Cisco Taps CBRE for Construction Management

SAN JOSE, CA-Cisco Systems Inc. has selected CB Richard Ellis Group of Los Angeles as its preferred provider of project management services globally. Locally based Cisco operates a portfolio of 506 properties in 87 countries that totals 23.6-million square feet. Potential assignments range from the build out of small field offices to large-scale campus development to complex data center construction.

The Cisco-CBRE relationship commenced in 1999 and includes the provision of facilities management, tactical space planning, and move management services within select Cisco sites. CBRE says in a prepared statement that it was selected for the multi-year global agreement after a competitive evaluation process. It declined to comment beyond the press release. CBRE senior managing director Jamie Ergle is the Alliance Director for the company’s Cisco relationship.