CBRE’s Host Product and Service Offering Receives 2020 FutureEdge 50 Award from CIO Magazine

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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CBRE’s product and service offering, Host, has been honored with a 2020 FutureEdge 50 Award from CIO magazine. This award recognizes organizations using cutting-edge technologies to advance the future of business. The award will be presented to Host at the AGENDA20 Conference held March 23 – 25 at the Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

“I’m so proud of what our team has accomplished - starting with creating a prototype and resulting in a full-fledged platform and services offering that is being so well received by our clients. For us, it’s important to create amazing hospitality experiences that resonate with clients, and this achievement is a great testament to our belief that magic happens when we blend digital and technology expertise with our extensive commercial real estate expertise,” said Chandra Dhandapani, CBRE’s Chief Digital & Technology Officer.

Host, which is now live in 50 buildings across the globe, is a first-of-its-kind offering that delivers an enterprise-grade technology platform in combination with workplace experience services provided by teams of hospitality-trained “Hosts.” Host features a customizable mobile experience that allows users to navigate the workplace, schedule meetings with colleagues, reserve workspaces, order food and access building and concierge services.

Utilized by several high-profile organizations, including a global retailer and several property investment firms, Host has connected more than 25,000 mobile users to their environments and activated 43 million square feet to increase productivity, improve health and wellness, optimize building utilization and reduce operating costs for clients.

About the FutureEdge 50 Awards

The successor to the Digital Edge 50 Awards, the FutureEdge 50 will recognize not only established initiatives driving business success, but also early-stage projects pursued for their watershed potential. These initiatives may be in R&D, proof of concept or pilot phases.

About CIO

Published by IDG, CIO magazine focuses on attracting the highest concentration of enterprise CIOs and business technology executives with unparalleled expertise on business strategy, innovation and leadership. As organizations grow with digital transformation, CIO provides its readers with invaluable peer insights on the evolving CIO role, as well as how leading IT organizations are employing technologies, including automation, AI and machine learning, data analytics and cloud, to create business value.

About CBRE Group, Inc.

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), 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 2018 revenue). The company has more than 90,000 employees (excluding affiliates) and serves real estate investors and occupiers through approximately 480 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. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com. We routinely post important information on our website, including corporate and investor presentations and financial information. We intend to use our website as a means of disclosing material, non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Such disclosures will be included in the Investor Relations section of our website at https://ir.cbre.com. Accordingly, investors should monitor such portion of our website, in addition to following our press releases, Securities and Exchange filings and public conference calls and webcasts.

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Brad Burke
Investors
214.863.3100

Corey Mirman
Media
212.984.6542

Source: CBRE Group, Inc.

Released December 16, 2019