LOS ANGELES-CBRE has acquired the KLMK Group, a healthcare consulting and project advisory firm, and CB Richard Ellis Carmody, a Charleston-based real estate services firm. The acquisitions enhance CBRE's platforms in the growing healthcare sector and Southeastern region.

The KLMK Group will be a part of CBRE's healthcare platform of 60 major hospitals and healthcare systems in the nation. CBRE Healthcare executive managing director Jim Hayden is at the helm of the platform and will lead the merger of the two companies with John Kemper, senior managing director.

“Adding KLMK Group's premier professionals to the CBRE Healthcare team will significantly enhance our ability to offer innovative solutions to improve the capital planning process and lower costs, thereby enabling our clients to focus on their central mission of serving their communities,” says Bill Concannon, CEO of CBRE's global corporate services.