MCDONALD JOINS NEWMARK KNIGHT FRANK AS MANAGING PRINCIPAL

HOUSTON — Brandi McDonald has joined Newmark Knight Frank in Houston as a managing principal. During the past 15 years, she has completed more than 8 million square feet of office leasing transactions, with a total value exceeding $1.8 billion. She is currently a member of the board of directors of the Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce, president of the Houston Office Leasing Brokers Association, on the Houstonian Advisory Board and chairs the 2011 World Trade Soiree of the Greater Houston Partnership. McDonald joins Newmark Knight Frank from Transwestern, where she was managing director and senior vice president of tenant advisory services and served on the firm's board of directors.