Following its August 2014 acquisition by BGC, Cornish & Carey Commercial joined forces with Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, solidifying NGKF's West Coast presence. Now operating in Northern California as Newmark Cornish & Carey, the firm has further positioned itself as a dominant force within the industry, with best-in-class brokers providing the full range of commercial services to clients in each discipline and market. Backed by eight decades of local business operations, Newmark Cornish & Carey's experience and growth as a company parallels the birth of Silicon Valley and its emergence as a global economic power center. Newmark Cornish & Carey is Northern California’s premier commercial real estate brokerage. It is also the Bay Area’s largest firm, and is ranked first in Bay Area commercial transactions for 2013. With over 280 agents, Newmark Cornish & Carey now operates from strategically located cities throughout northern California: Santa Clara, Palo Alto, San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Walnut Creek, Emeryville, Pleasanton, Hayward, San Rafael, Roseville and Sacramento.