CBRE tops Eastdil for highest commercial deal total nationwide With $53.9 billion in deals in 2017, CBRE ranked as the number one commercial brokerage in the U.S. beating perennial frontrunner Eastdil Secured, which handled $40.7 billion in trades, according to Real Estate Alert, which tabulated the rankings. Commercial sales dipped 10 percent last year, with most of the decline coming in larger deals, Eastdil’s specialty. [TRD] Startup to mint the first real estate-backed cryptocurrency California-based ... [more]