Baltimore commercial real estate firm Colliers Pinkard said Tuesday it plans to cut its affiliation with Colliers International and will join with seven other firms March 1 to launch a new brand, Cassidy Turley. Colliers Pinkard has joined with Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers, Colliers ABR, BT Commercial in Northern California, BRE Commercial in Southern California, BRE Commercial in Arizona, and Colliers Houston & Co. of New Jersey. The combined companies will form a network that is expected to be one of the nation's largest providers of commercial real estate services, said Mark E. Burkhart, chief executive of Cassidy Turley.

-Lorraine Mirabella