Whether you are looking to buy, sell, or lease commercial real estate, exploring a career as an Advisor, or considering joining the SVN network as a franchise owner, this page answers the most common questions about who SVN is, how we work, and what sets us apart. Browse by category below, or contact our team directly for questions specific to your situation.

About SVN

What does SVN do?

SVN® International is a full-service commercial real estate franchise organization operating through a collaborative model called the Shared Value Network®. SVN Advisors help clients buy, sell, lease, and manage commercial real estate across all major property types, connecting investors, property owners, and tenants with the right opportunities through a network that spans markets across the United States and internationally.

How long has SVN been in business, and where is it headquartered?

SVN was founded in 1987 with a mission to improve the commercial real estate industry through cooperation and organized competition. SVN® International is headquartered in the Greater Boston area and has grown into one of the largest commercial real estate networks in the country, with a broad network of Advisors and staff operating across the U.S.

What is the Shared Value Network?

SVN’s Shared Value Network® is the collaborative model at the core of how SVN operates. Rather than competing internally or hoarding listings, SVN Advisors actively share opportunities, market insight, and relationships across offices and markets. This approach expands exposure for every listing, connects clients to a broader pool of qualified buyers, and creates more competition around deals, which typically leads to stronger outcomes. The Shared Value Network® reflects SVN’s founding belief that proactive collaboration produces better results than operating in silos.

What is a Public Benefit Corporation, and what does it mean that SVN is one?

A Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) is a legal designation for companies that commit to operating in the interest of employees, communities, and the broader public, not just shareholders. SVN International is the first employee-owned Public Benefit Corporation in the commercial real estate industry. This structure means decisions are guided by long-term impact for clients, colleagues, and communities, not short-term profit alone. SVN employees are also owners through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which aligns the interests of the people doing the work with the outcomes they deliver for clients.

What makes SVN different from other commercial real estate firms?

Most commercial real estate firms operate where Advisors and offices compete with each other for listings and clients. SVN is built around the opposite model. SVN Advisors collaborate across offices, share listings and buyer relationships, and work together to create broader market reach for every transaction. This structure, combined with a consistent national platform, marketing tools, and training, means clients benefit from collective expertise rather than a single broker’s network. SVN is also the only employee-owned Public Benefit Corporation in the commercial real estate industry, which reflects a structure designed around client and community outcomes.

Is SVN a recognized commercial real estate brand?

Yes. SVN has been a nationally recognized commercial real estate brand since its founding in 1987. SVN operates at a significant scale with billions in total transaction value across sales and lease transactions, spanning all major property types and markets across the country.

Working With SVN

What services does SVN offer?

SVN provides a full range of commercial real estate services across the entire lifecycle of a property, including:

• Investment sales and leasing
• Tenant and buyer representation
• Landlord and seller representation
• Property and asset management
• Advisory, valuation, and capital markets support

These services span all major property types, including office, retail, industrial, multifamily, land, hospitality, and specialty sectors. SVN also organizes Advisors into Product Councils by asset class, so clients benefit from focused expertise within their specific market.

What types of commercial properties does SVN work with?

SVN Advisors work across all major commercial property types, including industrial, multifamily, office, retail, land and development, single-tenant net lease, hospitality, healthcare, restaurant, self-storage, and more. Each property type is supported by a dedicated group of Advisors with specialized expertise in that sector.

How do I find an SVN office or Advisor near me?

You can search for SVN offices by location using our office finder, or browse individual Advisors by market and specialty through our Advisor directory. SVN has coverage across major markets and secondary markets nationwide.

How does SVN ensure my property gets maximum market exposure?

SVN listings are distributed across national platforms, internal SVN networks, and third-party brokers. Rather than limiting exposure to a single firm’s internal channels, the SVN model is built around open collaboration, actively encouraging Advisors to co-broker transactions with brokers outside the network. This expands the buyer pool, increases competitive tension around listings, and improves both pricing and deal velocity for sellers and landlords.

What does it cost to work with an SVN Advisor?

Commercial real estate compensation structures vary depending on the transaction type, property, and market. Rather than a one-size-fits-all answer, the best starting point is a direct conversation with an SVN Advisor about your specific situation. SVN Advisors are transparent about how they are compensated and will walk you through what to expect before any agreement is signed.

Ready to get started? Contact an SVN Advisor to discuss your goals.

How are SVN Advisors compensated, and how does that impact me as a client?

SVN’s compensation structure is designed to reward cooperation over exclusivity. Advisors are incentivized to co-broker transactions with brokers outside the SVN network, which means they benefit from bringing in the most qualified buyer regardless of where that buyer’s representation comes from. For clients, this reduces friction in negotiations and supports stronger execution outcomes. Rather than protecting a deal inside a single firm, SVN Advisors are motivated to create the most competitive environment possible around every transaction.

How does SVN's collaborative model benefit me as a client?

When you work with an SVN Advisor, you are not just working with one broker and their individual network. You are engaging the full SVN platform, which means your listing or search is shared across hundreds of offices and thousands of Advisor relationships nationwide. For sellers and landlords, that translates to broader exposure and more qualified buyer competition. For buyers and tenants, it opens access to opportunities across markets, including off-market and cross-regional deals that a single-office firm would typically miss.

What kinds of transactions does SVN handle that other firms often miss?

SVN is particularly effective in transactions that require broader reach than a single local market can provide. This includes:

• Listings that benefit from national exposure to attract out-of-market buyers
• Assets marketed to 1031 exchange investors looking across multiple geographies
• Deals requiring collaboration across multiple regions or specialties
• Opportunities where sharing relationships and information creates more competition

The SVN model is built to bring more qualified buyers to the table, which typically drives stronger pricing and better deal outcomes for clients.

For Advisors and Brokers

Why do Advisors choose to work with SVN?

SVN gives individual Advisors a platform to grow beyond their local market. Through the SVN network, Advisors gain access to shared deal flow, client relationships, and market intelligence from colleagues across the country, along with tools, marketing support, and training designed specifically for commercial real estate professionals. The model is built on collaboration, which means Advisors are plugged into a system designed to create more opportunity rather than compete for a limited share of it.

What tools and resources do SVN Advisors have access to?

SVN Advisors work with a connected set of tools designed to help them move faster and reach more buyers and tenants. These include:

• A proprietary technology platform that centralizes contacts, deals, and activity, combining CRM, marketing, and transaction management in one system
• Built-in marketing tools with ready-to-use materials for creating, packaging, and distributing listings
• National exposure through the full SVN network, including SVN On The Market Live, a monthly broadcast open to all, where Advisors present listings to a broad national audience
• Open collaboration across offices to connect buyers and opportunities across markets

What training and support does SVN provide to Advisors?

SVN provides a structured training platform that supports Advisors at every stage of their career. This includes virtual programs, in-person events, and on-demand resources covering business development, dealmaking, operations, and growth strategies. Training is built specifically for SVN Advisors and delivered consistently across the network, going beyond what most firms provide at either the individual or franchise level.

What does collaboration actually look like day-to-day at SVN?

Collaboration at SVN is active and built into how Advisors work. In practice, this looks like:

• SVN On The Market Live: a live monthly broadcast where Advisors present listings to a broad national audience, which anyone can join
• Product Councils: groups of Advisors in the same specialty who share opportunities, insights, and deal flow across the network
• In-person events that bring the network together and strengthen working relationships
• Direct outreach: Advisors regularly connect with colleagues across the country to match buyers, tenants, and opportunities

It is a hands-on, relationship-driven approach that consistently expands reach beyond what any single office could accomplish alone.

For Office Owners and Franchisees

Why do established offices and firms join SVN?

SVN allows established offices to stay independent while aligning with a national brand and platform built for growth. Offices gain broader exposure, access to a larger pool of deals and relationships, and the support, technology, training, and recruiting resources to scale their business. The SVN Shared Value Network® drives collaboration across offices, helping franchise owners expand their reach and build enterprise value without giving up control of how they operate day to day.

What are the typical costs associated with opening an SVN office?

Costs generally include an initial franchise fee and ongoing royalties based on revenue. Additional expenses may include marketing, technology, and office operations, depending on the structure of the individual office. For a detailed breakdown specific to your situation, the best next step is a direct conversation with the SVN franchise team.

Learn more about joining SVN to start that conversation.

How much control do I keep as an SVN network owner?

SVN offices remain independently owned and operated. Franchise owners keep control over hiring, operations, client relationships, and day-to-day decisions. What SVN provides is a national platform, shared standards, technology tools, and support resources. The model is designed to support growth and provide consistency across the network without taking away autonomy at the office level.

What support does SVN provide to franchise offices?

SVN provides franchise offices with comprehensive support across multiple areas:

• Technology: a proprietary platform combining CRM, marketing, and transaction management tools
• Marketing: award-winning tools and ready-to-use materials that accelerate speed to market
• Training: virtual programs, in-person events, and on-demand resources for both office leadership and individual Advisors through programs like SVN | Operations X and SVN | MD X
• Recruiting support: tools and resources to help offices attract and grow their Advisor teams
• A dedicated Franchise Support Team providing ongoing guidance and assistance

Learn more about joining SVN on our franchise page.

What kind of results can I expect after joining SVN?

Results vary by office, market, and execution, but the SVN platform is structured to support growth through collaboration and expanded reach. Offices that actively engage with the network gain access to shared deal flow, relationships, and opportunities that extend well beyond their local market. SVN also provides the tools, marketing support, training, and infrastructure to help offices operate more efficiently and scale over time.

How does SVN help franchisees grow revenue and recruit talent?

SVN supports revenue growth through collaborative deal flow, national brand positioning, and performance benchmarking tools that give franchise owners visibility into how their office is tracking against the broader network. On the recruiting side, SVN’s reputation, transparent culture, and structured training programs give offices a clear story to tell prospective Advisors. The SVN Accelerator Program is designed specifically to develop productive Advisors from the ground up, which makes it easier to recruit early-career talent and build a team with staying power.

When might SVN not be the right fit?

SVN is designed for Advisors and offices that want to grow, collaborate, and be part of a larger network. Brokers or CRE offices that prefer to operate fully independently, keep deals entirely internal, or are not interested in engaging with a broader platform may not see the full value of what SVN offers. The model works best for those who see collaboration as a competitive advantage rather than a constraint.

Still Have Questions?

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The next stage of your growth needs more than hustle, it needs infrastructure.

The SVN Network helps growth-minded brokerage leaders break through the limits of going it alone with a model built for stronger marketing visibility, support, and collaboration.

If you’ve built a respected brokerage and are ready for the next stage of growth, without sacrificing your reputation or local identity, Let’s talk.

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Why brokerage leaders choose SVN

You’ve built momentum, now you need the right platform to grow.

National strength, local ownership

Get the benefit of a recognized brand and broader network while continuing to lead your market with local expertise.

A culture built on collaboration

SVN is known for a more open, connected, and cooperative approach to commercial real estate, one that helps Advisors and offices do better business together.

Growth support that goes beyond marketing

From recruiting and business development to systems, tools, and shared expertise, the model is designed to support sustainable growth.

A values-led
network

We’re not looking to add just anyone. We’re looking for leaders who align with how we work, how we serve, and how we represent the brand.

A model backed by real results

22%

faster time from listing to sale than the market average

40%

higher broker income than the industry average

77%

of buyers come from outside the local market. SVN reaches them, with 72% of SVN’s seller-side transactions involving non-local capital

83%

of the U.S. population covered by SVN offices

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years in business

Shared Value Network®

a collaborative model designed to create more opportunities for Advisors and clients

Hear from leaders who’ve grown their business inside the svn network

We’re looking for the right fit, not just more offices.

The SVN network is the right fit if you:

• Are an established or growth-minded commercial real estate leader
• Want to scale with the support of a larger network
• Value professionalism, collaboration, and long-term reputation
• Care about culture as much as commercial performance
• Want to build a stronger business while representing a respected national brand

A network built on shared values

SVN is a commercial real estate company built on collaboration, integrity, and shared success. We believe strong businesses are built through trusted relationships, professional excellence, and a commitment to doing right by clients, partners, and each other.

Our network is made up of leaders who want to grow, but grow the right way, with a culture they’re proud to be part of and a brand they’re proud to represent.

Questions prospective network partners often ask

What does joining the SVN network involve?

Joining SVN is a collaborative process designed to help your office transition smoothly while maintaining business continuity. You’ll work closely with our support team through onboarding, branding, technology setup, training, and launch planning. From day one, you’ll gain access to the SVN platform, national network, marketing resources, technology, and collaborative culture that help offices grow while remaining independently owned and operated.

Who is the ideal franchise candidate?

SVN is designed for commercial real estate professionals who want to grow their business while remaining independently owned and operated. Whether you’re an established firm looking to expand your reach or an independent broker ready to launch your own office, SVN provides the brand, platform, and collaborative network to support your success. Our most successful franchise owners are growth-minded leaders who value collaboration, entrepreneurship, and long-term business building.

What support does SVN provide to franchise owners?

SVN provides comprehensive support across technology, marketing, recruiting, operations, education, and business development. Franchise owners gain access to a dedicated support team, national marketing resources, business coaching, proprietary technology, professional development programs, research, and a collaborative network of Advisors across the country. The goal is to give your office the tools and support to grow more efficiently while remaining focused on serving your clients.

Can I maintain my local identity and leadership?

Yes. Every SVN office is independently owned and operated. You continue leading your business, managing your team, and serving your local market while benefiting from the strength of a nationally recognized brand. SVN is designed to enhance your business — not replace your identity or the relationships you’ve built within your community.

What does the onboarding process look like?

Your onboarding experience is guided by our support team and tailored to your office. Together, we’ll help implement SVN branding, technology, marketing resources, and operational tools while introducing your team to the network. Throughout the process, you’ll receive training and ongoing support to help ensure a smooth transition and position your office for long-term success.

