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By Scott Baltic, Contributing Editor <\/em><\/p>\n

\"Robert<\/a>

Robert Futterman, RKF\u2019s chairman & CEO, will serve as chairman of Newmark RKF<\/p><\/div>\n

Newmark Group Inc., the parent organization of Newmark Knight Frank, has agreed to acquire RKF Retail Holdings LLC and its subsidiaries. RKF is a leading independent real estate firm specializing in retail leasing, investment sales and consulting services, including tenant and owner representation and dispositions.<\/p>\n

The acquisition will build on Newmark\u2019s already substantial national retail business, which includes retail leasing, retail investment sales, retail occupier services and Excess Space Retail Services Inc., which specializes in real estate disposition and lease restructuring.<\/p>\n

The closing is expected by year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

Since its founding 20 years ago, RKF, which is headquartered in New York, has added offices in Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Northern New Jersey, San Francisco, Toronto and Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Robert Futterman, RKF\u2019s chairman & CEO, will serve as chairman of Newmark RKF, Newmark\u2019s retail leasing division, and will be responsible for leading the company\u2019s retail real estate business across North America.<\/p>\n

\"Barry<\/a>

Barry Gosin, CEO of Newmark Knight Frank<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cRKF has been consistently ranked as the top retail brokerage company in New York and has demonstrated national and global expertise<\/em>,\u201d Newmark CEO Barry Gosin said in a prepared statement. \u201cThis acquisition is consistent with Newmark\u2019s goal to add top talent in all disciplines and is an important step in continuing to build the leading retail platform in both leasing as well as retail investment sales<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is more about acquiring talent than it is acquiring a business. RKF has some of the top retail brokers in the country and is certainly number one in the greater New York City market<\/em>,\u201d Jeff Green, president of Jeff Green Partners, told Commercial Property Executive<\/em>.<\/p>\n

A steady flow of deals <\/h2>\n

That RKF is an active player, especially in New York City, can hardly be questioned. Last fall, the company co-brokered a 1,200-square-foot, 10-year lease<\/a> for Hawaiian restaurant Poke Signature at 9 Times Square. About a month earlier, RKF had arranged two leases<\/a> totaling more than 6,000 square feet at 1515 Broadway, for tenants Kiko Milano and Line Friends. RKF represented the landlord, SL Green Realty Corp., in both deals. In May 2017, RKF brokered a 1,050-square-foot lease for Anne et Valentin<\/a>, a French luxury eyewear brand, at 1185 Madison Ave, again representing the building owner.<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of Newmark Knight Frank<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert Futterman, RKF\u2019s chairman & CEO, will become chairman of Newmark\u2019s Retail Leasing Division as part of a move that expands the firm\u2019s retail services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":882,"featured_media":1004232880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21743,21808,21783,23891,21742,21749],"tags":[35208,36504,35544,36007,33384,39603],"class_list":["post-1004232866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deals","category-featured","category-investment","category-national","category-latest","category-retail","tag-barry-gosin","tag-jeff-green","tag-jeff-green-partners","tag-newmark-knight-frank","tag-rkf","tag-robert-futterman"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNewmark Group to Acquire RKF Retail Holdings - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/newmark-group-to-acquire-rkf-retail-holdings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Newmark Group to Acquire RKF Retail Holdings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Robert Futterman, RKF\u2019s chairman & CEO, will become chairman of Newmark\u2019s Retail Leasing Division as part of a move that expands the firm\u2019s retail services.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/newmark-group-to-acquire-rkf-retail-holdings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-31T11:58:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-09T06:53:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/05\/Robert-Futterman.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scott Baltic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/newmark-group-to-acquire-rkf-retail-holdings\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/newmark-group-to-acquire-rkf-retail-holdings\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scott Baltic\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/61ac1450f3ffaa0e850b834c28526555\"},\"headline\":\"Newmark Group to Acquire RKF Retail Holdings\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-31T11:58:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-09T06:53:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/newmark-group-to-acquire-rkf-retail-holdings\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":417,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/newmark-group-to-acquire-rkf-retail-holdings\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/Robert-Futterman.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Barry Gosin\",\"Jeff Green\",\"Jeff Green Partners\",\"Newmark Knight Frank\",\"RKF\",\"Robert Futterman\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Deals\",\"Featured\",\"Investment\",\"National\",\"News\",\"Retail\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/newmark-group-to-acquire-rkf-retail-holdings\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/newmark-group-to-acquire-rkf-retail-holdings\\\/\",\"name\":\"Newmark Group to Acquire RKF Retail Holdings - 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