Karson and MacDonnell named managing directors

According to Steven Kohn, president and principal of Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman, Dave Karson and Daniel MacDonnell have been promoted to managing directors. As a managing director at the firm's New York headquarters, Karson is responsible for origination and execution of equity and debt financing, as well as for the evaluation and implementation of various capital markets strategies. Karson previously held the title of director at the firm. Prior to joining the firm in 2003, Karson was a principal at Meridian Equities. Based in the firm's San Francisco office, MacDonnell is responsible for expanding the firm's western region business. This includes the arrangement of project debt and equity financing for all types of commercial real estate and hospitality assets, programmatic joint ventures and investment funds. MacDonnell previously served as a director. Prior to joining the firm in 2005, he spent 15 years at Lehman Brothers Investment Banking Group. Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman is the real estate industry's premier independent real estate investment banking firm.  Formed in 2007 when Sonnenblick Goldman merged with Cushman & Wakefield, the firm provides a full range of financial services, including debt and equity financing, joint ventures, investment sales for lodging properties and advisory services basis.  With more than 200 years of combined experience, Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman offers its clients access to Sonnenblick Goldman's expertise and Cushman & Wakefield's global reach. Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman is headquartered in New York and has offices in San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C., as well as access to Cushman & Wakefield's offices around the globe. Further information can be found at the firm's website at www.sonngold.com.