PHOENIX—Matthew Riley has joined the capital markets group at Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona, Inc. as a retail capital markets analyst.

Riley transferred to Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona from C&W's Los Angeles office where he was an analyst in the global hospitality group that specialized in sale, debt, equity and structured finance transactions for the hospitality industry.

Prior to joining C&W in 2013, Riley held various roles in real estate acquisition, finance and research primarily with San Diego-based Pacifca Companies. There Riley specialized in the financial analysis and cash flow projections for a $2.5 billion portfolio of real estate assets. He also participated in the underwriting and placement of more than $270 million of debt for new acquisitions and the refinancing of existing loans.