Newmark has announced the appointment of Yashar Khalighi as a senior managing director. Based in Vancouver, Khalighi specializes in the acquisition and disposition of high-income properties and development land throughout British Columbia. Bringing more than a decade of brokerage experience and an extensive background in planning, construction and development, Khalighi leverages a holistic understanding of commercial real estate to drive impactful outcomes in the market.

In his role, Khalighi will report to President and Country Head for Canada Norm Taylor and will play a key role advancing the firm's Capital Markets platform in Canada while focusing on institutional and private capital investment in commercial real estate. Before joining Newmark, Khalighi was a Vice President at CBRE, where he spent nearly six years honing a successful track record of advising new Canadian international buyers in acquiring income-producing and development properties in Greater Vancouver. Prior, he was a top-level producer at the Vancouver-based boutique firm Macdonald Commercial.

Throughout his career, Khalighi has played a pivotal role in orchestrating numerous high-profile transactions, the latest being Strawberry Hill Shopping Centre.