Middle Market Digest: North West

Below is GlobeSt.com’s bi-weekly update on the middle markets throughout the North West region. Here’s a look at the latest news, announcements and deals that you may have missed from areas including: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Northern California.

NEWS & NOTABLES 

SEATTLE—Newmark Knight Frank recently added Charlie Farra as managing director and Matt Betterman as associate director to its Seattle office. Farra and Betterman are tenant rep specialists in the downtown Seattle market. Farra joins NKF from Colliers International where he served as vice president specializing in tenant representation. Prior to his role at Colliers, Farra was a broker with CBRE.

SAN FRANCISCO—CBRE Group Inc. has acquired the business of Custom Spaces, a San Francisco-based, technology-focused boutique real estate brokerage firm that advises leading technology companies such as Airbnb, Cruise Automation, Medium, Gusto and Coinbase, on occupancy strategies. The acquisition confirms CBRE as the leading real estate advisor in the Bay Area for technology companies and fortifies its Technology Practice globally.