CBRE Korea Extends Commitment to Local Community

November 19, 2018 (Seoul, Korea) – CBRE Korea, a global commercial real estate services company, held its Walk for a Wish 2018 charity event in Seoul on Friday, November 16. Aside from participating in the walk, the local team volunteered time and resources to make kimchi for the elderly community at the Seoul Senior Welfare Center.

Launched in Asia Pacific in 2010, CBRE’s annual “Walk for a Wish” takes place in the third week of each year and is part of a wider “Wellness Week” initiative in which the company promotes wellbeing of the mind, body and environment through a series of internal activities. Walk For a Wish involves our employees, clients and other stakeholders from over 22 countries in the region including Australia, China, Japan and Hong Kong. The event has raised over US $1.8 millino to date and this year, CBRE Korea raised about 5 million won for the Seoul Senior Welfare Center in Jongro-Ju, Seoul.

During the event, employees from CBRE Korea walked from Jonggak Station on a path which took them around Gyeongbok Palace. Along the walk, about 60 employees visited the Seoul Senior Welfare Center to donate the proceeds raised and make kimchi out of 500 heads of cabbage for the elderly.

John Kang, vice president of CBRE Korea, said, "Walk for a Wish offers CBRE’s employees and clients a chance to work together in giving back to the community. Through this effort, we are confident that have made a positive contribution to supporting Koreans in need.”