate change and sustainability, providing zero-interest loans to startup companies developing sustainable products and technologies. |
| February 2022 | JLL acquired Hank, a company developing AI-based technology to improve building energy efficiency. |
| 2021 | CBRE Group Inc paid £960 million for a 60% stake in the UK multidisciplinary professional services firm Turner & Townsend. |
| 2021 | Colliers International reported annual revenues of $4.09 billion. |
| November 2021 | JLL purchased Building Engines, a property management software company. |
| August 2021 | JLL announced the acquisition of Skyline AI, an AI platform for commercial real estate property analysis. |
| July 2021 | JLL sought the removal of a trade union representative cleaner who organized a protest against increased workloads at Facebook's London offices. |
| 2020 | CBRE moved its headquarters from Los Angeles to Trammell Crow's former headquarters building in Dallas, Texas. |
| 2020 | Siddharth ('Bobby') Mehta replaced Sheila Penrose as board chairwoman, who had served in the role since 2005. |
| August 2020 | CIM Group acquired 5 towers in Alexandria, Virginia for $506 million in one of the largest apartment transactions ever in Northern Virginia. |
| July 2020 | Colliers acquired Maser Consulting P.A., a multi-discipline engineering design services firm based in New Jersey. |
| June 22 2020 | Karen Brennan was named Chief Financial Officer (CFO), with her appointment effective from July 15, 2020. |
| April 2020 | CIM Group initially agreed to buy Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for more than $100 million, with plans to convert former Sears and Walmart spaces into offices. |
| 2019 | Colliers maintained its third-place position on the annual Lipsey Survey of the Top 25 Commercial Real Estate Brands. |
| December 2019 | Colliers acquired certain divisions of Doughtery Financial based in Minneapolis. |
| September 2019 | Colliers acquired Synergy Property Development Services, an Indian real estate company. |
| March 2019 | JLL announced the acquisition of HFF in a $2 billion deal, which was completed in July 2019 for $1.8 billion. |
| 2018 | Colliers ranked third on the annual Lipsey Survey of the Top 25 Commercial Real Estate Brands. |
| June 2018 | JLL Spark created a $100 million venture fund to invest in real estate start-ups. |
| February 2018 | CIM Group acquired Cole Capital, which had $7.6 billion in real estate assets, from VEREIT. |
| 2017 | JLL launched its JLL Spark division to expand into property technology ('proptech'). |
| October 2017 | CIM Group acquired the Montague–Court Building, the largest office tower in Brooklyn at the time, for $171 million from SL Green Realty. In the same month, they also acquired Uber's building in Oakland, California for $175 million. |
| October 2017 | Colliers acquired Serten Advisors, LLC, a tenant representation firm headquartered in the Washington, D.C., area. |
| March 2017 | CIM Group sold the then headquarters of the Charles Schwab Corporation to The Blackstone Group for $313 million. |
| October 2016 | Christian Ulbrich succeeded Colin Dyer as CEO of the company. |
| September 2016 | Stephen Harper, Canada's former Conservative Prime Minister, was appointed to the company's board. |
| 2015 | JLL acquired Irish-based Guardian Property Asset Management. |
| June 2015 | Jay S. Hennick was appointed chairman and chief executive officer of Colliers International Group Inc. |
| June 2015 | Colliers International and FirstService Corporation separated into two independent, publicly traded companies. |
| June 1 2015 | First Services and Colliers split into two independent publicly traded entities, marking a significant restructuring of the company. |
| 2014 | JLL shortened its company name from Jones Lang LaSalle to JLL for marketing purposes, while maintaining the legal name Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. |
| July 2014 | PKF Consulting was sold to CBRE Group. |
| February 2014 | CIM Group acquired Two California Plaza and Monclair Place. |
| November 2013 | CIM Group completed the development of the Downtown Grand in Las Vegas. |
| 2011 | CBRE acquired the real estate investment business of ING Group for $940 million and changed its name to CBRE Group Inc. |
| 2011 | JLL merged with UK-based King Sturge in a £197 million deal, creating the largest property agent in the UK. |
| 2010 | CIM Group acquired the site of the former Drake Hotel in Manhattan for $305 million and began construction of 432 Park Avenue. They also acquired 15 William, their first investment in the Financial District, Manhattan. |
| 2010 | Colliers International consolidated its franchises under a single name to increase market share, as reported by the New York Times. |
| June 2010 | Colliers partnered with Sutton & Edwards, a real estate firm in Long Island, New York. |
| May 2010 | Adena Commercial in Columbus, Ohio, and Grubb & Ellis Paramount Commerce in Grand Rapids, Michigan, began working with Colliers International. |
| April 2010 | Following the merger, Dylan Taylor became president and CEO of Colliers International's US operations. Colliers also invested in Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler and West Shell Commercial in Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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