RALEIGH—Cassidy Turley has acquired Synergy Commercial Advisors, a commercial real estate services firm in North Carolina's Research Triangle region. The Triangle region includes Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill.

Rich Harris founded Synergy in 2008. It has become one of the leading tenant representation and corporate services firms in the region. As part of the acquisition, eight Synergy brokers are joining Cassidy Turley, including Harris, Doug Cook, Jim Flink, Mac Hammer, Robert Hoyt, Jerry Levit, Ryan Toland, and Ben Litke. Synergy will also relocate to Cassidy Turley's current office.

“We have been looking for the ideal strategic move for our Raleigh operations, and, with Rich and his team, we have found it,” says Doug Brandon, regional managing principal for Cassidy's southeast region. “We look forward to blending and enhancing their tenant representation and project leasing practice with our broader platform. In addition, we're excited to leverage Rich's leadership skills and reputation to serve our Raleigh-Durham office as Managing Principal.”

With the acquisition, Harris who is widely considered one of the region's top tenant representation brokers, will serve as managing principal for Cassidy in the Raleigh-Durham market. The move also makes room for Cassidy senior vice president David Finger to return to his focus on capital markets in the Carolinas.

"Beyond tenant representation and corporate services, this move allows us to offer clients an expanded geographic reach and a full-service platform—including best in class capital markets, property management and project and development services," Harris says. "We place high value on the cultural fit, both locally and nationally, and the overall strategic alignment that exists between our firm and Cassidy Turley's executive management.”