Kurland will serve as executive vice president working with CBRESVP David LaPierre representing high-profile tenants and landlords,CBRE officials say. "Susan is unquestionably one of the city'sleading retail brokers, with many impressive deals to her credit,"Alan Schmerzler, CBRE managing director of the Tri-State RetailServices Group, says in a statement. "It is a clear demonstrationof the strength of the CBRE platform that Susan is joining our teamto expand her career." Dean J. Shapiro, Executive Managing Directoradds that Kurland's decision to join CBRE "fortifies our retailpractice."

"We're not surprised by her decision," C&W's executivemanaging director, New York Metro Region, Ken Krasnow tellsGlobeSt.com. ""She's a talented individual and was here in theretail infancy." He notes that Kurland's partner Jim Downey andassociate Eric Le Goff are both staying with C&W. "We'rebuilding up a strong national retail group and will be moving in anaggressive platform." He says the firm expects to grow the localretail group, which currently has 15 brokers.

Kurland won REBNY's 1999 "Deal That Most Significantly Impacts aNeighborhood Award" for the 36,000-sf H&M transaction at 640Fifth Ave., and in 2003 took the "Most Creative Retail Deal of theYear Award" for arranging the 45,200-sf American Girl transactionat 609 Fifth Ave. Other transactions she handled include SportsClub/LA at Rockefeller Center, McKenzie-Childs on West 57th Street,and several deals for Wachovia Bank and H&M.