How long does the process typically take?

Every office’s onboarding timeline is unique. It depends on factors such as office size, branding, technology implementation, and operational needs. Our team works closely with you to create a transition plan that minimizes disruption and helps your office launch as smoothly as possible.

Ready to grow beyond what you can build alone?

If you believe your business is ready for its next phase of growth, and you’re looking for a network that values both performance and professionalism, we’d love to talk.

SVN® International has been making the case since 1987 that a brokerage built around collaboration, transparency, and local expertise produces better careers and better outcomes than one built around scale alone. The numbers, the culture, and the structure all support that case. Here is why.

What Separates the Best Real Estate Brokerage to Work For

Before evaluating any specific brokerage, experienced advisors tend to apply a consistent framework. Four criteria surface most consistently: culture and collaboration, local autonomy, network quality and deal flow access, and training and career development. The best brokerage to work for delivers on all four as structural commitments that show up in day-to-day practice, not just in marketing language.

SVN was built to deliver on all four. And the retention numbers reflect it: SVN offices maintain a 95% retention rate across the network, a figure that speaks more directly to advisor satisfaction than any recruiting pitch could.

A Culture Built on Collaboration, Not Competition

Culture is the factor advisors most often cite when choosing SVN, and the one that most consistently distinguishes their experience once they arrive. An overwhelming majority (93%) of SVN advisors identify culture as their primary reason for joining the network. That is not a coincidence. It is the result of a deliberate operating philosophy embedded in SVN’s structure since its founding.

That philosophy is codified in SVN’s 10 Core Covenants — a set of operating expectations that every SVN member commits to. They include proactive cooperation, placing client interests above self-interest, supporting all members of the commercial real estate industry, and taking personal responsibility for achieving individual potential. These are the norms that govern how SVN advisors interact with each other, with clients, and with the broader brokerage community on every transaction.

The practical result is an environment where advisors are genuinely on the same team. Deal flow is shared. Market intelligence moves openly through the network. Advisors collaborate across offices rather than competing with each other for the same assignments.

Local Ownership, National Reach

One of the most consistent frustrations experienced by advisors described at large national platforms is the erosion of autonomy. Decisions about how to run their business get made somewhere else, by people who do not know their market. SVN’s model is structured specifically to address that.

SVN advisors operate with genuine local ownership and decision-making authority. Each office is independently owned and operated, meaning local managing directors control how their business runs, how they serve their clients, and how they build their team. What the SVN network provides is everything that an independent operation cannot efficiently build alone: a globally recognized brand, connection to 2,000+ advisors and staff across 225+ offices worldwide, and access to $15.5 billion in annual deal flow.

That combination of local control with national reach is the defining structural advantage SVN offers advisors at every career stage. Newer advisors get immediate access to a network and brand that would take years to build independently. Experienced producers get the infrastructure to compete for larger assignments while retaining the autonomy that made their practice worth building.

Training and Development That Serves Every Career Stage

A great brokerage invests in its advisors’ growth throughout their career, not just at onboarding. SVN’s education and training infrastructure is built to do exactly that.

The SVN Advisor X program is a structured, three-month interactive training program designed to give advisors the skills and resources they need to compete and win in a complex market. It combines expert-led instruction, intensive curriculum, practical assignments, and robust accountability. It’s a meaningful commitment for both newer advisors building their foundation and experienced producers refining their approach.

Beyond initial training, SVN’s Systems for Growth platform provides ongoing online training, best practices webinars, dedicated product councils, and specialty practice group access across SVN’s seven core services and seven specialty practice areas. Advisors do not outgrow the support structure. It scales with them.

Third-Party Validation of a Model That Works

SVN’s claims about culture and performance are supported by external recognition as well. In January 2026, SVN was named a 2026 Top Impact Company by Real Leaders magazine, a recognition that evaluates organizations on multi-year revenue growth, employee experience, and measurable social and community impact. It is a meaningful confirmation that SVN’s model produces results alongside the values it promotes.

SVN’s standing as the only employee-owned Public Benefit Corporation in commercial real estate reinforces that positioning. The firm’s structure reflects a genuine alignment between what is good for advisors, what is good for clients, and what is good for the communities where SVN offices operate. That alignment is what the Shared Value Network® model was designed to create, and it shows up in how the organization performs year over year.

Building a Career at SVN

The question experienced advisors are really asking when they evaluate a brokerage is whether that firm’s structure will help them build the career they are trying to build. At SVN, the answer is grounded in 35+ years of demonstrated performance, a culture that advisors consistently choose and remain a part of, and a network model that rewards collaboration, transparency, and local expertise in ways that produce the best outcomes for clients and advisors alike.

Explore career opportunities at SVN and connect with the team to learn how the network’s collaborative model can accelerate your practice and your earning potential.

Not always for other large firms. Increasingly, they are moving toward more collaborative platforms — networks where the firm’s structure actively supports individual producer success rather than competing with it. Understanding why requires an honest look at what large brokerage models were built to do, where friction shows up for individual producers, and what a different model actually offers in practice.

What Large Brokerage Platforms Were Built to Do

The top commercial real estate brokerage firms built their scale for good reasons. National brand recognition opens doors with institutional clients and large corporate occupiers. Centralized research and marketing platforms give individual advisors access to data and tools that would be prohibitively expensive to assemble independently. A wide footprint means more offices, more referral potential, and more visibility in competitive pitches.

For producers whose practice is oriented around institutional relationships, large corporate accounts, or markets where brand name carries significant weight, that infrastructure is genuinely valuable. The large national platform model works well in those contexts. It was designed for scale, and scale is what it delivers.

The tension emerges when a producer’s success depends less on brand infrastructure and more on their individual market expertise, client relationships, and ability to move quickly. That is where the structural friction tends to surface.

Where the Friction Shows Up

Three patterns consistently appear when experienced CRE producers describe why they left large platforms.

Internal competition. In most traditional brokerage structures, advisors within the same firm compete for the same clients, the same listings, and the same assignments. Information is protected rather than shared. Deal flow is guarded as a competitive asset. The result is an environment where the firm’s collective intelligence — market data, buyer relationships, cross-market deal flow — is never fully accessible to any individual producer, because sharing it comes at a personal cost.

Compensation structure. Commission splits at large national platforms typically favor the house, particularly for producers below top-tier volume thresholds. Industry data shows that only 35% of real estate firms are actively recruiting in 2025, down 5 percentage points from 2023 — a signal that firms are competing harder for fewer experienced producers in a tightening talent market, yet compensation structures at many large platforms have not evolved to reflect that competitive reality.

Autonomy limitations. Large organizations require standardization. Processes, marketing templates, client communication protocols, and deal approval structures are built for consistency at scale — which means individual producers have limited flexibility to run their business the way their market and client base actually demands. For advisors who built their reputation on a specific way of working, that standardization can feel like friction on every transaction.

None of this is unique to any single firm, and none of it is the result of bad intentions. It is simply what organizational scale produces when a firm is optimized for enterprise-level operations rather than individual producer performance.

What Collaborative Networks Offer Instead

A collaborative brokerage network is structured around a fundamentally different premise: that sharing information, deal flow, and fees with the broader brokerage community produces better outcomes for clients — and better careers for advisors — than protecting those assets internally.

In a collaborative model, producers are not competing with their colleagues for the same opportunities. They are connected to them. A producer in one market who has a buyer relationship relevant to a listing in another market shares that connection rather than suppressing it. Deal flow moves through the network rather than being siloed by office. The firm’s collective intelligence is accessible to every advisor because the system incentivizes sharing rather than hoarding.

The difference in day-to-day experience is significant. Producers in collaborative networks consistently describe more deal activity, stronger client outcomes, and less internal friction than their experience at firms built on competitive internal structures.

How SVN’s Model Works in Practice

SVN® International’s Shared Value Network® model was built on the premise that proactive cooperation produces better results than internal competition. That philosophy is a structural commitment embedded in how every SVN office operates.

SVN Advisors share information and fees with the entire commercial real estate brokerage community on every transaction. The 10 Core Covenants that govern SVN membership make the operating expectations explicit: cooperate proactively, place client interests above self-interest, include and support all members of the industry, and take personal responsibility for individual growth. These are the operating norms that every SVN Advisor commits to when they join the network.

For producers evaluating their options, the practical implications are direct. Joining SVN means connecting to a network of 2,000+ Advisors across 200+ offices where the incentive structure rewards cooperation. Deal flow moves openly. Market intelligence is shared. And because the franchise model preserves local ownership and operational autonomy, individual producers retain the freedom to run their business the way their market demands — supported by national infrastructure, not constrained by it.

SVN’s training and support infrastructure reinforces that model. The SVN System for Growth and the SVN Elite training program give both newer advisors and seasoned producers access to ongoing development resources. Specialty practice groups, weekly deal-sharing calls, and a dedicated franchise support team provide the kind of operational backbone that large national platforms offer — without the internal competition that typically comes with it.

What the Movement Signals

Experienced producers leaving top commercial real estate brokerage firms are not leaving because those firms are poorly run. They are leaving because the structure of those firms no longer aligns with how they want to build their business and serve their clients. The pattern reflects a broader shift in what high-performing advisors value: autonomy, network access, cooperative deal flow, and a firm culture that treats collaboration as a competitive advantage rather than a liability.

The producers finding their way to collaborative networks are not looking for less. They are looking for a different structure — one where the firm’s success and their own success are built on the same foundation.

Learn more about how SVN’s collaborative model works and connect with the team to explore whether it aligns with the career and business you are building.

This breakdown covers the core investment case for each, where the nuances and risks lie, and the profile factors that tend to point an investor in one direction or the other.

The Case for Industrial Property Investment

Industrial real estate’s post-pandemic run is well documented, but the fundamentals that drove it have not disappeared — they have stabilized. Industrial cap rates have reached a stable plateau in the upper 6% range, supported by stabilizing vacancy rates, falling construction starts, and e-commerce demand returning to its pre-pandemic growth trend. For an asset class that was trading at historic lows just a few years ago, that plateau represents a more balanced and sustainable entry environment for new investors.

The structural demand drivers remain intact. E-commerce fulfillment, third-party logistics, nearshoring and onshoring of manufacturing, and data infrastructure all require physical industrial space. New supply is constrained heading into 2026, a dynamic that supports occupancy and rent growth for well-positioned assets even as vacancy has ticked up in oversupplied large-format markets.

From a risk profile standpoint, industrial is among the most defensible positions in CRE. CMBS industrial distress sits at just a fraction of the rate affecting office, signaling that lenders view industrial as the lowest-risk sector. Lease structures typically run long, often with NNN terms that shift operating expenses to the tenant, producing predictable income with limited management intensity.

The nuance investors need to understand: not all industrial is the same. Vacancy pressure is heavily concentrated in large-format distribution assets in markets that saw outsized supply growth — Austin, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and similar Sun Belt metros. Smaller bay, infill, and flex industrial in supply-constrained markets continue to perform well. Asset selection and submarket knowledge matter considerably more than the asset class label.

The Case for Retail Investment Property

Retail’s rehabilitation as a serious investment category is one of the more significant CRE storylines of the current cycle. Retail is now the third most sought-after property type among investors in 2026, trailing only multifamily and industrial, according to a major industry survey of investor intentions. That shift reflects a fundamental change in the supply picture and the tenant mix driving retail performance.

New retail construction is expected to fall 37% in 2026, keeping supply exceptionally tight and supporting rent growth in well-located assets. The retailers driving leasing demand are not discretionary — they are grocers, discount and off-price operators, service providers, and restaurants, all of which require physical locations and carry recession-resistant characteristics. Grocery-anchored centers, neighborhood and strip centers, and high-income suburban corridors are positioned to outperform for both occupancy and rent growth in 2026.

From a financial structure standpoint, retail offers investors a range of entry points. Grocery-anchored centers command premium pricing, with cap rates in the 5.25% to 5.5% range for best-in-class assets in top markets. Unanchored strip centers and neighborhood centers in strong demographic areas offer wider spreads and, for investors comfortable with more active asset management, meaningful upside through lease-up and tenant mix optimization.

The nuance here is equally important: retail’s strong fundamentals are not uniform across the category. Performance diverges sharply by format and location, with weaker Class B and C malls and older power centers continuing to lag due to higher capital improvement needs and slower backfill activity. Investors who approach retail as a monolithic category miss the distinction between the assets that are thriving and those that are still working through structural challenges.

How to Choose: Matching the Asset Class to Your Situation

With both asset classes offering genuine opportunities in 2026, the decision comes down to how each aligns with an investor’s specific goals, resources, and operating preferences. The following factors tend to drive the choice.

Management intensity

Industrial — particularly NNN-leased warehouse and distribution assets — is among the most passive investment structures available in CRE. Tenants handle operating expenses; the landlord collects rent. Retail, depending on format, can range from similarly passive (single-tenant NNN retail) to moderately active (multi-tenant strip center requiring ongoing leasing and tenant management). Investors seeking limited day-to-day involvement tend to gravitate toward industrial or single-tenant retail.

Lease structure and income predictability

Industrial leases are typically longer-term, often running five to 10 years or more with built-in rent escalations. Multi-tenant retail carries shorter average lease terms but more diversified income across multiple tenants, which reduces single-tenant concentration risk. The right structure depends on whether an investor prioritizes income stability or income diversity.

Entry price and market access

Industrial assets in core logistics markets carry premium pricing, particularly for newer vintage Class A products. Retail offers more accessible entry points in secondary markets and suburban corridors where institutional capital has been slower to return. For investors working with a defined capital budget, the wider range of retail formats often provides more flexibility.

