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Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman Expands U.S. Platform
Aug 20, 2008

As the real estate investment market continues to be challenged by credit and liquidity issues, Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman has announced it will expand its U.S. platform into new markets to help meet increasing demand for access to debt and equity capital sources. The firm, formed after Cushman & Wakefield’s acquisition of a majority interest in real estate investment banking specialist Sonnenblick Goldman in 2007, is expanding its operations to Los Angeles and Atlanta this month. Headquartered in New York, the firm’s current offices also include San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The two new offices are already under the Cushman & Wakefield banner, but will now include Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman’s investment banking teams

 
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