This month, the Lipsey Company released their Top 25 Commercial Real Estate Brands list. For the second year in a row, NAI Global was voted into the number four spot.

The Lipsey Company’s survey has been the industry standard for the past 16 years. They have set the hierarchy for the top real estate brands in the world. Over 100,000 real estate industry professionals from around the world were tasked with completing the survey.

Ballot surveys, phone interviews, and focus groups were all utilized to determine the hierarchy for the real estate industry this year. Over 150,000 votes were cast around the world this year.

NAI Global was the only commercial real estate network within the top five, making them stand out from the others. Their network spans across 375 offices located throughout the world in North American, Latin American, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The firm manages over $20 billion in real estate deals every year.

NAI Global is a world-renowned commercial real estate brokerage firm that assists clients on a local as well as a global scale. Their network is owner-operated which entails that local market experts are the ones handling the deals. This is a unique business model as it combines local expertise with a vast, global network of commercial real estate firms.

Andrew Farkas’ Island Capital Group’s affiliate, C-III Capital Partners, acquired NAI Global in 2011. This strategic acquisition was done in order to help diversify C-III’s services. As a successful founder and CEO of Island Capital Group, Andrew Farkas has continuously pushed his career further. By achieving this major accomplishment, Farkas and his affiliate group have further solidified their reputations as major industry leaders as well as innovators.