On Oct. 3, 2018, Marcus & Millichap acquired Primecorp Commercial Realty, Ottawa's largest independent commercial real estate brokerage.

Primecorp has offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Gatineau. Under the deal, Primecorp's Ottawa headquarters will remain open but will take the Marcus & Millichap name, while staff in Toronto and Montreal will move to the US parent's offices in those cities.

Marcus & Millichap is the largest US commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in real estate investment services.

Gowling WLG advised Marcus & Millichap in this transaction with a team that included Michael Garellek, Lorraine Mastersmith and Garrett Hamel (corporate/M&A) and Melanie Polowin (employment).