Santos Knight Frank (formerly known as CBRE Philippines) was established by Rick Santos in Manila 23 years ago as the country’s first fully integrated real estate service provider. The company rebranded with Knight Frank as the new long-term partner with effect from 1 January 2017. Founded in 1896 and headquartered in London, Knight Frank is the largest privately owned global real estate consultancy, with more than 400 offices in 60 countries across the globe – this includes a strategically important partnership with Newmark Knight Frank (including the market-leading West coast and Silicon Valley operations of Newmark Cornish & Carey) in the United States. The leading BPO real estate service provider in the U.S., Newmark Knight Frank has brought many of the Silicon Valley companies, ranging from startups to billion-dollar multinational and BPO players to the Philippines.

Since foundation in 1994, the Philippine business has grown it to its current size of more than 1,200 staff operating across the country and consisting of 11 stand-alone, market leading business lines with specialist teams focusing on: Tenant Representation & Office Agency; Research & Consultancy; Valuations; Investments & Capital Markets; Facilities Management; Technical Services; Property Management; Project Management; Asset Management; Residential Services and Group Business Services