{"id":1004194003,"date":"2017-10-17T08:30:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004194003"},"modified":"2022-12-08T23:07:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T07:07:45","slug":"nkf-announces-new-hires-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/nkf-announces-new-hires-in-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"NKF Announces New Hires in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004194007\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Charlie-Farra-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004194007\" data-attachment-id=\"1004194007\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/nkf-announces-new-hires-in-seattle\/charlie-farra\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Charlie-Farra-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brad-Kevelin&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 80D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1507544020&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;84&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Charlie Farra\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Charlie-Farra-.jpg?w=800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1004194007 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Charlie-Farra-.jpg\" alt=\"Charlie Farra\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Charlie-Farra-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Charlie-Farra-.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Charlie-Farra-.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004194007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie Farra<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Newmark Knight Frank added two new hires to its Seattle office: Charlie Farra as managing director and Matt Betterman as associate director.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the company, Farra served as vice president for Colliers International for five years, where he specialized in tenant representation. He completed more than 1 million square feet of office leasing and sales. His clients included Dorsey &amp; Whitney, Sonos, Blue Bird Bio and Alliant Insurance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004194006\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Matt-Betterman-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004194006\" data-attachment-id=\"1004194006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/nkf-announces-new-hires-in-seattle\/matt-betterman\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Matt-Betterman-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Matt Betterman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Matt-Betterman-.jpg?w=800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1004194006 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Matt-Betterman-.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Betterman\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Matt-Betterman-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Matt-Betterman-.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/10\/Matt-Betterman-.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004194006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Betterman<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Previously, Betterman worked as associate at Colliers International for two years, where he focused on tenant representation. He assisted companies in their strategic real estate deals including relocations, renewals, contractions and expansions. Betterman specializes in office market knowledge, tenant representation, lease negotiation, research, financial analysis and strategic planning.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Seattle is an exciting region that continues to attract high-profile corporations as well as major investment capital. We are building this team with strong talent to ensure that we are well- positioned to make a difference in this market,&#8221;<\/em> Greg May, executive vice president &amp; regional managing director for NKF, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Back in August, NKF added three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/nkf-adds-net-lease-vets-to-team\/\">net-lease specialists<\/a> to its team\u2014Ken Hedrick, executive managing director; Jerry Hopkins, senior managing director; and Andrew Ragsdale, senior managing director\u2014all coming over from Tulsa, Okla.-based Stan Johnson Co.<\/p>\n<p><em>Images courtesy of NKF<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Farra and Matt Betterman, both of whom came from Colliers International, will focus on tenant representation in the downtown Seattle market. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":463,"featured_media":1004194007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21742,21744,1610,15],"tags":[37984,32763,37985,36007],"class_list":["post-1004194003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-people","category-seattle","category-west","tag-charlie-farra","tag-colliers-international","tag-matt-betterman","tag-newmark-knight-frank"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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