Cushman & Wakefield filed to go public on Wednesday. The company employs about 48,000 people worldwide and earned $6.92 billion in revenue last year, a regulatory filing shows. It's counting on the continued growth of commercial real estate around the world and more participation from institutional investors in the property market. The commercial-real-estate giant Cushman & Wakefield has filed for an initial public offering. The filing, published on Wednesday, shows that the company is betting on the continued growth of commercial real estate around the world and greater participation from institutional investors in the property market.