Portfolio diversification goals

Investors already holding one asset class may find the other provides meaningful diversification. Industrial and retail have different demand drivers, tenant profiles, and economic sensitivities. A portfolio that includes both benefits from that divergence across market cycles.

Local market dynamics

Neither asset class performs uniformly across geographies. An industrial opportunity in an oversupplied Sun Belt market looks very different from an industrial in a supply-constrained coastal infill location. Retail strength in a high-income suburban corridor bears little resemblance to the challenges facing a Class C mall in a softening trade area. Local knowledge is a prerequisite to asset class selection.

Working With Advisors Who Know Both

The investors who find the most value in either asset class are typically the ones who combine a clear investment thesis with advisors who understand local market dynamics at a granular level. Asset class fundamentals establish the case; local execution determines the outcome.

SVN® Commercial Real Estate Advisors bring specialized expertise across both industrial and retail property types, with national reach and local market knowledge across 200+ offices. Whether an investor is evaluating light industrial in an infill market, a grocery-anchored center in a high-growth suburb, or a mix of both, SVN Advisors leverage the collaborative strength of the Shared Value Network to surface opportunities, provide market intelligence, and support informed investment decisions from acquisition through disposition.

Connect with an SVN Advisor to explore current industrial and retail investment opportunities aligned with your portfolio objectives.

For investors re-entering the market or looking to expand existing portfolios, the question is not whether to invest — it is where, and through what approach. The investors gaining the most ground in this environment are not necessarily those with the deepest pockets. They are the ones with the broadest market intelligence and the strongest advisor relationships across multiple markets.

Cross-market collaboration has emerged as one of the defining commercial real estate investment strategies of 2026. Here is how it works, why it matters, and what it requires to execute well.

Why Cross-Market Investment Makes Sense Right Now

Two dynamics are shaping cross-market commercial real estate investment strategies this year.

First, opportunity is genuinely distributed. Unlike prior recovery cycles, where capital concentrated in a handful of gateway cities, the 2026 CRE rebound is playing out across secondary and tertiary markets as well. Investors limiting their search to familiar local geographies are operating with a smaller slice of a larger pie.

Second, geographic diversification has become a practical risk management tool, not just a portfolio theory concept. Markets vary significantly in how specific asset classes are performing.

Some examples:

• Industrial vacancy has peaked in some Sun Belt markets while remaining tight in others.
• Multifamily rent growth is flattening in high-supply metros while holding in undersupplied secondary cities.
• Retail is outperforming in areas where office occupancy has recovered, and lagging elsewhere.

An investor concentrated in a single market is exposed to those local dynamics with no offset. One with holdings across multiple regions is not.

What Cross-Market Collaboration Actually Requires

The concept of investing across state lines is straightforward. But when it comes to executing, several practical challenges tend to slow investors who try to pursue cross-market strategies without the right support structure in place.

Local market intelligence is not portable. Cap rates, tenant quality, absorption trends, and landlord leverage all vary by market and submarket. An investor with deep knowledge of industrial assets in the Midwest cannot assume those dynamics translate directly to the Southeast or Mountain West. Qualified local advisors who track those markets daily are not optional; they are the foundation of any credible cross-market strategy.

Deal flow varies by network, not just by market. The best opportunities in any market rarely surface through public listings first. They move through advisor relationships — owners considering a disposition, investors exploring a 1031 exchange, off-market listings shared within trusted brokerage networks before they reach broader exposure. Investors without access to those channels are competing on a narrower and typically more expensive set of options.

Transaction coordination across time zones and regulatory environments adds friction. Multi-market deals involve multiple local counsel relationships, varying due diligence norms, and advisors who may not communicate with each other unless they operate within a shared framework. Without a coordinating structure, cross-market transactions carry more execution risk than they should.

How a Collaborative Brokerage Network Changes the Equation

This is where the choice of advisory relationship matters as much as the investment thesis itself.

SVN® International’s Shared Value Network® model was built specifically around the dynamics that make cross-market investment work. With 200+ offices and more than 2,000 Advisors across the country, SVN operates as a genuinely connected network rather than a collection of independent offices under a common brand. SVN Advisors proactively share deal flow, market intelligence, and buyer and seller relationships across office lines. This is a structural distinction from traditional brokerage models, where information is held internally, and listings are guarded as competitive assets.

For an investor, the practical implication is direct. Working with an SVN Advisor in one market means access to vetted relationships and active deal flow across markets where SVN has a presence. The advisor in one city who knows an investor seeking industrial assets in a secondary market is connected to the advisor in that market who has off-market inventory. That connection happens through the network’s collaborative culture.

SVN’s platform spans a broad range of commercial property types, including industrial, multifamily, retail, office, healthcare, hospitality, self-storage, land, and single-tenant net lease. And each is supported by specialized advisors in that asset class. That depth matters for investors pursuing diversified cross-market portfolios, where asset class expertise and local market knowledge need to coexist in the same advisory relationship.

The network’s approach to market exposure also benefits investors on the sell side. As detailed in SVN’s analysis of commercial property marketing and exposure, proactive promotion through collaborative networks consistently outperforms restricted marketing for most commercial sellers. This principle applies whether an investor is acquiring or eventually disposing of an asset.

Building a Cross-Market Investment Strategy

Investors developing cross-market commercial real estate investment strategies for the first time benefit from treating the process as structured rather than opportunistic.

Start with a clear asset class focus. Cross-market strategies work best when investors have defined criteria — property type, hold period, return targets, tenant profile — that can be applied consistently across geographies rather than adjusted for each new market. Discipline in underwriting is harder to maintain when markets are unfamiliar, and a defined framework provides the anchor.

Prioritize markets where the fundamentals align with the thesis. If the focus is net lease retail, markets with strong consumer spending and limited new supply warrant attention regardless of geography. If the focus is multifamily, demographic trends and housing affordability data point to specific metros independent of where the investor is based. The analysis should drive the geography, not the other way around.

Build advisor relationships before deal flow is needed. The investors who access the best cross-market opportunities are typically the ones whose advisors know their criteria in advance. SVN’s Rethinking Commercial Real Estate Valuations in 2026 offers useful context on how valuation factors are evolving across markets, marking a starting point for calibrating cross-market underwriting assumptions.

The Competitive Advantage of Connected Networks

Cross-market investment is not inherently complex. It becomes complex when investors try to operate across geographies using advisory relationships that were not designed for it. This includes such factors as local brokers without national connections, siloed offices without shared deal flow, and networks that compete internally rather than collaborate.

The 2026 CRE market rewards investors who move with conviction and information. The right collaborative network does not just provide access to listings across markets. It provides the local expertise, deal flow transparency, and coordinated execution that turn a cross-market investment strategy from a concept into a competitive advantage.

Connect with an SVN Advisor to explore cross-market investment opportunities across asset classes and geographies.

Below, SVN® International walks you through what is driving this healthcare CRE trend and specifically the role ambulatory surgery centers play in the opportunities presented.

A Sector Built on Durable Fundamentals

The medical outpatient building (MOB) market enters 2026 with occupancy near decade-high levels, sitting at approximately 93% nationally. In many Sun Belt and high-growth markets, that figure climbs above 95%. Tenant retention has reached nearly 89% annually, which makes sense when you consider how costly and disruptive it is for a clinical practice to pick up and move.

The supply side tells an equally compelling story. New MOB construction completions are projected to fall another 26% in 2026, reaching the lowest level in over a decade. Qualified tenants are competing for a shrinking pool of available space, and rents are responding accordingly, trending toward historic highs across markets in the southern and western United States.

These are not speculative conditions. Healthcare employment continues to grow at roughly 2.8% annually, outpacing most sectors tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the demographic tailwinds behind that demand are not going away. By 2030, one in five Americans will be 65 or older. That aging population is generating sustained, predictable demand for outpatient services that no economic cycle is likely to reverse.

The Outpatient Shift: A Structural Change, Not a Trend

The more significant story within healthcare commercial real estate in 2026 is not simply MOB performance. It is where care is being delivered, and what that means for real estate investment strategy.

Over the past five years, outpatient revenue has grown 45% across the U.S. healthcare system, nearly triple the 16% growth recorded in inpatient services over the same period. Procedures once considered exclusively hospital-based, including total joint replacements, cardiac interventions, and spinal surgeries, are migrating rapidly into outpatient settings. For example, outpatient spine procedures alone have increased 193% over the past decade.

At the center of this migration are Ambulatory Surgery Centers. ASCs are purpose-built outpatient surgical facilities that allow patients to undergo procedures and return home the same day. They operate at meaningfully lower costs than hospital-based surgical suites, which has made them the preferred model for insurers, Medicare administrators, and value-based care frameworks across the country.

The U.S.-based ASC market was valued at over $40 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 6% through 2030. New federal reimbursement rules taking effect in 2026 expand the list of procedures approved for ASC settings, extending the runway for growth even further.

What the ASC Expansion Means for Real Estate Investors

For capital allocators active in healthcare commercial real estate, ASC growth translates into a specific and evolving set of real estate investment characteristics.

ASCs typically operate under long-term net leases, often 15 years or more, with rent escalation provisions built in. EBITDAR coverage ratios of 2.0x or greater are standard underwriting requirements, providing a meaningful buffer between operator performance and lease obligations. The specialized nature of the buildout, which can exceed $500 per square foot in surgical infrastructure, makes tenant relocation economically prohibitive and strengthens renewal probability considerably.

Suburban markets have emerged as the primary growth corridor for new ASC development, driven by favorable demographics, lower land and construction costs relative to urban cores, and patient preference for accessible, low-congestion care environments. Retail conversion and adaptive reuse are also creating new acquisition and development entry points, as vacant retail and flex space is repositioned into surgical facilities at lower cost than ground-up development.

Investors should also note the role of Certificate of Need (CON) laws in approximately 35 states. In CON-regulated markets, regulatory barriers to new supply provide meaningful downside protection for existing ASC assets, a structural characteristic that supports premium valuations and long-term occupancy.

The cap rate spread between ASCs and traditional MOBs has narrowed considerably as institutional capital has moved into the sector. Healthcare REITs, private equity platforms, and family offices are actively acquiring purpose-built ASC assets in suburban corridors, drawn by the combination of long-term lease stability, essential-service tenancy, and favorable demographic tailwinds.

Navigating Healthcare CRE Requires More Than Market Awareness

Healthcare commercial real estate rewards investors who understand not just the macro conditions, but the local market dynamics, tenant profiles, and regulatory environments that define asset performance. In a sector where occupancy is tight, new supply is limited, and specialized tenants drive long-term value, access to relationships and market intelligence matters as much as capital.

SVN® Advisors operating within an SVN Healthcare specialty practice bring both local expertise and the full reach of the SVN® Shared Value Network® to healthcare real estate transactions. The collaborative model that defines SVN, built on open sharing of listings, market data, and deal opportunities across 200+ offices nationwide, gives investors and healthcare operators exposure to opportunities that a siloed brokerage model simply cannot match.

For investors evaluating healthcare commercial real estate in 2026, the conditions are as favorable as they have been in years. The Advisors at SVN are ready to help identify, evaluate, and execute on those opportunities. Connect with an SVN Advisor today.

The good news is that commercial lease negotiation is, in fact, negotiation. Tenants who understand which clauses carry the most risk — and what reasonable protections look like — enter the process in a fundamentally stronger position. Below, SVN® International walks through three clauses that every tenant should prioritize before signing a commercial lease in 2026.

The Landscape: What Tenants Are Up Against

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) volatility of 2021 through 2023 left a mark on the commercial leasing market that has not fully faded. Landlords who locked in long-term leases during that period watched their operating costs outrun fixed rent structures. As a result, many standard lease templates today are written with aggressive escalation provisions, broader expense pass-throughs, and limited flexibility for tenants who need to adjust their footprint mid-term.

At the same time, construction costs, insurance premiums, and property taxes have all trended upward, and those increases find their way into Common Area Maintenance (CAM) charges that tenants are expected to absorb. Add in the economic uncertainty that makes long-term space commitments feel riskier than they once did, and it becomes clear why commercial lease negotiation deserves more strategic attention in 2026 than it might have a decade ago.

Clause 1: The Rent Escalation Cap

Rent escalations are a standard feature of virtually every commercial lease. The question is not whether rent will increase during the term, but how much and by what mechanism.

Leases typically use one of two escalation structures. Fixed escalations set a predetermined annual increase, often around 3% per year, providing predictability for both parties. CPI-indexed escalations tie annual increases to changes in the Consumer Price Index, which sounds reasonable until inflation spikes. For example, between January 2021 and January 2022, CPI for all consumers jumped from 1.4% to 7.5%. A tenant in a long-term lease with an uncapped CPI escalation had no protection against that kind of surge.

The protection to negotiate is a cap. For CPI-indexed leases, a ceiling of 3% to 4% annually keeps increases predictable regardless of broader inflation conditions. For fixed escalations, confirming that increases are non-compounding matters as well, since compounding structures accelerate cost growth significantly over a multi-year term.

Tenants should also pay attention to whether the escalation structure is cumulative or non-cumulative. A cumulative cap allows a landlord to bank unused escalation from a low-inflation year and apply it in a future year, which can produce sudden and unexpected rent increases. A non-cumulative cap limits increases to the agreed ceiling in each year, with no carryover. For tenants focused on budget predictability, non-cumulative is the structure worth pushing for.

Clause 2: The CAM Cap

Common Area Maintenance charges represent a tenant’s proportionate share of the costs required to operate and maintain shared areas of a property, including landscaping, parking lots, lighting, and building systems. In a well-structured lease, CAM charges are reasonable and predictable. In a poorly negotiated one, they become a growing and difficult-to-anticipate cost that erodes the economics of the original deal.

