MIAMI-The commercial real estate industry is seeing some twists and turns this year—not so much in the market but in the brokerages. Young retail guns Paxti Diaz and Danny Diaz have switched allegiances to CBRE.

The two Diazes are joining forces with another Diaz, CBRE senior vice president Paco Diaz, to focus on opportunities in South Florida’s retail market. Paxti comes to CBRE from Horizon Properties while Danny came from a large local retail-focused brokerage. Both will work alongside Paco as associates.

“We feel there is going to be more activity in 2012 is than in 2011,” Paco tells GlobeSt.com. “We wanted to use or leverage our experience across different generations. I’ve been in the business for close to 30 years and both Paxti and Danny have been in the business for about five years and understand the new concepts. They have new relationships with younger folks, which is also an asset to the team.”