Founder Michael Maffia began his career as a leased investment broker at BT Commercial in 2001. While working with BT Commercial’s Net Lease Investment Group, now Cassidy Turley BT Commercial’s Net Leased Investment Group, Michael formed The Maffia Team. By specializing in single and multi-tenant assets, including retail, industrial, and office property sales nationwide, The Maffia Team has completed more than 300 transactions totaling approximately $2 billion in volume. While at Cassidy Turley BT Commercial, Michael Maffia was recognized as the #1 broker company-wide in 2007, 2008, and 2009.

In 2010, Michael and his colleagues formed the The Maffia Team – Leased Investment Group at Cornish & Carey Commercial. Comprised of six dedicated professionals as well as dedicated marketing and escrow specialists, The Maffia Team has completed transactions in more than thirty states across all property types. While they continue to provide superior access to capital and product for their clients, they continue to grow and lead the leased investment arena.

Newmark Knight Frank is one of the largest independent real estate service firms in the world. Headquartered in New York, Newmark Knight Frank and London-based partner Knight Frank operate from more than 240 offices in established and emerging property markets on five continents. With a combined staff of more than 7,000 and revenues last year exceeding $993 million, this major force in real estate is meeting the local and global needs of tenants, owners, investors and developers worldwide. For further information, visit www.ngkf.com.

Cornish & Carey Commercial’s experience and growth as a company parallels the birth of Silicon Valley and its emergence as a global economic power center. In 2010, Cornish & Carey Commercial merged with New York-based Newmark Knight Frank.  Prior to its partnership with Newmark Knight Frank, Cornish & Carey Commercial had grown to become the largest privately held commercial real estate brokerage in Northern California and ranked in the top five among commercial real estate services firms by combined leasing and investment sales volume.  Cornish & Carey Commercial Newmark Knight Frank has 280 agents in strategically located and corporate-owned offices. In 2011, Cornish & Carey Commercial Newmark Knight Frank completed more than 3,456 transactions totaling more than $5.6 billion in total volume.