Local commercial real estate pros have long recognized John McCarthy as one of the top office brokers in the Twin Cities. In April, McCarthy and Jim Damiani (named to this group of 100 two years ago) opened a Minneapolis office for New York-based Newmark Knight Frank, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the U.S. McCarthy brings more than three decades of experience, a deep reservoir of contacts and a knack for negotiating to NKF. With McCarthy sharing the helm, NKF brings new, formidable competition to the market.