C&W Wins ScanlanKemperBard Contract

PORTLAND-Cushman & Wakefield is getting a lot of work these days from ScanlanKemperBard Cos., a Portland, Ore.-based real estate merchant banking firm that acts as fiduciary for the owners of more than four million sf on the West Coast.

SKB Principal Robert Scanlan tells GlobeSt.com his firm has already handed over management of several hundred thousand sf and, “theoretically, they could wind up with all of it.” In reality, as existing contracts expire, “wherever they have their normal complement of personnel, they will be handling our property.”

Two firms, San Diego-based Wilson Thorn Properties and Insignia/ESG, previously handled most of the work in California. “We asked for presentations from the people that were already involved,” says Scanlan. “C&W did the best job of recognizing what it is we are trying to do.”