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2025 Fall Summit - Amsterdam

Save the date for CORFAC's 2025 Fall Summit in Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 14-17, 2025, at the Sofitel Legend The Grand. Registration and housing will open in June 2025. ...

2025 Spring Conference - Los Angeles

Save the date for CORFAC's 2025 Spring Conference in Los Angeles, California, February 26 - March 1, 2025, at the Hotel Indigo. Registration and housing will open in December 2024. Thank you to our 2025 Spring Conference Sponsors!  ...

CORFAC Member Survey Shows Steady Deal Activity as Rates Stabilize

CORFAC International’s second-half 2024 survey of members from 75 independent commercial real estate firms shows that transaction activity remained stable across the global network in the latter part of this year. Members' deal activity maintained an upward trajectory for 35% of respondents and held...

Hiring an Independent Brokerage Firm: What You Need to Know

The most knowledgeable and dedicated commercial real estate brokers often choose to chart their own course. Rather than falling in line under a corporate brokerage network, entrepreneurial firms excel by using their creativity, local market knowledge and professional connections to strategize for...

Identifying Market Opportunities in a Competitive Industrial Landscape

Buyers and non-institutional capital seeking out industrial real estate investments are being met with intense competition. The high cost of financing has created challenges for closing real estate deals. The most attractive properties are those with assumable loans at low interest rates, or sellers who can provide their...

CORFAC Announces 2024 Member Excellence Award Winners

CORFAC International is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Member Excellence Awards, which recognize individuals who exemplify excellence, integrity, dedication, and participation in the network.  Winners were announced by CORFAC's 2024 President David Boyd, CCIM, SIOR, of Boyd Commercial/CORFAC...

2024 Fall Summit - Atlanta

2024 Fall Summit – September 18-21 - Atlanta, Georgia Thank you to everyone who attended CORFAC's 2024 Fall Summit in Atlanta. Click on the links below for valuable resources regarding the meeting! •    Conference Photos •    Sponsor Information •    Award...

CORFAC International Reflects On 35 Years of Growth, Collaboration And Steadfastness

By Elizabeth Reyn, Bisnow Studio B CORFAC International's global network of independently-owned commercial real estate brokerage firms was formed in 1989 as a networking organization focused on the industrial and office sectors. Today, CORFAC is the world’s largest network of independent commercial real estate...

MDL Group/CORFAC International Announces New Leadership Team Alignment

CORFAC is pleased to announce our Las Vegas-based member affiliate, MDL Group/CORFAC International, announced a new leadership team alignment effective April 1, 2024. This leadership structure will allow MDL Group to continue to provide exceptional commercial real estate brokerage and property management services and...

Transaction Activity Holds Steady in 2024

Transaction activity is trending positively for members of CORFAC International’s global commercial real estate network. Deal activity over the past six months increased for 42% of members who responded to the 2024 Spring Market Survey and remained steady for 31% of respondents. Less than a quarter of members who...

CORFAC Welcomes 7 New Affiliate Firms to the Network

CORFAC is thrilled to announce the network has added seven new member offices this year, building on the addition of eight new firms in 2023.  “We are in an impressive growth phase worldwide,” said 2024 President David Boyd, CCIM, SIOR, Principal of Boyd Commercial/CORFAC International in Houston.  ...

CORFAC Congratulates 2023 COR$TAR Award Winners

CORFAC International congratulates the winners of the 2023 COR$TAR Awards, which recognize member firms and individuals for their in-network referral transactions. The awards were announced during CORFAC’s 2024 Spring Conference in Dallas. The COR$TAR Awards recognize the largest member-to-member referral...

CORFAC Welcomes 2024 President and Executive Leadership Team

CORFAC International is pleased to announce David Boyd, CCIM, SIOR, of Boyd Commercial/CORFAC International in Houston, Texas, began his term as 2024 President of the organization on January 1.  Joining David are fellow officers Vice President Daniel Shindleman, CCIM, MRICS, of Bridgemer AG/CORFAC International in...

CORFAC Welcomes 9 New Affiliates to the Network This Year

CORFAC is thrilled to announce that we have added nine new affiliates to the network so far this year, building on the addition of 14 new firms in 2021 and 2022 combined.  “This has been a tremendous year of global growth for the network,” said 2023 President Hayim Mizrachi, CCIM, Principal of MDL...

Still A Tenant’s Market: CORFAC Brokers On The State of Office Markets Around the World

Originally published in Bisnow on November 29, 2023.  The once-thriving office sector has had a rough time since 2020. Amid struggling occupancy and a high-interest rate environment, office building values are declining and deals are uncertain. But the magnitude of the issue varies among local markets, and some...

Business Sentiment Remains Positive Amid Lower Transaction Volume

The sectors fueling business activity for many CORFAC members shifted slightly in the latter half of the year, according to CORFAC International’s Year-End 2023 Market Survey. The warehouse/distribution sector fueled the transaction pipeline for over 67% of respondents, bumping industrial/manufacturing into second...

CORFAC Congratulates 2023 Member Excellence Award Winners

CORFAC International is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Member Excellence Awards, which recognize individuals who exemplify excellence, integrity, dedication, and participation in the CORFAC network. Winners were announced by CORFAC's 2023 President Hayim Mizrachi, CCIM, of MDL Group/CORFAC...

Industrial and Office Fuel Business Activity Amid Recession Concerns

The impacts of inflation and rising interest rates have affected the majority of CORFAC International’s global member firms in the first half of 2023. Yet the industrial/manufacturing sector continues to fuel the pipeline for 88% of members and the office sector fueled transactions for 53% of members who responded to...

CORFAC Congratulates 2022 Referral Award Winners

CORFAC International congratulates the winners of the 2022 COR$TAR Awards, which recognize member firms and individuals for their in-network referral transactions. The awards were announced during CORFAC’s 2023 Spring Conference in Orlando, Florida, in early March. The COR$TAR Awards recognize the largest...

Despite Market Turbulence, Industrial Real Estate Will Continue To Boom

There has arguably never been a more robust year for industrial real estate than 2022.  Construction companies completed 121.4M SF of industrial in Q3 2022, the second-highest quarterly total on record. Demand more than kept up, and vacancy rates trended downward for the seventh straight quarter to a record low of...