"These three firms are excellent additions to the Alliance program," Dave Lawton, senior managing director, U.S. Operations, Cushman & Wakefield tells GlobeSt.com. "MacKenzie, Columbus Commercial and Grant Street will fortify our coverage in the important markets of Baltimore, Columbus and Pittsburgh. The addition of Baltimore gives us East Coast coverage and Pittsburgh and Columbus give us key mid-west markets. They'll all be important parts of our total platform."

"The addition of these three markets reflects the regional migration of this initiative as we further our geographic reach for clients," adds Bruce Mosler, president, U.S. Operations, Cushman & Wakefield.

The Cushman & Wakefield Alliance, established in January 2002, was created to expand Cushman & Wakefield's client services to specific geographic markets where the firm does not maintain an office. These firms will provide avenues for Cushman & Wakefield's range of fully integrated real estate services. Additionally, these firms will continue to provide real estate services to their clients, locally, while using Cushman & Wakefield's service platform to service them nationally and globally. All three firms will continue to be independently owned and operated, while adding "Member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance" to their marketing and collateral material.