Cassidy Turley announced today that commercial real estate industry veteran Charles Fern has joined the firm as Executive Vice President. In this role, he will be responsible for working with institutional and corporate clients and will be based out of the Somerset, N.J. office.

Over his accomplished career, Patrick has successfully completed over 40 full-building transactions and 12 million SF of leases to the Federal Government.

Cassidy Turley, recently negotiated two leases at Corporate Center One totaling 209,000 square feet. Cassidy Turley’s Ron Ruffner and Clay Sovich represented the landlord in both transactions.

Cassidy Turley has been ranked fourth among 21 of the nation’s leading commercial real estate service firms in the service providers/lenders category of Commercial Property Executive’s (CPE) 2011 Best Practices Index.

The Hartmann-Ryan team at Cassidy Turley Commercial Real Estate Services was recently the first team ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame by Midwest Real Estate News.

Demand for office space slowed in the fourth quarter of 2011, but vacancy continued to inch downwards and rents remained steady, according to Cassidy Turley. For the year, the U.S. office sector recorded the strongest level of demand for office space since 2007.

Cassidy Turley, announced today that Stephen J. Pearlman has joined the firm’s New York Office as Senior Managing Director in the capital markets group, effective immediately.

The U.S. office sector continues to show improving office leasing fundamentals, despite the sustained economic slowdown, according to the Office Trends Report published by Cassidy Turley. In fact, this sector is trending towards recovery, as net demand for office space registered at 14.9 million square feet in the third quarter of 2011.

Cassidy Turley Expands Its Capital Markets Group with Key Appointments. Cassidy Turley announced today the expansion of its capital markets group with the appointments of Bob Gilley, Executive Managing Director, and Steve Hermann, Executive Managing Director. Mr. Gilley and Mr. Hermann join Cassidy Turley Northern California from CB Richard Ellis’ investment properties-institutional group.

FHO Partners Joins Cassidy Turley. National Commercial Real Estate Services Firm Adds Full Service Capabilities in Greater Boston with Addition of Premier Organization.

Cassidy Turley announced today that the company ranked third in Real Estate Alert’s mid-year 2011 Top Office Brokers rankings. Cassidy Turley’s growth in capital markets increased the firm’s ranking in 2011. For the first six months in 2011, Cassidy Turley had $1.8 billion of office sales activity. For the full year in 2010, Real Estate Alert ranked Cassidy Turley sixth with $1.2 billion in offic

Cassidy Turley Completes Acquisition of Carter’s Brokerage and Property Management Businesses. The Transaction Expands Cassidy Turley's Presence in Atlanta and Central Florida.

Cassidy Turley announced today that four tenant representation executives will be joining the company to establish a tenant representation practice in Cassidy Turley’s Dallas office. The addition of Greg Biggs, Randy Cooper, Rob Morris and Craig Wilson – all from Cushman & Wakefield’s Brokerage Services Group in Texas – is the latest development in Cassidy Turley’s strategic growth.

Cassidy Turley has achieved LEED® Commercial Interiors Gold certification, established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), for its St. Louis headquarters.

Cassidy Turley announced today that Don Hunter will join the firm as Managing Principal of its Columbus office, effective August 29. In this role, Mr. Hunter will oversee 44 brokerage and property management associates and run the daily operations in Columbus, while focusing on Cassidy Turley’s strategic growth initiatives in that market. Mr. Hunter has more than 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry.

Prologis, Inc., the leading owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, focused on global and regional markets across the Americas, Europe and Asia, has selected Cassidy Turley as exclusive leasing provider for its 7.4 million square foot portfolio in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

Cassidy Turley announced today that IndCor Properties, an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, has selected the firm to manage approximately 7.8 million square feet of industrial properties in seven cities in the Central U.S.

In the second quarter of this year, the U.S. office market recorded its strongest level of demand for office space in nearly four years according to the latest figures published by Cassidy Turley. Net absorption for office space climbed to +12.8 million square feet (msf) in the second quarter of 2011, marking the fifth straight quarter of positive demand and the largest gain since the third quarter of 2007.

Cassidy Turley announced its commitment to acquire the brokerage and property management businesses of Carter, a national leader in project development, commercial real estate services and investments. Based in Atlanta, Carter maintains full-service offices in Atlanta and Tampa and various offices throughout the U.S.

Cassidy Turley, today announced that 28-year industry veteran Steven H. Gassaway will join the firm as Regional Managing Principal of the Carolinas, effective June 1.

Net demand for retail space has been trending up since July 2010, yet the U.S. retail sector will not reach historical average vacancy before mid-2013, according to Kevin Thorpe, Chief Economist at Cassidy Turley.

According to new U.S. retail market research from Cassidy Turley, the retail sector is seeing positive momentum, unlike the last three years, but it will be years before the recovery is fully complete.

“The speed of the recovery in the industrial sector is accelerating and despite worrisome developments overseas, overall momentum should remain positive,” said Kevin Thorpe, Chief Economist at Cassidy Turley. “After a few quarters of tepid improvement, pent up demand for warehouse space is now being unleashed.”

According to Cassidy Turley, demand recovery in 2010 was primarily concentrated in Washington, DC, New York, and Dallas and is now spreading more evenly across the U.S. Of the 82 markets studied, 52 registered increases in net absorption.