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NEW YORK CITY-Two longtime CB Richard Ellis brokers jumped ship and joined Cushman & Wakefield. C. Bradley Mendelson and David A. Green will serve as executive directors in C&W's Retail Services Group. Mendelson, who was an executive vice president at CBRE, was with the company for nearly 30 years. He started with Edward S. Gordon, the predecessor to Insignia/ESG in 1977. Green joined Insignia in 1991. Steven Soutendijk, an associate and member of their team, joins them as well.

Ken Krasnow, C&W executive managing director and New York area leader, says bringing the pair on board will enhance C&W's retail services. "We have contributed a great deal of our resources to establish a preeminent, innovative retail services capability in the US, and the addition of executives as accomplished as these two is a great vote of confidence in how far we've come in such a short period of time."

This move comes just a month after Susan Kurland jumped from Cushman to CBRE. At that time, Krasnow said C&W was looking to build up "a strong national retail group and will be moving in an aggressive platform." The local retail group currently has approximately 15 brokers.