Throughout the Upstate, a variety of commercial real estate brokerages assist clients in buying, selling and leasing retail, industrial, restaurant and office spaces. SVN | BlackStream, Colliers, NAI Earle Furman, Cushman & Wakefield, CBRE and Lee & Associates are among the seven largest companies serving the area.
Here’s a snapshot into each brokerage including how many people are employed, how many transactions have been closed over the past four years, where each company’s Upstate headquarters is located and who is the highest ranking officer in the business.
SVN | BlackStream
- Number of employees – 8 employees, 24 advisors
- 2019 transactions – 105 (Upstate only)
- 2020 transactions – 114 (Upstate only)
- 2021 transactions – 175 (Upstate only)
- 2022 transactions – 89 (As of Aug. 24, Upstate only)
- Upstate headquarters – Greenville
- Chief officer – Lars Gruenefeld
McCoy Wright Commercial Real Estate
- Total employees – 15
- 2021 transactions – 109
- 2022 transactions – 67 (As of Aug. 29)
- Upstate headquarters – Anderson
- Chief officer – John B. Wright Jr.
Colliers
- Number of employees – 145 statewide, 35 in the Upstate
- 2019 transactions – 205 (Upstate only)
- 2020 transactions – 195 (Upstate only)
- 2021 transactions – 274 (Upstate only)
- 2022 transactions – 116 (through June, Upstate only)
- Upstate headquarters – Greenville-Spartanburg
- Chief officer – David Feild
NAI Earle Furman
- Number of employees – 123 (53 staff and 70 brokers in the Upstate offices)
- 2019 transactions – 690 (Upstate offices only)
- 2020 transactions – 622 (Upstate offices only)
- 2021 transactions – 757 (Upstate offices only)
- 2022 transactions – 539 (through June 30, Upstate offices only)
- Upstate headquarters – Greenville
- Chief officer – Jon Good
Cushman & Wakefield
- Number of employees – 52
- 2019 transactions – not available
- 2020 transactions – not available
- 2021 transactions – 27 (partial year since the brokerage merged with Thalhimer in October 2021)
- 2022 transactions – 34 (through June)
- Upstate headquarters – Greenville
- Chief officer – Brian J. Young
CBRE
- Number of employees – 80
- 2019 transactions – 220
- 2020 transactions – 175
- 2021 transactions – 260
- 2022 transactions – 150
- Upstate headquarters – Greenville
- Chief officer – Stephen B. Smith
Lee & Associates
- Number of employees – 30 (19 employees and 11 brokers)
- 2019 transactions –143
- 2020 transactions – 89
- 2021 transactions – 203
- 2022 transactions –120 (through July 7)
- Upstate headquarters – Greenville and Spartanburg
- Chief officer – P. Randall Bentley
