Keyser Commercial Real Estate Named a 2026 Arizona Top Workplace and Earns Nine Additional Culture Excellence and Industry Awards

Employee-driven recognition reflects excellence across Keyser's culture, processes, and client experience.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Keyser Commercial Real Estate has been named a 2026 Arizona Top Workplace, while also earning nine additional 2026 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence and Industry Awards by AZ Central and Top Workplaces. Together, the recognitions reflect a culture built around selfless service, collaboration, urgency and a shared commitment to excellence across every aspect of the business.

The Top Workplaces awards are based on confidential employee feedback gathered by Energage, an independent employee engagement technology company. In addition to the statewide Arizona recognition, Keyser received Culture Excellence awards for Innovation, Employee Appreciation, Work-Life Flexibility, Employee Well-Being, Professional Development, Compensation & Benefits, Leadership, and Purpose & Values, as well as recognition as a Top Workplace in the Real Estate industry.

The breadth of the recognition is particularly meaningful to Keyser because it reflects a culture that extends across nearly every dimension of the organization—from how the firm leads, develops, and supports its people to how it innovates, operates, and serves clients. Rather than excellence existing only at the point of client delivery, the awards reinforce that it is embedded throughout the business.

"Culture isn't something you declare. It's something your people experience—and ultimately, something your clients experience too," said Jonathan Keyser, Founder and Managing Partner of Keyser Commercial Real Estate. "Every person at Keyser understands that excellence starts on day one and continues through closing and beyond. We commit to selfless service. We embrace urgency. And we take personal responsibility for delivering at the highest level because the decisions our clients entrust us with have a lasting impact on their organizations and their people."

That responsibility extends well beyond a single real estate transaction.

Keyser exclusively represents tenants and occupiers of commercial real estate, advising C-suite executives and organizational leaders on decisions that can affect hundreds or even thousands of employees. A headquarters relocation, semiconductor manufacturing expansion, mixed-use portfolio strategy or major lease negotiation can influence an organization's financial performance, ability to attract and retain talent, operational efficiency and long-term growth.

Understanding that broader impact is central to how Keyser approaches its work. Every member of the Keyser team is expected to recognize the weight of that responsibility—from the first conversation with a client through strategy, execution, negotiation and closing. That shared commitment creates an environment where employees are empowered to move quickly, challenge conventional thinking and continually look for better ways to serve.

"Our clients have a tremendous responsibility to the people who depend on their decisions," Keyser said. "When a CEO, COO, CFO, CLO, or other executive trusts us with their real estate, we know we're not just serving the person sitting across the table. Their decisions ripple through an entire organization. That understanding keeps our mission alive. It keeps our team empowered, and it keeps us looking for opportunities to challenge an industry where the status quo has reigned for far too long."

Founded in Scottsdale in 2013, Keyser was created to disrupt the traditional commercial real estate brokerage model. The firm exclusively represents tenants and occupiers, eliminating the inherent conflicts that arise when commercial real estate firms represent both landlords and tenants.

Keyser's internal culture follows the same philosophy: put service first, align around the people being served, and never accept convention simply because it is how the industry has always operated.

The firm's 15 Core Operating Principles reinforce those expectations across the organization, including commitments to selfless service, urgency, accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement and respect. They influence how Keyser hires, develops its people, approaches client relationships and measures success.

The 2026 Top Workplaces recognitions add to a growing list of workplace honors for Keyser. Earlier this year, the firm was named an Inc. Best Workplace for 2026, a national recognition of exceptional workplace cultures and employee experiences. Keyser was also recognized by the Phoenix Business Journal as a 2025 Best Places to Work.

For Keyser, those recognitions are more than measures of employee satisfaction. Recognition spanning leadership, purpose and values, innovation, professional development, employee well-being, flexibility, appreciation, compensation and benefits demonstrates that the firm's commitment to excellence is not limited to a single program or department. It validates a belief that has shaped Keyser from its beginning: an exceptional client experience starts with an exceptional team—and excellence for clients is strongest when excellence is expected everywhere.

About Keyser Commercial Real Estate

Keyser is one of the largest independent commercial real estate advisory firms of its kind in the U.S. Through its EXIS Global platform of more than 600 commercial real estate advisors, Keyser provides clients with sophisticated local-market expertise and seamless execution across virtually every major global market.  Built around a commitment to excellence, extraordinary selfless service, and ferocious client advocacy, Keyser's model combines the reach and capabilities of a global platform with the responsiveness, accountability, and client-first approach of an independent firm.

For more information, visit keyser.com.

Olivia Barajas, Partner and Marketing Director, [email protected] 

SOURCE Keyser Commercial Real Estate