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Segments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
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1 9. | Segments
On August 17, 2018, we announced a new organizational structure that became effective on January 1, 2019. Under the new structure, we organize our operations around, and publicly report our financial results on, three global business segments: (1) Advisory Services; (2) Global Workplace Solutions and (3) Real Estate Investments. Advisory Services provides a comprehensive range of services globally, including property leasing, property sales, mortgage services, property management, project management and valuation. Global Workplace Solutions provides a broad suite of integrated, contractually-based outsourcing services to occupiers of real estate, including facilities management, project management and transaction services. Real Estate Investments includes: (i) investment management services provided globally; (ii) development services in the U.S. and U.K. and (iii) flexible office space solutions. Summarized financial information by segment is as follows (dollars in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  |  | 2019 |  |  |  | 2018 |  |  |  | 2017 |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Advisory Services |  | $ | 9,069,468 |  |  | $ | 8,440,002 |  |  | $ | 7,379,725 |
Global Workspace Solutions |  |  | 14,164,001 |  |  |  | 12,365,362 |  |  |  | 10,791,963 |
Real Estate Investments |  |  | 660,622 |  |  |  | 534,724 |  |  |  | 457,099 |
Total revenue |  | $ | 23,894,091 |  |  | $ | 21,340,088 |  |  | $ | 18,628,787 |
Depreciation and Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Advisory Services |  | $ | 304,766 |  |  | $ | 280,921 |  |  | $ | 243,791 |
Global Workspace Solutions |  |  | 120,975 |  |  |  | 147,222 |  |  |  | 136,127 |
Real Estate Investments |  |  | 13,483 |  |  |  | 23,845 |  |  |  | 26,196 |
Total depreciation and amortization |  | $ | 439,224 |  |  | $ | 451,988 |  |  | $ | 406,114 |
Equity Income (Loss) from Unconsolidated Subsidiaries |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Advisory Services |  | $ | 6,894 |  |  | $ | 16,017 |  |  | $ | 20,740 |
Global Workspace Solutions |  |  | (1,423 | ) |  |  | 115 |  |  |  | — |
Real Estate Investments |  |  | 155,454 |  |  |  | 308,532 |  |  |  | 189,467 |
Total equity income from unconsolidated subsidiaries |  | $ | 160,925 |  |  | $ | 324,664 |  |  | $ | 210,207 |
Adjusted EBITDA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Advisory Services |  | $ | 1,465,792 |  |  | $ | 1,303,251 |  |  | $ | 1,174,943 |
Global Workspace Solutions |  |  | 424,026 |  |  |  | 345,560 |  |  |  | 334,377 |
Real Estate Investments |  |  | 173,965 |  |  |  | 256,357 |  |  |  | 207,454 |
Total Adjusted EBITDA |  | $ | 2,063,783 |  |  | $ | 1,905,168 |  |  | $ | 1,716,774 |
Adjusted EBITDA is the measure reported to the chief operating decision maker (CODM) for purposes of making decisions about allocating resources to each segment and assessing performance of each segment. EBITDA represents earnings before net interest expense, write-off of financing costs on extinguished debt, income taxes, depreciation and amortization and intangible asset impairments. Amounts shown for adjusted EBITDA further remove (from EBITDA) the impact of certain cash and non-cash items related to acquisitions, certain carried interest incentive compensation expense (reversal) to align with the timing of associated revenue, costs associated with our reorganization, including cost-savings initiatives, and other non-recurring costs. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as follows (dollars in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  |  | 2019 |  |  |  | 2018 |  |  |  | 2017 |
Net income attributable to CBRE Group, Inc. |  | $ | 1,282,357 |  |  | $ | 1,063,219 |  |  | $ | 697,109 |
Add: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 439,224 |  |  |  | 451,988 |  |  |  | 406,114 |
Intangible asset impairment |  |  | 89,787 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Interest expense, net of interest income |  |  | 85,754 |  |  |  | 98,685 |  |  |  | 126,961 |
Write-off of financing costs on extinguished debt |  |  | 2,608 |  |  |  | 27,982 |  |  |  | — |
Provision for income taxes |  |  | 69,895 |  |  |  | 313,058 |  |  |  | 467,757 |
EBITDA |  |  | 1,969,625 |  |  |  | 1,954,932 |  |  |  | 1,697,941 |
Adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Costs associated with our reorganization, including cost-savings initiatives (1) |  |  | 49,565 |  |  |  | 37,925 |  |  |  | — |
Integration and other costs related to acquisitions |  |  | 15,292 |  |  |  | 9,124 |  |  |  | 27,351 |
Carried interest incentive compensation expense (reversal) to align with the timing of associated revenue |  |  | 13,101 |  |  |  | (5,261 | ) |  |  | (8,518 | )
Impact of fair value adjustments to real estate assets acquired in the Telford Acquisition (purchase accounting) that were sold in period |  |  | 9,301 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Costs incurred related to legal entity restructuring |  |  | 6,899 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Costs incurred in connection with litigation settlement |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8,868 |  |  |  | — |
One-time gain associated with remeasuring an investment in an unconsolidated subsidiary to fair value as of the date the remaining controlling interest was acquired |  |  | — |  |  |  | (100,420 | ) |  |  | — |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | $ | 2,063,783 |  |  | $ | 1,905,168 |  |  | $ | 1,716,774 |
(1) | Primarily represents severance costs related to headcount reductions in connection with our reorganization announced in the third quarter of 2018 that became effective January 1, 2019.
Our CODM is not provided with total asset information by segment and accordingly, does not measure or allocate total assets on a segment basis. As a result, we have not disclosed any asset information by segment. Geographic Information Revenue in the table below is allocated based upon the country in which services are performed (dollars in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  |  | 2019 |  |  |  | 2018 |  |  |  | 2017 |
Revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 13,852,018 |  |  | $ | 12,264,188 |  |  | $ | 10,954,608 |
United Kingdom |  |  | 2,972,704 |  |  |  | 2,586,890 |  |  |  | 2,242,973 |
All other countries |  |  | 7,069,369 |  |  |  | 6,489,010 |  |  |  | 5,431,206 |
Total revenue |  | $ | 23,894,091 |  |  | $ | 21,340,088 |  |  | $ | 18,628,787 |

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