Editing Johnson Controls (section)

====Global WorkPlace Solutions====
The Global WorkPlace Solutions business unit provides outsourced [[facilities management]] services globally.<ref name="MJSverizon">{{cite news |last= Content |first=Thomas |title= Johnson Controls to provide real estate services for Verizon |url= http://www.jsonline.com/business/104343004.html |access-date= 26 August 2013 |newspaper= Milwaukee Journal Sentinel| date=5 October 2010}}</ref> It also manages corporate real estate on behalf of its customers including acquiring and disposing of property, administering leases, and managing building related projects such as equipment replacements.<ref name="FMWorldbrookfield">{{cite news| title=Brookfield Asset Management and Johnson Controls have agreed to merge their Australian and New Zealand property and FM operations| url=http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/johnson-controls-and-brookfield-merge-down-under/| access-date=26 August 2013| newspaper=[[British Institute of Facilities Management|FM World]]| date=4 December 2012| archive-date=16 October 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016054031/http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/johnson-controls-and-brookfield-merge-down-under/| url-status=dead}}</ref> On 23 September 2015,  [[CBRE, Inc.]] purchased the Global Workplace Solutions business unit, retaining the name "Global Workplace Solutions".<ref>{{cite press release| title=CBRE Group, Inc. Closes Acquisition of Global Workplace Solutions Business from Johnson Controls, Inc.| url=http://www.cbre.com/About/Media-Center/2015/09/23/CBRE-Closes-Acquisition-of-Global-Workplace-Solutions| access-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>