The Top 100 Firm is adding to its real estate service practice and opening an office in the Windy City.

Marks Paneth LLP, a New York-based Top 100 Firm, has expanded to Connecticut by adding Dylewsky, Goldberg & Brenner, a firm based in Stamford, effective No. 1, 2017.

Steven Zelin, a New York City-based CPA who performs music as the “Singing CPA,” is merging his firm, Steven Zelin CPA LLC, with Newman & Cohen, CPA, P.C., effective Thursday.

The Top 100 Firm is expanding in western New York with its latest deal.

CPA firms aren’t just merging with other CPA firms any more – they’re scouting out practices in HR, IT, engineering, financial planning and many other areas, according to Transition Advisors’ Bill Carlino.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram, a Top 100 Firm that has mostly operated in the Southeast, is expanding to New Mexico and Texas by merging in RPC CPAs + Consultants, LLP, New Mexico’s largest CPA firm.

Firms are joining forces in Texas, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Cherry Bekaert LLP, a Top 100 Firm, is expanding its presence in the Washington, D.C., area by adding Berlin Ramos & Company PA, effective Nov. 1, 2017.

The software facilitates M&A, providing a central online space to manage deals.

Cherry Bekaert, a Top 100 Firm based in Richmond, Va., has expanded to Nashville, Tenn., by acquiring Frasier, Dean & Howard.