NOTE: RKF is now Newmark Knight Frank

Robert Ury joined RKF’s Los Angeles office in June of 2011. He specializes in tenant and landlord representation and works with a variety of restaurants and hard and soft goods retailers.Robert has worked with a number of notable tenants including Mendocino Farms Sandwich Market, sweetgreen, Sephora, Adidas, Uniqlo, La Colombe Coffee Roasters, Oakley, Kriser’s Natural Pet, Buffalo Wild Wings, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, J. Jill, Nothing Bundt Cakes, L’Occitane, OneWest Bank, Asics, Corepower Yoga, Flywheel Sports, Veggie Grill, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Pei Wei Asian Diner, Blue C Sushi, Bareburger, Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza and Beauty Collection. Robert’s landlord clientele has included Federal Realty Investment Trust, CIM Group, Topa Management Company, ASB Real Estate Investments, West Coast Investors and Simms Commercial Development, along with several individual landlords and family trusts. He has completed over 200 leasing transactions since joining RKF.Robert is currently involved in the execution of a Southern California expansion plan for leading fast casual concept Mendocino Farms Sandwich Market, spanning from Los Angeles to San Diego. He is also representing sweetgreen as the hip East Coast brand extends its roots in Southern California, and has helped arrange seven leases in Los Angeles County to date. Since 2012, Robert and his partners have secured four locations for Adidas North America, including a new flagship store on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, and an Adidas Originals flagship on famed Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice. Robert and Robert Cohen, a Vice Chairman with the company, are exclusively representing Uniqlo across Southern California, focusing on street and power/lifestyle locations for the prolific Japanese retailer.

-Brokered more than 50 retail leasing transactions with a total value of more than $18M.-Represented national-name tenants in site selection and deal negotiation, includingMcDonald's, Taco Bell, 7-Eleven, Shell Oil, AT&T and Krispy Kreme.-Doubled commissions earned from 2009 to 2010.-Worked directly under the companyʼs founding principals.-Maintained multiple landlord relationships and leased more than 50,000 square feet on thelandlord-side of transactions.-Secured several new tenant accounts and doubled company's listing inventory.-Created marketing brochures for CCP, property listings and tenants.

-Facilitated clothing and promotional item sales to fraternities and sororities-Generated more than $70,000 in sales.-Procured new clients and increased business with existing clients by up to 200%.

-Tracked dozens of print production projects from submission to distribution.-Regularly updated clients on the status of projects-in-development.-Conducted dozens of technical and general information web searches for the company'sCopywriting and Client Services departments.

-Conducted library and Internet-based research on global commercial consumer trends.