Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) is pleased to announce that it has hired Natalia Lozano, a 13-year industry veteran specializing in both tenant representation and agency transactions, as a senior managing directorin the firm’s Mexico City office. Lozano’s outstanding leadership experience and work ethic will lend to the continued progression and expansion of NKF’s presence in Mexico.

Joining NKF from Cushman & Wakefield Mexico,where she spent over ten years, Lozanois well-versed in a wide range of complex transactions. She has also worked ona variety of consolidation cases with government offices, non-governmental organizations, and private companies. On the tenant representation side, Lozano completed a 96,840-square-foot Citibank call center transaction, and successfully collaborated with her team to negotiate sale-leasebacks and bid sales for both Citibank and Walmart.

Lozano’s agency experience includes marketing Antara Polanco Phase I and II, a 750,000-square-foot development, to 100-percent pre-lease status, as well as the complete leasing and sale of CorporativoCuajimalpa and Arbolada. She has also represented several other properties including but not limited to CorporativoRotanda, Montes Urales 440, Uruguay 45, and retail spaces on Masaryk Street and on 5^th Ave. in Playa del Carmen.Other projects include the marketing of the 193,680-square-foot, Class A Cervantes 169in Polanco,and a variety of Class B buildings in Polanco, Roma, and Bosques de las Lomas.

“The addition of Natalia to our Mexico team further solidifies our group of industry leaders,” said NKF Mexico President Giovanni D’Agostino.“Her specialties on both the tenant and landlord sides of transactions will add versatility to the team and will contribute to the growth of our platform.”

About Newmark Knight Frank

Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) is one of the world's leading commercial real estate advisory firms. Together with London-based partner Knight Frank and independently-owned offices, NKF's 14,100 professionals operate from more than 400 offices in established and emerging property markets on six continents.

With roots dating back to 1929, NKF's strong foundation makes it one of the most trusted names in commercial real estate. NKF's full-service platform comprises BGC's real estate services segment, offering commercial real estate tenants, landlords, investors and developers a wide range of services including leasing; capital markets services, including investment sales, debt placement, appraisal, and valuation services; commercial mortgage brokerage services; as well as corporate advisory services, consulting, project and development management, and property and corporate facilities management services. For further information, visit www.ngkf.com.

NKF is a part of BGC Partners, Inc., a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets. BGC's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol (NASDAQ: BGCP). BGC also has an outstanding bond issuance of Senior Notes due June 15, 2042, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol (NYSE: BGCA). BGC Partners is led by Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerHoward W. Lutnick. For more information, please visit www.bgcpartners.com.