Transwestern adds McKinney and Murphy as senior vice presidents

Transwestern has expanded its New York office with senior vice presidents Ryan McKinney and Rory Murphy. Each brings experience in serving clients in the Manhattan markets with more than 3 million s/f of transactions between them. The addition of McKinney and Murphy follows the recent hire of senior vice president David Stockel, and all three professionals specialize in tenant advisory services and agency leasing. "It is a priority to grow our New York presence with individuals such as Ryan and Rory, both of whom share the firm's mentality of executing a client-focused strategy that differentiates us from local competitors," said Transwestern partner Lindsay Ornstein. "The NYC brokerage community is characterized by large firms operating like they did 20 years ago, with information only flowing up and down the team silos. Ryan and Rory embrace collaboration and the free flow of information, which fits perfectly with the strategy and culture we foster at Transwestern." McKinney will be responsible for tenant advisory services and agency leasing in the Midtown and Midtown South markets. He joins the firm from Savills Studley, where he served as assistant director representing clients such as Nike, Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Murphy will be responsible for tenant advisory services and agency leasing in the Midtown South and Downtown markets. Most recently, he served as associate director at Cushman & Wakefield. He represented tenants in the technology, media and non-profit industries and worked on downtown agency assignments totaling more than 1.4 million s/f.