The most important protection here is a cap on controllable expenses. Controllable CAM items are those within the landlord’s reasonable management, as distinct from uncontrollable costs like property taxes and insurance. A standard CAM cap limits how much a landlord can increase controllable expenses year over year, typically somewhere in the range of 3% to 5% annually.

Like rent escalation, the cumulative vs. non-cumulative distinction matters significantly for CAM caps. A non-cumulative structure prevents landlords from rolling unused capacity from quiet years into future increases. Over a 10-year lease term, the difference between a cumulative and non-cumulative cap can add up to meaningful dollars.

A companion protection worth negotiating alongside the CAM cap is an audit right. This gives the tenant the right to inspect the landlord’s books and verify that operating expense charges are legitimate, accurately calculated, and properly allocated. Without this right, tenants are trusting numbers they have no ability to verify. With it, there is a practical accountability mechanism built into the lease.

Clause 3: The Termination or Contraction Option

The first two clauses protect against rising costs. This one protects against a future that does not unfold as planned.

A termination option gives a tenant the right to exit the lease before the natural expiration date, typically after a defined minimum period and with advance notice to the landlord. The option usually involves a termination fee, calculated as some combination of unamortized tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions. While the fee is real, having the option in place at all is the point. It transforms an otherwise inflexible long-term commitment into something with a defined exit path.

A contraction option is a lighter version of the same concept. Rather than exiting the lease entirely, a contraction right allows the tenant to reduce their occupied footprint by a defined amount, typically with a similar notice and fee structure. For businesses that expect growth but want protection against needing to scale back, a contraction option offers a middle path that avoids the all-or-nothing framing of a full termination clause.

The optimal time to negotiate either option is before the letter of intent is signed. Once the economic terms of a deal are set, landlords have less incentive to add tenant-friendly flexibility provisions. Raising the issue early, when the landlord is still competing for the tenant’s commitment, is when leverage is greatest.

Getting These Clauses Across the Finish Line

Knowing which clauses to prioritize is the starting point. Actually securing them in a signed lease requires market knowledge, negotiating experience, and an understanding of what comparable deals look like in a given market at a given moment in time.

SVN® Advisors work on behalf of tenants and occupiers through a dedicated tenant representation practice built on local expertise and the reach of the SVN® Shared Value Network®. Because SVN Advisors collaborate across 200+ offices nationwide rather than competing internally, tenants benefit from market intelligence and deal exposure that a single-market or siloed brokerage model simply cannot replicate. The result is sharper negotiating positions, better-informed decisions, and leases structured to protect the tenant’s interests over the full term.

Commercial lease negotiation in 2026 rewards preparation. Connect with an SVN Advisor today to make sure the right protections are in place before you sign.

Industrial property valuations increasingly reflect power capacity alongside physical building characteristics. Understanding these evolving dynamics requires recognizing how electrical infrastructure transforms acquisition evaluation and determines whether assets can serve realistic tenant demand.

Here, SVN® International provides context on these changes and how they can affect industrial commercial real estate opportunities.

The Power Shift: From Square Feet to Kilowatts

The most fundamental change in industrial commercial real estate is how properties are priced and leased, with electrical capacity becoming a primary value driver alongside square footage.

Data center pricing is now structured as dollars per kilowatt-month rather than per square foot. For example, colocation pricing moved from $120 per kilowatt-month in 2021 to $184 per kilowatt-month in 2024. This reflects electrical capacity as a scarce resource. Manufacturing facilities are increasingly evaluated on available power delivery rather than just floor area.

Site selection has transformed correspondingly. Speed to power is now the primary criterion, ranked above labor availability, which dominated for decades. Companies evaluate interconnection timelines alongside traditional metrics, with power availability determining which markets attract investment.

For investors, this means assessing electrical infrastructure as rigorously as building conditions. Properties with inadequate capacity face limited tenant pools, while sites with available power command premiums. Understanding how these factors affect valuations shapes acquisition positioning.

The Power Spectrum: Understanding Different Industrial Needs

Not all industrial properties require identical electrical infrastructure. Understanding these differences helps investors match assets to appropriate tenant types.

Traditional Warehouse and Distribution: Conventional operations require power for lighting, HVAC, dock equipment, and offices. While automation increases requirements beyond historical norms, these facilities remain manageable within existing grid infrastructure in most markets.

Advanced Manufacturing: Semiconductor facilities require 200 megawatts initially, scaling to 1,200 megawatts at buildout. EV battery plants and pharmaceutical manufacturing demand similar infrastructure. These facilities require unprecedented electricity while employing relatively small workforces, creating site selection centered on utility capacity rather than labor pools.

Data Centers: Hyperscale facilities demand 100-300 megawatts. By 2028, data centers could consume 6-12% of total U.S. electricity, up from 4% in 2023. Employment is minimal — often just dozens of people — compared to hundreds of megawatts, creating dramatically different investment profiles than traditional industrial.

Matching property power capacity to realistic tenant universes determines marketability. Overbuilding electrical infrastructure may not justify costs for conventional tenants, while underestimating power needs limits marketability to advanced manufacturers prioritizing electrical capacity delivery timelines.

Power Constraints Reshaping Market Dynamics

Electrical infrastructure limitations create divergent outcomes across industrial markets, with power availability determining development velocity and property values.

Interconnection timelines extend 5-10 years in constrained markets as aging infrastructure struggles with demand. Data centers, manufacturing reshoring, and transportation electrification compete simultaneously for limited capacity.

Markets diverge based on power availability. Texas markets (Dallas, Austin, San Antonio) attract development through available capacity. Arizona and New Mexico pursue transmission partnerships. Some markets face restrictions on power-intensive developments despite developer interest.

Developers respond by pursuing on-site power generation — combined heat and power systems, microgrids, battery storage — providing timeline certainty when interconnection queues extend years.

Acquisition due diligence now includes utility capacity assessments: transformer capacity, substation proximity, feeder availability, and local utility upgrade timelines. Properties with shovel-ready power infrastructure command premiums reflecting competitive advantage in constrained markets.

Evaluating Power Infrastructure: SVN’s Advisory Approach

Assessing electrical infrastructure requires local market intelligence and technical expertise beyond traditional square footage analysis.

Investors now evaluate available power capacity at sites. But local regulatory environments vary substantially, with some jurisdictions welcoming facilities bringing tax base expansion while others impose restrictions based on grid constraints.

SVN’s network across 225+ offices provides intelligence on local power availability that national databases cannot capture. Industrial specialists understand utility relationships and grid constraints in their regions, sharing insights on power-constrained and power-advantaged markets as conditions evolve.

Due diligence in 2026 includes traditional factors plus a comprehensive electrical infrastructure assessment. Properties marketed without electrical capacity documentation face valuation uncertainty as buyers cannot determine tenant limitations without independent utility assessments.

Strategic Positioning for 2026

Industrial commercial real estate fundamentals remain important as location, building quality, and transportation access still drive valuations. Power infrastructure has joined these as an equal consideration. Some properties succeed with conventional electrical capacity serving traditional tenants, while others require infrastructure rivaling small cities for advanced manufacturing and data centers.

Investors benefit from advisors who understand both traditional metrics and emerging power dynamics. As electrical constraints reshape markets, local intelligence on power availability provides a competitive advantage in identifying well-positioned properties. Whether evaluating warehouses, manufacturing facilities, or data centers, understanding electrical capacity alongside square footage determines outcomes.

Connect with SVN’s industrial specialists to discuss how power infrastructure affects your acquisition strategy.

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Below, SVN® International walks you through what is driving these NNN trends in 2026 and what to consider as you deliberate on taking advantage of the opportunities presented.

What Connects Healthcare and Technology Infrastructure

Both sectors share characteristics, making them compelling despite serving different investment scales.

Mission-Critical Services Create Recession Resistance: Healthcare and technology infrastructure stand out as particularly resilient because they serve essential rather than discretionary needs. People require medical care regardless of economic conditions, while data centers, cell towers, and edge facilities power communications, financial systems, and AI applications, or economies that cannot be reduced during downturns.

Specialized Buildouts Generate Tenant Commitment: Healthcare facilities require exam rooms, imaging equipment, laboratory spaces, and medical-grade systems costing millions. Data centers need massive power infrastructure, sophisticated cooling, and redundant connectivity. These capital-intensive improvements make relocation economically prohibitive, creating “stickiness” that protects investors from vacancy risk conventional retail faces.

Strong Credit Profiles Reduce Risk: Healthcare tenants include hospital systems, urgent care networks, and pharmacy chains with investment-grade ratings. Technology tenants feature hyperscalers like Google and Microsoft (rated AA+) and major telecommunications providers. This credit quality exceeds traditional retail NNN properties.

Long Leases With Escalations: Both sectors feature 10-25 year terms as tenants amortize specialized investments across extended periods. Annual escalations (1-3% fixed or CPI-indexed) provide inflation protection while creating predictable cash flows resembling bonds with growth components.

Healthcare NNN: Individual Investor Opportunities

Healthcare properties offer accessible entry points for individual investors through urgent care clinics, medical office buildings, and specialty facilities.

Demographic Tailwinds: The aging population drives higher healthcare demand as the 65-and-older segment expands rapidly. This cohort requires more urgent care, specialist consultations, diagnostic imaging, and outpatient procedures, creating multi-decade structural demand independent of economic cycles.

Healthcare-Specific Advantages: Urgent care centers feature 10-15 year leases with $2-5 million property values accessible through direct ownership or 1031 exchanges. Medical office buildings adjacent to hospitals benefit from patient relationships, creating retention beyond retail patterns. Specialty facilities like dialysis and imaging centers require equipment costing millions installed specifically for locations. Dialysis patients visit multiple times per month, while imaging centers invest in MRI and CT scanners that make relocation exceptionally costly.

Investment Accessibility: Unlike technology infrastructure, where individual opportunities are limited, healthcare properties exist across scales manageable for individual investors and family offices. Regional providers in secondary markets create opportunities where local knowledge provides sourcing advantages. Understanding the pros and pitfalls of NNN investments remains essential as tenant financial health and lease structures still materially affect outcomes.

Technology Infrastructure: Individual to Institutional Scale

Technology infrastructure spans wider investment scales, from cell tower ground leases accessible to smaller investors through established structures, to hyperscale campuses representing institutional commitments.

AI and Edge Computing Drivers: AI inference workloads serving end users require geographically distributed facilities near population centers for low-latency responses, creating opportunities from hyperscale regional data centers to smaller edge facilities supporting autonomous vehicles and smart city applications.

Triple net structures have become standard for data center development as tenants must control sophisticated power systems, cooling technologies, and networking equipment that landlords cannot practically maintain.

Investment Scales: Individual investors access cell tower ground leases providing stable income from AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile through 20-30 year terms without requiring technology expertise. Small cell and distributed antenna systems supporting 5G create additional ground lease opportunities as carriers densify coverage.

Institutional opportunities include hyperscale data centers with 15-year NNN leases valued in billions backed by companies like Google, requiring hundreds of megawatts and costing hundreds of millions to construct. Edge computing facilities serving regional AI workloads fall between cell towers and hyperscale campuses, with 10-20 year terms and “hell-or-high-water” payment provisions.

Investors must match capital scale and expertise to appropriate asset types rather than treating technology infrastructure as monolithic.

SVN’s Advisory Approach Serves Investing in NNN Properties

Healthcare requires understanding local demographics, competitive provider landscapes, and regulatory environments. Technology infrastructure involves assessing power grid capacity, fiber connectivity, and tenant technical requirements not immediately obvious.

SVN’s collaborative network across 225+ offices provides market intelligence as opportunities develop. Healthcare specialists understand demographic trends and regulatory factors, while technology advisors track data center developments and telecommunications investments. The advisory value lies in matching investor sophistication and capital scale to appropriate opportunities. Individual investors benefit from guidance on medical provider financial health and lease structure nuances, while institutional capital requires expertise around data center operations and technology trends affecting obsolescence risk.

Not every emerging sector suits every investor profile. Evolving valuation approaches for specialized properties add complexity that experienced guidance navigates effectively.

Positioning Portfolios for Structural Trends

Traditional NNN sectors remain solid foundations, while healthcare and technology infrastructure represent evolution rather than replacement. Demographics and AI create long-term structural demand extending beyond economic cycles. Common characteristics — essential services, long leases, specialized facilities, strong credit — make both compelling despite accessibility differences. Understanding how demographic trends and technological forces create sustainable demand improves decision-making, whether evaluating urgent care facilities or institutional technology infrastructure.

Connect with SVN’s NNN specialists to discuss how these opportunities align with your investment objectives.

Now entering its 11th year in the Pittsburgh market, SVN | Three Rivers Commercial Advisors has consistently strengthened its sales and leasing market share in the Pittsburgh market. The firm recently ranked 4th nationally out of more than 200 SVN offices, underscoring its strong performance and momentum. Managing Directors and founders Jason Campagna and Keane George remain committed to delivering best-in-class service and results for clients across the commercial real estate landscape.

“Downtown Pittsburgh has always been central to who we are and how we do business,” said Campagna. “This relocation allows us to grow strategically while reaffirming our commitment to the city, our clients, and the continued vitality of the downtown business district. 20 Stanwix Street offers the quality amenities our Advisors and staff value and supports a strong, collaborative office presence.”

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Yet this approach carries a fundamental trade-off: privacy versus maximum value. For most sellers pursuing commercial property for sale in the USA, the limitations of restricted exposure typically outweigh the benefits of confidentiality. Maximum market reach through collaborative networks consistently delivers higher prices, better terms, and more qualified buyer competition than private marketing restricted to single-agent networks.

Understanding when pocket listings make strategic sense, and when they leave money on the table, helps sellers make informed decisions aligned with their actual objectives rather than perceived advantages. Today, SVN® International takes you through the pros and cons of pocket listings.

What Are Pocket Listings in Commercial Real Estate?

Pocket listings, also called off-market or exclusive listings, are commercial properties marketed privately without appearing on public platforms like CoStar, LoopNet, or regional Multiple Listing Services. Instead, the listing agent shares opportunities selectively within their personal network, brokerage colleagues, or hand-selected buyer relationships.

In commercial real estate, sellers sometimes choose this approach for corporate confidentiality during portfolio repositioning, to test market interest before full launches, or when dealing with sensitive family transitions. The approach offers control over who learns about the sale and limits public exposure during potentially complex situations.

The core trade-off is clear: sellers gain privacy and discretion but sacrifice the competitive dynamics that typically drive commercial property values higher. Whether this exchange serves the seller’s interests depends entirely on the specific circumstances and priorities.

When Pocket Listings Make Strategic Sense

Pocket listings serve legitimate purposes in specific scenarios, though these situations represent a minority of commercial property transactions:

Confidentiality Requirements: Corporate relocations, downsizing initiatives, or portfolio restructuring often require discretion before public announcements.

Testing Market Interest: Some sellers want preliminary feedback on pricing or buyer appetite before committing to full marketing campaigns. Quiet outreach to select prospects can provide valuable market intelligence that informs eventual broader marketing strategies.

Identified Buyer Situations: When sellers already have interested parties or specific buyer relationships in development, formalizing transactions through pocket listings can streamline processes that don’t require competitive bidding.

Unique Circumstances: Family estate transitions, partnership dissolutions, or other private matters sometimes benefit from limited public exposure while preserving relationships and minimizing external scrutiny.

These scenarios share common characteristics: specific confidentiality needs, unique relationship dynamics, or circumstances where traditional marketing advantages don’t apply. For the majority of commercial property sellers, however, these conditions don’t exist.

The Three Limitations of Pocket Listings

Pocket listings potentially limit their value generation primarily through three factors:

• Limited buyer pool reduces pricing power
• Reduced competition weakens negotiating terms
• Lack of market validation creates pricing uncertainty

When properties reach only one agent’s network rather than the entire commercial real estate market, qualified buyers simply never learn that opportunities exist. Research indicates that off-market properties typically sell below comparable properties marketed through broader channels, representing substantial value left on the table.

Beyond pricing, single offers or limited competition fundamentally change negotiation dynamics, allowing buyers to negotiate more favorable contingencies, extended due diligence periods, and lower earnest money deposits. Finally, pocket listings provide no market validation. Sellers accepting single offers never know whether that price represents fair market value or a discount buyers captured through lack of competition.

The SVN Advantage: Maximum Exposure Through Collaboration

SVN’s Shared Value Network® model was designed specifically to overcome the limitations inherent in restricted marketing approaches. Rather than limiting property exposure to single-agent networks, SVN’s collaborative culture actively expands reach to create maximum buyer competition and optimal seller outcomes.

1. Broader Buyer Pool Drives Higher Prices

With 225+ offices across the United States and 2,000+ commercial real estate Advisors, SVN creates unmatched buyer access for commercial properties. But SVN’s reach extends beyond internal networks; the firm’s fee-sharing philosophy incentivizes proactive cooperation with the entire commercial brokerage community, not just SVN offices.

National reach combined with local expertise creates bidding environments where multiple buyer types compete, driving prices beyond what restricted marketing could achieve.

2. Competitive Bidding Improves Terms Beyond Price

Multiple qualified offers create natural competitive dynamics that benefit sellers across all transaction elements. When buyers know others are evaluating the same property, they bring their strongest positions on price, contingencies, earnest money, due diligence timelines, and closing flexibility.

Competitive environments routinely produce best-and-final scenarios where buyers sharpen offers to outposition alternatives. Sellers gain leverage to negotiate favorable terms on elements beyond price — shorter contingency periods, higher earnest money deposits, cleaner transaction structures, and faster closings.

3. National Network Advantage Creates Cross-Market Opportunities

SVN’s collaborative model exposes properties to buyer pools that traditional brokerage structures miss entirely. The 2,000+ Advisors aren’t competitors hoarding listings; they’re collaborators sharing opportunities and connecting buyers to properties across markets and asset classes.

This network effect identifies buyers that other approaches overlook. The advisor in Phoenix knows an institutional client expanding into secondary markets. The team in Atlanta has relationships with 1031 exchange buyers seeking specific property types. The office in Denver works with family offices diversifying portfolios nationally. These cross-market connections happen through collaboration, not competition.

Making the Strategic Choice

Pocket listings serve specific, limited scenarios where confidentiality requirements genuinely outweigh financial optimization or unique circumstances make competitive marketing inappropriate. These situations exist, and recognizing them demonstrates strategic sophistication rather than one-size-fits-all thinking.

For the vast majority of commercial property sellers, however, maximum market exposure through collaborative networks delivers measurably better outcomes. SVN’s collaborative model expands seller options through systematic cooperation that benefits all parties. The question for sellers isn’t whether their property deserves privacy or exposure, but whether they’re working with advisors who understand how to deliver optimal outcomes regardless of approach.

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Pocket listings have their place in commercial real estate for specific situations requiring genuine confidentiality or serving unique circumstances. For most sellers pursuing commercial property for sale in the USA, collaborative exposure through networks designed for maximum reach consistently outperforms restricted marketing.

Connect with SVN’s commercial real estate specialists to discuss your property sale objectives and explore how maximum market exposure through collaborative networks can deliver the outcomes your investment deserves.

Consider two Class A office buildings in the same submarket. Similar construction quality, comparable locations, nearly identical asking rents. Yet one commands consistent premiums and maintains high occupancy while the other struggles with tenant retention and requires aggressive concessions. It’s part of a changing dynamic impacting commercial real estate valuations.

The difference isn’t physical; it’s how people actually use the space and the experiences the properties deliver. Traditional commercial real estate valuations remain grounded in fundamental metrics: net operating income, capitalization rates, cash flow projections, and price per square foot. These foundational measures haven’t disappeared and won’t.

What’s changed in 2026 is that forward-thinking investors, appraisers, and advisors increasingly factor in how effectively properties support human experience, productivity, and engagement. People-centric metrics don’t replace financial analysis, but they do help explain why assets with similar traditional profiles perform dramatically differently over time. Here, SVN® International provides an understanding of this evolution and how it helps commercial real estate professionals serve clients.

Why People-Centric Metrics Emerged

The shift toward people-centric valuation factors accelerated as hybrid work models normalized occupancy patterns and fundamentally changed how tenants evaluate space. Organizations no longer simply need square footage; they need environments that attract talent, support productivity, and justify employees choosing in-person work over remote alternatives.

Tenants became choosier about where employees work, evaluating properties not just on location and price but on how spaces support collaboration, wellbeing, and business outcomes. Capital followed this shift, with investors growing more selective about assets demonstrating sustainable demand rather than just current occupancy.

The result is a market where buildings are increasingly valued less on what they are and more on how well they’re used. Properties delivering superior occupant experiences command premiums and maintain stability. Those falling short face higher vacancy risk, increased capital requirements, and compressed valuations regardless of traditional quality indicators.

What People-Centric Metrics Measure

People-centric metrics evaluate how human experience, behavior, and engagement within properties contribute to asset performance, not merely how much revenue spaces generate. These measures reflect commercial real estate’s evolution into part of broader business ecosystems rather than purely financial holdings.

Occupancy & Utilization Metrics

These indicators reveal who actually uses space and how effectively different zones perform. Occupancy rates measure the percentage of available space being used over time, while space utilization rates track how effectively specific areas serve their intended purposes. Peak utilization data identifies crowding or underuse during the busiest periods.

Experience & Engagement Metrics

These factors assess how occupants feel about and interact with properties. Employee satisfaction scores measure contentment with space environments and services. Wellbeing indicators track ratings of air quality, comfort, natural light availability, and wellness features. Amenity usage data reveals how frequently occupants utilize communal services like cafés, fitness centers, or outdoor spaces.

Wellbeing & Health Metrics

Properties now demonstrably influence physical and psychological health, affecting overall organizational performance. Indoor Environmental Quality measures encompass air quality, natural lighting, acoustic control, and temperature management. Safety and comfort scores capture occupant perceptions of building security and physical comfort.

Strategic People Outcomes

The most sophisticated metrics directly link real estate to organizational performance goals. Talent attraction and retention impact measurements correlate location, amenities, and workspace design with employee turnover rates. Cross-functional alignment assessments evaluate how properties support broader HR, IT, and operations objectives — such as hybrid work policy success or collaboration effectiveness.

How People-Centric Metrics Influence Valuations

The mathematics of commercial real estate valuation hasn’t changed. Net operating income calculations, capitalization rates, and discounted cash flow models remain the foundation of property assessment. What has transformed is how aggressively or conservatively key inputs within those formulas are set, and people-centric data increasingly informs those critical assumptions.

Lease-Up & Vacancy Assumptions: Properties with strong utilization data and positive occupant experience metrics are underwritten with shorter downtime assumptions between tenants, higher renewal probability, and lower frictional vacancy projections. This creates divergent valuations between similar assets; the same building size and market rents, but different risk profiles based on how effectively properties serve occupants.

Rent Premium Justification: Occupant engagement scores, wellness metrics, and location convenience data increasingly support sustainable rent premiums rather than speculative ones. Strong people-centric performance helps distinguish commodity Class A space from experience-driven properties, particularly important in office and mixed-use assets where headline rents don’t tell complete stories about positioning.

Tenant Retention & Cash Flow Stability: High amenity adoption rates and positive occupant experience scores translate directly into higher assumed renewal rates within valuation models. Appraisers increasingly assert that buildings with strong people-centric performance feature stickier income streams, facing lower assumptions about future tenant turnover costs and vacancy periods.

Cap Rate Adjustments: People-centric data influences perceived obsolescence risk and functional competitiveness. Assets demonstrating strong people-performance metrics may justify slightly lower capitalization rates because they present reduced risk of becoming functionally obsolete as workplace preferences evolve. Conversely, properties lacking compelling utilization data face higher risk premiums, particularly relevant for office but increasingly affecting life science facilities, medical office buildings, and retail assets.

What This Means for Commercial Real Estate Advisors

Understanding people-centric metrics helps advisors guide clients through market dynamics where identical buildings perform dramatically differently based on how effectively they serve occupants. Properties demonstrating strong utilization data, occupant satisfaction, and amenity engagement command premiums and face lower perceived risk, while those without such evidence confront compressed valuations and elevated capital requirement assumptions.

SVN’s collaborative network across 225+ offices provides market intelligence on these evolving trends across asset classes and geographic markets. The advisory opportunity lies in helping clients understand that people-centric data doesn’t create value independently — it reveals why certain properties sustain performance while similar assets struggle, insight that proves valuable whether acquiring assets, repositioning portfolios, or making capital improvement decisions.

The Evolution Continues

People-centric metrics don’t replace traditional commercial real estate valuation fundamentals — they make those fundamentals more accurate by reducing uncertainty around future cash flows. The mathematics remain unchanged; what’s evolved is recognition that how people use and experience properties materially affects the confidence with which key assumptions can be set.

Commercial real estate advisors who understand this evolution and can help clients evaluate properties through both traditional financial metrics and people-centric performance indicators deliver more complete guidance for navigating markets where human experience drives long-term value as significantly as lease terms and operating efficiency.

Connect with SVN’s commercial real estate specialists to discuss how evolving valuation approaches affect your investment strategy and property portfolio in markets where occupant experience increasingly drives asset performance.

Romania commercial real estate markets offer emerging opportunities for investors seeking growth potential in Central and Eastern European markets. SVN | Romania consists of multiple specialty practices including condominium sales, multifamily, residential, land sales, research and valuation, credit and financial solutions, and property management.

Our team has more than 12 years of combined experience in the market, along with a proven record of success, hands-on experience, and superior knowledge within our asset classes. We pride ourselves on our hands-on approach, as we are involved with our clients from the first meeting through closing the deal and then continuing the relationship by managing day-to-day operations if requested.

Extensive Team Covers Romania Commercial Real Estate

SVN | Romania’s team structure consists of 131 employees and brokers organized to deliver comprehensive commercial real estate services:

• Top Management (2) providing strategic leadership and market direction
• Project Managers (7) overseeing transaction execution and client relationships
• Marketing Specialists (8) ensuring maximum property exposure and positioning
• Residential and Commercial Brokers (30) delivering transaction expertise across property types
• Condominium Sales Consultants (41) specializing in residential development sales
• Credit Specialists (7) facilitating financing solutions and capital access
• Research and Valuation (4) providing market intelligence and property valuations
• Property Management and REO Services (24) delivering ongoing asset oversight
• Administrative Staff (8) supporting operations and client service

Leadership Team

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Andrei Sarbu

CEO, SVN | Romania

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Visit svn.ro to explore current property opportunities in Romania, learn more about our services, and connect with our Romanian team to discuss your commercial real estate objectives in Romanian markets.

Canada commercial real estate markets offer stable, transparent investment environments with strong fundamentals across major metropolitan areas. Our Canadian SVN-affiliated offices located in Edmonton, Montreal, Quebec City, and Toronto provide comprehensive commercial real estate services across all asset classes, from large institutional portfolios to smaller private investments.

This integrated investor platform enables our trusted, tenured Advisors to seamlessly collaborate and mobilize to help clients connect to local, regional, national, and international opportunities. Whether you’re investing in multifamily, office, industrial, retail, or specialty property types, SVN’s Canadian presence delivers the local expertise and collaborative network that successful transactions require.

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John M. Faratro

President, CEO, Quebec Commercial Inc.

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Connect with our Canadian Advisors to discuss your commercial real estate objectives in Canadian markets and explore how SVN’s collaborative network can support your investment, leasing, or development goals across Canada.

International commercial real estate markets offer compelling opportunities for investors, occupiers, and developers seeking portfolio diversification and access to emerging growth markets. In today’s increasingly interconnected CRE landscape, international coverage enables investors to follow global capital flows, pursue opportunities across borders, and build diversified portfolios that aren’t limited to a single market or economy.

SVN® International has expanded beyond the United States, bringing our collaborative culture, proven services, and commitment to creating value to strategic markets worldwide. This international presence allows us to help clients navigate cross-border transactions, connect with qualified buyers and tenants globally, and access opportunities that single-market firms simply cannot provide — all while maintaining the trusted local expertise that successful transactions require.

Our international offices operate with the same principles that guide SVN domestically: proactive cooperation, transparency, and placing client interests first. Whether you’re a U.S.-based investor exploring international opportunities or an international client seeking access to U.S. commercial real estate markets, SVN’s global network provides the local market knowledge and trusted relationships that successful cross-border transactions require.

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Romania

Explore commercial real estate opportunities in Romania through SVN Advisors who understand local market dynamics, regulatory requirements, and the investment landscape.

Canada

SVN’s Canadian presence provides access to commercial real estate services across Canadian markets, delivering local expertise with the backing of SVN’s international network.

Australia

SVN’s Australian offices deliver comprehensive commercial real estate services across office, industrial, retail, and specialty properties in key Australian markets.

Australia commercial real estate markets offer compelling opportunities for domestic and international investors seeking quality assets in stable, transparent markets. SVN | Australia operates from our centrally located Perth head office, delivering comprehensive commercial management, sales, and leasing services across office, industrial, retail, and specialty property types.

The team at SVN | Australia is ideally equipped to offer services that extend well beyond basic sales, leasing, and management transactions. Our company has been built on a model that factors professionalism and service delivery as the priority, continually exceeding the expectations of the most discerning investors, buyers, and sellers operating in Australian commercial real estate markets.

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Joseph Rapanaro

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Gianni Redolatti

Managing Director

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Visit svn.com.au to explore current property opportunities, learn more about our services, and connect with our Australian team to discuss your commercial real estate objectives in Australia.

Commercial property auction methods have evolved beyond distressed asset sales to become strategic marketing tools for all property types. The auction approach delivers compressed timelines, competitive bidding environments, and certainty of execution that traditional listing processes often cannot match — whether through live on-site events, sealed bid competitions, or advanced online platforms reaching global buyer audiences.

SVN Auction Services stands recognized nationwide for its unique ability to assess, negotiate, and structure business solutions across multiple auction platforms. Our team brings extensive commercial real estate expertise combined with successful auction experience across industrial, office, retail, multifamily, and specialty asset classes.

What distinguishes SVN’s auction approach is strategic platform selection. Live on-site auctions create urgency and competitive energy ideal for unique properties or local buyer pools. Sealed bid auctions provide confidentiality while generating competitive offers. Online auctions leverage technology to reach national and international buyers, offering convenience and extended bidding periods that maximize participation. Our auction specialists recommend the platform best suited to each property’s characteristics, market conditions, and seller objectives.

The commercial property auction method has seen significant growth as sellers recognize advantages beyond speed: transparent market-based pricing, reduced carrying costs, elimination of prolonged negotiations, and the certainty that comes with non-contingent sales. Online auction technology particularly transforms commercial transactions, enabling buyers to research properties, conduct due diligence, bid, and purchase investment properties from anywhere.

SVN Auction Services provides online technology to all SVN offices nationwide, harnessing bidding platform power for every office across the country. Whether buying or selling, our auction expertise protects your interests throughout the accelerated transaction process.

Marinas for sale represent highly specialized assets where waterfront location, operational infrastructure, regulatory compliance, and marine business dynamics converge. Unlike traditional commercial real estate properties, marina valuations depend on slip counts and configurations, fuel dock operations, dry storage capacity, marine service facilities, environmental permits, and the operational expertise required to run successful marine businesses.

SVN® International contains marina specialists who understand marina and marine business real estate as distinct asset classes with specific risk-return characteristics. Our Advisors bring the knowledge, contacts, and strategic marketing resources required to successfully acquire and divest specialty marine properties, including full-service marinas, yacht clubs, boat storage facilities, marine repair operations, and waterfront mixed-use developments incorporating marina components.

Success in marketing marinas for sale requires reaching the right buyer universe — not just traditional real estate investors, but marine industry operators, strategic acquirers seeking market entry or expansion, lifestyle buyers pursuing waterfront businesses, and institutional groups recognizing marinas as alternative investment opportunities. SVN’s Advisors know how to position marine assets for each buyer type, crafting marketing strategies that highlight operational performance, location advantages, expansion potential, and lifestyle appeal.

Our marina team analyzes and underwrites properties based on marine-specific metrics: slip occupancy and rental rates, transient versus seasonal revenue mix, fuel sales and margins, marine service income, dry storage utilization, and the capital improvements that protect and enhance marina values. This operational perspective, combined with SVN’s network of offices in key waterfront markets, ensures marinas for sale receive comprehensive exposure to qualified buyers.

Ready to learn more about SVN or join our collaborative network? Start a conversation with our team today.

Resorts for sale represent a unique intersection of real estate investment and lifestyle business operations. Golf courses, destination resorts, ski facilities, and mixed-use recreational properties require comprehensive evaluation beyond standard commercial metrics. Operational performance, capital improvement needs, environmental considerations, membership dynamics, and seasonal revenue patterns all influence resort real estate values.

At SVN® International, our golf and resort Advisors bring expertise in both real estate fundamentals and hospitality operations. Our Advisors understand how to evaluate resorts for sale based on location appeal, facility condition, competitive positioning, revenue diversification, and the operational metrics that institutional buyers and lifestyle investors analyze. From championship golf courses to boutique mountain resorts and lakefront recreational communities, we craft clear, marketable stories reflecting each property’s unique characteristics and future potential.

SVN’s team evaluates course conditions and maintenance requirements, analyzes food and beverage operations, assesses membership structures and retention, reviews capital improvement histories, and understands regulatory and environmental factors specific to recreational properties. This comprehensive approach helps buyers and sellers navigate complex transactions with confidence.

Golf and lifestyle resorts increasingly attract investor attention from both lifestyle buyers seeking legacy properties and institutional groups recognizing resort real estate as a distinct investment category with specific risk-return characteristics. SVN’s Advisors deliver local market insight and broad national network reach through our offices positioned across key resort markets.

Our golf and resort team serves multi-market needs through single points of contact, providing the specialized knowledge these unique properties require while leveraging SVN’s collaborative network for maximum market exposure. Start a conversation with SVN today to learn how we empower your real estate efforts.

SFR portfolio investments represent an emerging asset class combining residential housing fundamentals with institutional-grade investment strategies. Single-family rental and build-for-rent portfolios offer attractive risk-adjusted returns, strong cash flow potential, demographic tailwinds from renter households, and multiple exit strategies, including portfolio sales, individual dispositions, or conversion to homeownership communities.

SVN® International is proud to lead the way in this area. SVN | SFRhub Marketplace stands as the industry’s only fully integrated single-family residential and build-for-rent transaction platform. We combine national brokerage reach through SVN’s offices with proprietary verified data and institutional-grade underwriting specifically designed for portfolios of five or more homes — a scale where traditional residential approaches fail and commercial expertise becomes essential.

Our platform operates as the first digital commercial real estate marketplace purpose-built for SFR and BFR data, research, and valuation. SFRhub delivers one of the industry’s largest pipelines with access to over one million CRE investors and approximately 500,000 specialized SFR portfolio investors, a reach that individual brokers and traditional residential platforms simply cannot match.

What differentiates SVN’s SFR portfolio approach is our data-first, technology-enabled methodology powered by the Advanced SFR Scrub Report™. Our team brings proven expertise across 500,000+ SFR and 150,000+ BFR homes, offering integrated buy/sell/finance/insure/manage capabilities that streamline portfolio transactions. Category leadership established through 25+ exclusive national conference sponsorships ensures SVN | SFRhub maintains direct relationships with the most active portfolio buyers and institutional capital sources.

SVN’s specialized Advisors deliver the data transparency, market access, and transaction expertise that SFR portfolio investments require. Want to learn more about the SVN difference? Contact our team for more information.

Self-storage commercial real estate stands apart as a resilient asset class delivering stable cash flow, strong occupancy rates, and consistent investor demand across economic cycles. Performance is driven by location and visibility, management quality, unit mix strategy, dynamic pricing capabilities, and flexible operating models ranging from traditional drive-up facilities to multi-story climate-controlled assets in urban markets.

SVN® International distinguishes itself through a deep bench of specialized self-storage Advisors guided by exceptional National Council Co-Chairs whose operational insight and industry credibility elevate the entire platform. Our team brings real-world experience in self-storage operations, revenue management, and the specific factors that differentiate high-performing facilities from underperforming assets. These insights prove invaluable during acquisitions, dispositions, and property management transitions.

What sets SVN’s approach apart is our national data-driven methodology combined with fully transparent cooperation. We share market intelligence, pricing data, and buyer relationships across our entire network, ensuring self-storage properties receive maximum exposure to qualified investors, including institutional REITs, regional operators, and individual investors seeking storage assets. This collaboration delivers superior market intelligence, accelerated exposure, and optimized value.

Whether you’re evaluating climate-controlled facilities in high-density urban locations, traditional drive-up properties in secondary markets, or conversion opportunities from retail or industrial uses, SVN’s self-storage specialists understand the operational metrics, market positioning, and revenue management strategies that impact investment returns. Our Advisors serve buyers seeking stabilized assets or value-add opportunities, and sellers preparing facilities for maximum market appeal.

From rural outdoor properties to newly constructed climate-controlled facilities, SVN creates efficient markets through our nationwide network of offices that maximize values for every self-storage asset. Connect with the SVN team to learn more.

Restaurant real estate represents a specialized niche where location, visibility, and operational characteristics often matter more than traditional commercial real estate metrics. Success requires understanding food service operations, local market demographics, traffic patterns, parking adequacy, kitchen infrastructure, and the unique lease considerations that restaurants demand — from extended operating hours to percentage rent structures.

At SVN® International, our restaurant real estate experts bring comprehensive knowledge of what makes restaurant locations succeed. Our Advisors evaluate sites based on factors critical to food service: daily traffic counts, household income demographics, competitive density, ease of access, parking ratios, and visibility from primary thoroughfares. This operational perspective helps investors, restaurateurs, and landlords make informed decisions about acquisitions, dispositions, and lease negotiations.

Restaurant real estate encompasses diverse opportunities: freestanding quick-service locations with drive-throughs, casual dining in shopping centers, fine dining in urban districts, and adaptive reuse of existing restaurants. SVN’s commercial real estate Advisors help buyers identify properties with strong fundamentals, assist sellers in preparing restaurant businesses and real estate for sale, and guide operators through site selection processes that position new concepts for success.

Our Advisors understand franchise requirements, build-out costs, permitting challenges, and the lease terms that align landlord and tenant interests. Combined with SVN’s collaborative network of offices nationwide, SVN ensures your restaurant real estate transaction benefits from both food service industry knowledge and comprehensive market reach.

Connect with our team to learn more about SVN and how we empower commercial estate.

Commercial property management companies differentiate themselves through operational excellence, financial transparency, and the ability to protect and enhance asset value over time. Multifamily, office, retail, and industrial properties each require consistent oversight to maintain occupancy, control expenses, ensure building system compliance, and execute capital planning that preserves long-term value.

At SVN® International, our property management approach combines national resources and best practices with hyper-local market expertise. Our teams understand that effective property management extends beyond rent collection and maintenance requests; it requires proactive tenant relations, strategic expense management, preventive maintenance programs, and the market intelligence to optimize rental rates and lease terms that maximize net operating income.

What distinguishes SVN among commercial property management companies is our culture of accountability, responsiveness, and collaboration. Property owners receive clear, comprehensive reporting on financial performance, occupancy trends, maintenance activities, and capital needs. Tenants benefit from responsive service and well-maintained properties. This dual focus ensures assets perform optimally while maintaining the tenant satisfaction that drives retention and stable cash flow.

Whether you own stabilized commercial real estate properties requiring professional oversight, value-add assets needing strategic repositioning, or specialty properties demanding sector-specific expertise, SVN’s property management platform delivers the sophistication of institutional operators with the agility and personal attention of a boutique team.

Our property managers serve as strategic partners, not just service providers, while offering counsel on capital improvements, lease renewals, tenant retention strategies, and operational efficiencies that directly impact property values and investment returns. Connect with SVN Advisors in your market to discuss how our property management services can enhance your asset performance.

Interested in learning more about SVN or joining our network? Contact our team today.

Healthcare real estate brokers must navigate one of commercial real estate’s most complex and regulated sectors. Medical offices, life sciences facilities, and senior housing each present unique challenges, like strict building codes, specialized infrastructure requirements, complex lease structures, and regulatory compliance considerations that standard commercial real estate Advisors may not fully understand.

At SVN® International, our healthcare specialists bring more than transaction experience; they possess actual operational knowledge across healthcare property types. This expertise proves invaluable when evaluating medical office buildings requiring specific HVAC systems and imaging equipment support, life sciences facilities needing specialized labs and clean rooms, or senior housing properties balancing real estate investment with operational service delivery.

The healthcare sector offers investors compelling advantages: stability through essential services, strong tenant retention driven by practice establishment and patient relationships, and recession resilience as healthcare demand remains consistent across economic cycles. Whether you’re a physician group seeking expansion space, a healthcare system evaluating properties for acquisition, or an investor pursuing medical real estate for portfolio diversification, SVN delivers sector-specific intelligence.

Our healthcare real estate brokers serve as more than transaction facilitators; they provide strategic counsel on site selection, lease structures, tenant mix considerations, and the evolving healthcare delivery models influencing property management and investment strategies. From on-campus medical office buildings to off-campus outpatient centers, assisted living facilities, and specialized treatment centers, SVN’s network of offices delivers comprehensive services, including acquisition and disposition, leasing, corporate services, and strategic advisory.

SVN efficiently leverages healthcare industry expertise with local market knowledge to help stakeholders assess options and execute with confidence. Want to go deeper? Connect with our team today to open a discussion.

Hospitality commercial real estate represents a unique sector where properties are valued almost entirely by business performance rather than traditional real estate metrics. Hotels operate with hundreds of daily “leases” through guest room rentals, requiring intensive management, brand compliance, ongoing maintenance, and deep understanding of operational dynamics that impact investment returns.

At SVN® International, our hospitality specialists bring critical expertise in interpreting hotel performance metrics, such as ADR (average daily rate), occupancy levels, RevPAR (revenue per available room), and competitive market positioning. Our Advisors understand how location, brand affiliation, property condition, and market demand dynamics influence hospitality asset values, whether you’re evaluating flagged properties with national brands or independent boutique hotels.

Success in hospitality transactions requires knowledge beyond standard commercial real estate: franchise agreements and renovation requirements, FF&E (furniture, fixtures, and equipment) reserves, management company relationships, and capital improvement cycles that protect asset quality. Whether you’re acquiring select-service hotels, full-service resorts, or evaluating similar properties for investment, SVN’s Advisors deliver operational insight alongside transaction expertise.

Our cooperative approach through offices nationwide ensures hospitality properties receive maximum exposure to qualified buyers, including individual investors, private equity groups, and institutional hospitality funds. From economy-tier motels in secondary markets to luxury destination resorts and conference centers, SVN serves hotel investors with comprehensive market intelligence and proven transaction execution.

SVN’s hospitality team brings actual operational experience across all asset types, efficiently leveraging industry expertise with local market knowledge to serve as more than a simple transaction facilitator, providing valuable strategic counsel throughout the acquisition and disposition process. Get in touch with our team to learn how we help navigate hospitality commercial real estate.

Single tenant property investments deliver appeal through simplicity: long-term leases with established tenants, predictable income streams, and minimal landlord responsibilities. From national pharmacy chains and quick-service restaurants to industrial users and medical facilities, these assets attract investors seeking stable returns backed by tenant creditworthiness rather than intensive property management.

With SVN® International, our single tenant specialists bring deep expertise in net-lease structures, tenant credit analysis, lease terms, and the specific factors that drive single tenant property values. Our Advisors understand how rental rates, lease length, renewal options, and rent escalations impact investment returns, helping buyers and sellers structure transactions that align with their financial objectives.

What distinguishes SVN in the single tenant market is our commitment to transparent cooperation. We share listings and fees with the entire brokerage community, ensuring every qualified buyer, from 1031 exchange investors to institutional funds, can compete for properties. This level playing field creates competitive bidding environments that benefit sellers while providing buyers with genuine market-tested pricing.

Whether you’re an investor seeking triple-net retail properties, industrial distribution facilities, or build-to-suit opportunities, SVN’s national network of offices delivers access to off-market deals and comprehensive market intelligence. Our Advisors serve both sides of single tenant transactions: helping sellers achieve maximum value and guiding buyers toward properties with strong tenant covenants and favorable lease structures.

From freestanding NNN investments to corporate sale-leaseback transactions, SVN provides the specialized knowledge and market relationships your single tenant investment strategy requires. Want to learn more about how SVN can empower your investment strategy? Connect with our team today.

Commercial land for sale represents an opportunity; the foundation for future development that turns raw acreage into productive assets. Success in land transactions requires specialized knowledge beyond traditional brokerage: understanding entitlement processes, zoning regulations, environmental considerations, infrastructure requirements, and the development economics that determine highest-and-best use and value.

The Land & Development specialists of SVN® International bring this expertise across all land types, including residential subdivisions, multifamily development sites, industrial parks, retail centers, mixed-use projects, agricultural land, and specialty applications. Our Advisors understand how to evaluate sites based on entitlements, access, utilities, topography, and market demand, translating technical factors into clear investment recommendations.

What differentiates SVN’s approach is our shared-fee culture that maximizes deal velocity and market exposure. We proactively cooperate with the entire development and investment community, ensuring commercial land for sale reaches qualified buyers, including institutional investors, local developers, and national homebuilders. This transparent collaboration creates competitive bidding environments that optimize land values.

Whether you’re a landowner preparing sites for sale, a developer seeking entitled properties ready for vertical construction, or an investor evaluating land banking opportunities, SVN’s coast-to-coast network of offices delivers both local entitlement knowledge and direct access to capital sources. Our Advisors provide data-driven valuations based on real entitlements and development economics, not speculative projections.

From urban infill sites to master-planned communities, SVN’s land expertise ensures your transaction benefits from comprehensive market intelligence, qualified buyer relationships, and strategic advisory that protects your interests throughout the development process. Want to learn more about how we can help? Reach out to our team today for more information.

Retail commercial real estate continues demonstrating strength through necessity-based centers, experiential retail concepts, and credit-worthy single-tenant properties. With vacancy at historic lows and deep institutional demand for well-located assets, the retail sector offers investors stable cash flow opportunities backed by strong tenant performance and strategic site selection.

At SVN® International, our retail specialists understand the factors that drive retail property value: tenant credit quality, traffic patterns, demographics, co-tenancy dynamics, and the integration of dining and entertainment uses that create destination environments. From neighborhood shopping centers and power centers to freestanding net-lease investments and urban street retail, our Advisors bring sector-specific expertise to every retail transaction.

The retail landscape rewards properties with strong fundamentals, such as convenient locations, adequate parking, visible signage, and tenant mixes that serve community needs. Whether you’re acquiring grocery-anchored centers, selling single-tenant properties leased to national credits, or evaluating mixed-use developments, SVN’s national Retail Product Council ensures your asset receives maximum exposure to developers and investors nationwide.

Our cooperative culture distinguishes SVN’s approach: we proactively share listings and fees with the entire brokerage community, creating competitive bidding environments that optimize pricing. This collaboration, combined with local market expertise from our network of offices, delivers better exposure, faster execution, and superior outcomes for retail property owners and investors.

Want to learn more about our approach to retail commercial real estate? Reach out to our team today.

Office commercial real estate continues serving as a critical asset class where businesses collaborate, innovate, and build culture. While workplace preferences evolve, demand for quality office space remains strong among companies seeking premier locations, modern amenities, and flexible configurations that support both in-person collaboration and hybrid work models.

SVN® International firmly believes that physical office space will remain essential to business success, and our office specialists are positioned to serve this market with comprehensive expertise. From CBD Class A towers and suburban campus environments to medical office buildings and creative flex spaces, our Advisors understand the unique factors driving value within each office segment — tenant mix, parking ratios, building systems, accessibility, and proximity to amenities and transportation.

Success in office real estate requires nuanced market knowledge: understanding absorption trends, rental rate trajectories, concession packages, and the capital improvement strategies that attract and retain quality tenants. Whether you’re an investor evaluating office properties for acquisition, an owner preparing assets for sale, or a tenant seeking optimal lease terms and locations, SVN’s collaborative network ensures access to comprehensive market intelligence and qualified counterparties.

Our Advisors serve owners, investors, and occupiers across the full office spectrum, from institutional-grade assets in primary markets to value-add opportunities in secondary cities. Through our network of offices nationwide, SVN delivers both local market insight and national transaction experience to guide your office real estate strategy. Connect with our team to learn more.

Multifamily commercial real estate continues attracting investors seeking stable cash flow, demographic-driven demand, and portfolio diversification. SVN® International serves apartment owners and operators through one of the nation’s largest and most collaborative groups of multifamily specialists, combining local market expertise with proprietary research tracking existing multifamily stock in 173+ markets nationwide.

What distinguishes SVN’s approach is our culture of proactive cooperation; we share opportunities with the entire brokerage community to maximize exposure and competitive bidding for every property. This ensures sellers achieve optimal pricing while buyers gain access to deals across multiple markets through trusted relationships and transparent collaboration rather than exclusive, siloed databases.

Whether you’re selling a stabilized garden-style community, acquiring value-add opportunities, developing new construction, or managing affordable housing portfolios, SVN’s commercial real estate Advisors bring both hyper-local knowledge and national reach. Our Advisors understand rent growth patterns, demographic trends, operating expense benchmarks, and capital market dynamics that impact multifamily investment performance.

From Class A high-rises in primary markets to workforce housing in secondary cities, SVN delivers the market intelligence, buyer relationships, and transaction execution that multifamily assets require. Our collaborative network ensures your property receives attention from qualified investors nationwide, not just those in a single broker’s database. Want to learn more? Our team is ready to help.

Real estate technology services address a fundamental challenge facing corporate occupiers: managing lease portfolios effectively while maintaining focus on core business operations. Whether you oversee a few leases or thousands across multiple types of locations, staying ahead of changing assets, decentralized data, and evolving compliance standards proves difficult without appropriate technology infrastructure.

At SVN® International, our team of commercial real estate Advisors understand how to leverage real estate technology platforms to remove risk and eliminate unnecessary costs. Our team helps businesses implement and optimize lease management systems that track critical dates, manage compliance requirements, monitor expense escalations, and provide comprehensive portfolio visibility that enables proactive rather than reactive decision-making.

Learn more about how we implement real estate technology below. Want to discuss your commercial real estate goals further? Connect today with our team.

Technology Solutions Built for Today

Our real estate technology services encompass lease administration platforms that address the primary needs of the current environment:

• Centralizing all lease data and critical dates
• Portfolio analytics that reveal cost optimization opportunities and risk exposure
• CAM reconciliation tools that ensure accurate expense recovery and identify overcharges
• Space management systems that optimize utilization and planning
• Compliance tracking that maintains regulatory adherence across locations

The right technology turns lease management from administrative burden into strategic advantage. Automated alerts prevent missed renewal deadlines and option exercise dates. Centralized data enables portfolio-wide analysis of occupancy costs, lease structures, and market positioning. Comprehensive reporting provides leadership with real estate intelligence that informs expansion decisions, cost control initiatives, and facility optimization strategies.

Strategic Value Beyond Software

Effective real estate technology implementation requires more than purchasing software; it demands expertise in data migration, system configuration, process optimization, and ongoing management. Many businesses invest in technology platforms but fail to realize value because systems aren’t properly implemented or teams lack training to leverage capabilities fully.

SVN’s technology services include:

• Implementation planning and execution
• Data consolidation and migration from existing systems
• Process design that aligns technology with business workflows
• Training and change management to ensure user adoption
• Ongoing optimization that evolves as portfolio needs change

This comprehensive approach ensures technology investments deliver measurable returns through reduced costs, eliminated risks, and enhanced decision quality.

Whether you manage a growing portfolio requiring systematic oversight or a mature real estate footprint seeking optimization opportunities, SVN’s real estate technology services provide the platforms, expertise, and ongoing support that transform lease administration from operational challenge into strategic asset. Our Advisors help you make informed decisions while staying focused on business priorities rather than administrative complexities.

Corporate real estate services address the reality that most businesses lack dedicated internal teams to manage facilities strategically. Whether you’re a growing company establishing your first location, a mid-size business expanding into multiple markets, or a large enterprise seeking to outsource your entire corporate real estate function, SVN® International provides scalable solutions that align real estate decisions with business objectives.

SVN’s corporate real estate Advisors serve businesses across all industries with flexible service models. Some companies need comprehensive outsourcing where we function as their complete corporate real estate department — handling portfolio strategy, site selection, lease negotiations, ongoing administration, and facility management. Others require assistance with specific transactions or markets while maintaining internal real estate teams. Our services scale to match your needs and organizational structure.

Find out more about how we support corporate real estate below, and connect with the SVN team for more information.

Complete Corporate Real Estate Support

Our corporate solutions encompass the full range of real estate services businesses require:

• Location analysis and site selection for new facilities
• Lease negotiation for office, industrial, and retail spaces
• Portfolio strategy and optimization across multiple locations
• Lease administration and critical date tracking
• Space planning and workplace strategy
• Disposition services for excess or vacated facilities

Whether your business requires 5,000 square feet or 500,000 square feet, single locations or nationwide presence, standard warehouse space or specialized facilities, SVN’s corporate real estate team brings market knowledge and negotiation expertise to every transaction. We leverage our office network to deliver consistent service quality across all your markets while maintaining unified strategy and reporting.

A Strategic Partner for Business Growth

Effective corporate real estate services do more than simply find space; they enable business strategy. The right locations attract talent, serve customers efficiently, control costs, and provide flexibility to adapt as business conditions change. Poor real estate decisions constrain growth, increase expenses, and create operational challenges that distract from core business focus.

SVN Advisors understand that corporate real estate decisions must align with broader business objectives. We help evaluate how location choices impact recruiting, customer access, and operational efficiency. We structure lease terms that provide expansion flexibility or exit options as business needs evolve. We identify cost savings opportunities through market analysis and strategic negotiation that protect your bottom line while securing quality properties that support your team and operations.

Commercial real estate advisor services address the reality that most businesses lack internal expertise to optimize real estate decisions. Corporate real estate represents a significant expense and strategic asset, yet many companies approach facilities decisions reactively rather than strategically. This often results in suboptimal locations, unfavorable lease terms, and missed opportunities to align real estate with business growth objectives.

At SVN® International, our commercial real estate Advisors serve as strategic partners who understand that real estate decisions impact far more than occupancy costs. Location influences employee recruitment and retention, operational efficiency, customer accessibility, and brand perception. Lease versus own decisions affect balance sheet flexibility, capital deployment, and long-term financial performance. Portfolio strategies determine whether real estate supports or constrains business expansion and adaptation.

Explore what the right commercial real estate advisor delivers below, and reach out to the team at SVN for more information on the properties and services we provide.

Comprehensive Strategic Advisory Services

Our strategic consulting services help decision-makers navigate complex real estate questions:

• Evaluating lease versus own economics for corporate facilities
• Selecting optimal locations that balance cost with strategic business needs
• Negotiating lease structures that protect flexibility while controlling expenses
• Developing portfolio strategies aligned with growth plans and market presence
• Timing real estate decisions to capture favorable market conditions

Whether you’re evaluating headquarters relocation, expanding into new markets, consolidating facilities for efficiency, or managing a multi-location or mixed-use portfolio, SVN’s Advisors bring market intelligence and transaction experience that elevates decision quality. We help you avoid costly mistakes while identifying opportunities that competitors might miss.

Strategic Value Beyond Transactions

The best commercial real estate advisor relationships extend beyond individual transactions to ongoing strategic partnerships. SVN Advisors provide continuous market intelligence, evaluate emerging opportunities that align with business strategy, offer counsel during lease renewals and renegotiations, and help anticipate real estate needs as business conditions evolve.

This proactive advisory approach ensures real estate decisions receive the strategic attention they deserve rather than becoming last-minute reactions to lease expirations or business changes. Our consulting helps businesses across all property types view real estate as a strategic tool that can accelerate growth, improve operations, and enhance financial performance when managed with expert guidance.

Services related to corporate capital markets enable businesses to leverage commercial real estate as a strategic tool rather than viewing it purely as occupancy cost or static asset. Whether your business seeks capital to fuel portfolio expansion, monetize existing real estate to power other corporate growth initiatives, or optimize capital structure through sale-leaseback transactions, access to appropriate debt and equity sources directly impacts financial flexibility and growth potential.

At SVN® International, our corporate capital markets team maintains extensive relationships with capital providers across the lending spectrum:

• Traditional banks and credit unions
• CMBS lenders
• Life insurance companies
• Private debt funds
• Equity partners

This breadth of relationships ensures access to competitive terms and structures that align with your specific transaction requirements and corporate financial objectives.

Read more about corporate capital markets expertise below, or connect with our team today to learn more about how we help clients reach their goals.

Capital Solutions for Corporate Real Estate

Our capital markets services address diverse corporate real estate needs. For businesses expanding into new markets or adding locations, we structure acquisition financing that preserves capital for operations while securing properties that support growth. For companies holding appreciated real estate assets, we facilitate sale-leaseback transactions that unlock equity for business investment while maintaining operational control of facilities through long-term leases.

Corporate occupiers managing multi-property portfolios benefit from portfolio refinancing strategies that consolidate debt, optimize rates, and improve cash flow. Development-oriented businesses require construction and permanent financing structures that manage risk while enabling project completion. Each scenario demands different capital structures, and SVN’s Advisors bring the market knowledge and lender relationships to secure optimal terms.

Strategic Counsel Beyond Transaction Execution

Effective corporate capital markets advisory extends beyond simply connecting businesses with lenders. SVN’s team provides strategic counsel on capital structure decisions, helping evaluate whether debt or equity capital better serves your objectives, analyzing lease versus own economics for corporate facilities, structuring transactions that minimize tax implications, and timing capital raises to capture favorable market conditions.

Whether you’re a growing enterprise seeking to expand your office, industrial, or retail footprint, an established company looking to monetize real estate holdings, or a corporate occupier optimizing capital deployment, SVN’s corporate capital markets expertise helps you achieve financial goals through strategic real estate decisions. Our Advisors understand that real estate capital decisions impact corporate balance sheets, growth capacity, and operational flexibility — ensuring recommendations align with broader business strategy.

Leasing and lease administration represent critical yet often undervalued skills in commercial real estate. Investment values are driven primarily by lease structure quality, tenant creditworthiness, and strategic terms that protect cash flow while providing operational flexibility. A well-negotiated lease maximizes income, minimizes landlord obligations, and positions properties for optimal performance throughout ownership.

At SVN® International, our leasing specialists understand that effective leasing extends beyond filling vacant space; it requires strategic tenant selection, comprehensive lease structure knowledge, market-rate intelligence, and the negotiation expertise to secure terms that enhance property value. Whether you own office, retail, industrial, or multifamily properties, our Advisors bring sector-specific leasing knowledge to every transaction.

Learn more about capabilities in lease administration below, and connect with our team to learn about the SVN difference.

Leasing Services For Every Transaction

Our leasing services encompass the full transaction cycle: market analysis and rental rate recommendations, tenant prospecting and qualification, property marketing and tour coordination, lease negotiation and structuring, and transaction management through execution. For property owners, we focus on maximizing rental income while maintaining occupancy and tenant quality that supports long-term asset performance.

Lease administration services provide:

• Ongoing oversight of existing lease portfolios, ensuring compliance with lease terms
• Tracking critical dates including renewal options and rent escalations
• Managing CAM reconciliations and expense recovery
• Coordinating lease amendments and renewals
• Maintaining comprehensive lease documentation

Proactive lease administration prevents costly oversights, captures revenue opportunities, and positions landlords for strategic decision-making as lease expirations approach.

Strategic Value Through SVN’s Leasing Council

SVN’s national Leasing Council brings together experienced Advisors who share best practices, lease structure innovations, and market intelligence that elevate leasing performance across our offices. This cooperative culture ensures our leasing specialists benefit from collective knowledge rather than operating in isolation, and delivers superior outcomes for property owners through continuously refined expertise.

Whether you need representation for single-property leasing transactions or comprehensive lease administration for multi-property portfolios, SVN’s leasing administration services provide local market knowledge with national best practices. Our Advisors understand the lease structures, tenant requirements, and market conditions specific to your property type, delivering strategic counsel that maximizes value while protecting your interests throughout lease negotiations and ongoing administration.

Property management services separate average returns from exceptional performance. Multifamily, office, retail, and industrial assets require consistent professional oversight to maintain occupancy, control operating expenses, ensure building system compliance, and execute capital planning that preserves value over investment hold periods.

The property management approach at SVN® International combines national resources and proven best practices with hyper-local market expertise. Our teams understand that effective management extends beyond collecting rent and responding to maintenance requests; it demands proactive tenant relations, strategic expense management, preventive maintenance programs, and the market intelligence to optimize rental rates and lease terms that drive net operating income.

Explore our property management approach further below, or connect with the team at SVN to learn more about how we empower commercial real estate.

Comprehensive Property Management Services

Our property managers deliver full-service oversight including financial management and reporting, tenant relations and retention, maintenance coordination and vendor management, lease administration and compliance, capital improvement planning, and budget development and expense control. Property owners receive transparent, comprehensive reporting on financial performance, occupancy trends, maintenance activities, and capital needs that inform investment decisions.

What distinguishes SVN among property management providers is our culture of accountability and responsiveness. Owners receive proactive communication about property performance, market conditions, and opportunities to enhance value. Tenants benefit from attentive service and well-maintained properties that drive satisfaction and retention. This dual focus ensures assets perform optimally while maintaining the tenant relationships that generate stable cash flow.

Our managers serve as strategic partners offering counsel on capital improvements, lease renewals, tenant retention strategies, and operational efficiencies that directly impact property values and investment returns.

Connect with SVN professionals in your market to discuss how our services can enhance your asset performance and protect your investment.

Tenant representation services exist to level the playing field. Landlords have professional representation protecting their interests and maximizing their returns. Tenants and occupiers deserve the same; Advisors who work exclusively for them, with no conflicts of interest and complete focus on minimizing occupancy costs while securing space that supports business growth.

At SVN® International, our tenant representation specialists serve businesses of all sizes across multiple property types. We represent your interests alone ensuring every lease negotiation, site evaluation, and strategic recommendation serves your objectives without compromise. Learn more about our service in this area below, or connect with our team for more information.

Why Exclusive Tenant Representation Matters

Without dedicated representation, tenants navigate lease negotiations at a disadvantage. Landlords and their brokers possess superior market knowledge, understand property-specific leverage points, and negotiate leases daily.

This experience gap costs money — in above-market rents, unfavorable lease terms, excessive operating expense pass-throughs, restrictive use clauses, and costly renewal options that favor landlords. SVN’s tenant Advisors eliminate this disadvantage by bringing market intelligence, negotiation expertise, and transaction experience to your side of the table.

Comprehensive Tenant Services

Our tenant representation services extend beyond simply finding available space. SVN Advisors provide strategic counsel on location selection, space programming, lease structure analysis, financial modeling, and the market conditions that impact your negotiating position.

We leverage relationships across our offices to identify opportunities in your target markets, including off-market spaces and upcoming vacancies not yet publicly available. This intelligence creates negotiating leverage and expands your options beyond what online searches reveal.

Growing companies often require space in multiple markets simultaneously. SVN’s collaborative network enables consistent, high-quality tenant representation across all your locations through local specialists who understand their markets intimately while maintaining unified service standards. You work with a single point of contact who coordinates Advisors in each market, ensuring cohesive strategy and eliminating the need to vet separate brokers in every city.

Strategic Value Beyond Transactions

The right commercial real estate decisions impact your business far beyond monthly rent payments. Location influences employee recruitment and retention, proximity to customers and suppliers, operational efficiency, and brand perception. Space quality affects productivity, collaboration, and company culture.

SVN’s tenant representation services help you evaluate these strategic factors alongside financial considerations, ensuring real estate decisions align with broader business objectives.

Industrial commercial real estate forms the backbone of the global economy, bridging ideas to finished products and ensuring seamless transportation of goods worldwide. From traditional manufacturing and warehouse distribution to specialized flex R&D spaces and last-mile logistics facilities, the industrial sector continues expanding to meet demand from e-commerce growth, artificial intelligence infrastructure, and evolving supply chain strategies.

Success in industrial real estate requires understanding the specific factors that drive value: highway and interstate access, power capacity and reliability, ceiling heights and column spacing, labor market availability, and proximity to ports and transportation hubs. At SVN® International, our industrial specialists bring deep knowledge of these technical requirements alongside expertise in market fundamentals, tenant needs, and investment performance across every industrial property type.

Our industrial Advisors provide informed counsel as the asset class evolves, helping clients make educated decisions about acquisitions, dispositions, lease negotiations, and portfolio strategy.

Whether you’re a developer seeking sites for speculative builds, an investor acquiring stabilized assets, a manufacturer or distributor searching for owner-occupied facilities, or a tenant requiring flexible lease terms and strategic locations, SVN’s collaborative approach ensures your industrial real estate needs receive local market insight and access to our national network of commercial real estate brokers and capital sources. Want to learn more? Our team is ready to help.

SVN’s commercial real estate brokers combine deep market specialization with a unique collaborative culture that sets them apart. Whether you need expertise in multifamily, industrial, office, retail, or specialty asset classes, our Advisors bring both local knowledge and access to SVN’s national network of relationships and market intelligence.

What distinguishes our brokers is SVN’s Shared Value Network® approach — a commitment to cooperation that ensures your property receives maximum market exposure and your investment benefits from the collective expertise of offices across the country. Our Advisors don’t compete internally; they collaborate to deliver superior outcomes for clients.

Use the search below to find commercial real estate brokers by location, specialty, or name. Each advisor profile includes their market focus, transaction experience, and direct contact information to help you connect with the right expert for your needs.

The strength of SVN® International lies in our commercial real estate agents who combine deep local market knowledge with the resources of a nationally recognized firm. With offices in major metros and secondary markets across the country, our Advisors understand the unique dynamics that drive commercial real estate properties and investment performance in your target area.

Each SVN office operates independently while collaborating across our network to deliver maximum exposure for listings and access to qualified buyers, tenants, and investment opportunities. This structure ensures you receive personalized service from agents who know your market, backed by relationships and intelligence from offices nationwide.

Use the directory below to locate SVN offices by state or city, explore their specialty areas, and connect with SVN for more insight and help to achieve your commercial real estate goals.

SVN | Urban Properties

SVN | Vanguard

SVN | Vanguard

SVN | Vanguard

SVN | Veler Commercial

SVN | Verus Commercial

SVN | Walt Arnold Commercial Brokerage, Inc.

SVN | Waterfront Commercial Realty

SVN | Waterfront Commercial Realty

SVN | Wilson Commercial Group, LLC

SVN | Wood Properties

SVN Affordable | Levental Realty

SVN | Second Story Real Estate Management

SVN | Second Story Real Estate Management

SVN | SFRhub Marketplace

SVN | Silveri Company

SVN | SLA

SVN | Southern Commercial Real Estate, LLC

SVN | Southern Commercial Real Estate, LLC

SVN | Southgate Realty, LLC

SVN | SouthLand Commercial

SVN | SouthLand Commercial

SVN | SouthLand Commercial

SVN | Stewart Commercial Group, LLC

SVN | Stone Commercial Real Estate

SVN | Stora Realty

SVN | Summit Commercial Real Estate Advisors

SVN | The Equity Group

SVN | The Genesis Group

SVN | The Hurst Company, LLC

SVN | The Martin Group

SVN | The Martin Group

SVN | The Martin Group

SVN | The Masiello Group

SVN | The Masiello Group

SVN | Three Rivers Commercial Advisors

SVN | Toomey Property Advisors

SVN | Traditions

SVN | Trinity Advisors

SVN | Trinity Advisors

SVN | Net Lease Texas

SVN | North Star

SVN | Northco

SVN | Northern Commercial

SVN | OAK Realty Advisors

SVN | Pacific Commercial Advisors

SVN | Palmetto

SVN | Palmetto

SVN | Palmetto

SVN | Parke Group

SVN | Parke Group

SVN | