From left to right, top to bottom: Gowling, McCormick, Bernardi and Bortnick.

WASHINGTON, DC–Transwestern has recruited four brokers from the HBW Group for its tenant and landlord advisory services. They are

  • Ethan Bernardi, who joins Transwestern as SVP.
  • Joe McCormick, who joins as VP.
  • Nathan Bortnick, who will also be a VP at Transwestern.
  • Ryan Gowling, who joins as an associate.

They have represented such clients as Lerner Enterprises, The Tower Cos., Willco, Montgomery County, Foulger-Pratt, Plumsea Law Group, RNSolutions, Abengoa Solar, Financial Balance Group, Buchanan Partners, Zava Zone, Nellis Corporation, Metro Montessori, National Business Officers Association, Abrams Bison, RosettiStar, Advanced Management Strategies Group (AMSG), Latimer Neurology Center and Answer View Technologies.

“We are very excited to welcome these talented professionals to the Transwestern team,” said Phil McCarthy, Transwestern Executive Managing Director and Mid-Atlantic Market Leader in a prepared statement.

From left to right, top to bottom: Gowling, McCormick, Bernardi and Bortnick.

WASHINGTON, DC–Transwestern has recruited four brokers from the HBW Group for its tenant and landlord advisory services. They are

  • Ethan Bernardi, who joins Transwestern as SVP.
  • Joe McCormick, who joins as VP.
  • Nathan Bortnick, who will also be a VP at Transwestern.
  • Ryan Gowling, who joins as an associate.

They have represented such clients as Lerner Enterprises, The Tower Cos., Willco, Montgomery County, Foulger-Pratt, Plumsea Law Group, RNSolutions, Abengoa Solar, Financial Balance Group, Buchanan Partners, Zava Zone, Nellis Corporation, Metro Montessori, National Business Officers Association, Abrams Bison, RosettiStar, Advanced Management Strategies Group (AMSG), Latimer Neurology Center and Answer View Technologies.

“We are very excited to welcome these talented professionals to the Transwestern team,” said Phil McCarthy, Transwestern Executive Managing Director and Mid-Atlantic Market Leader in a prepared statement.

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.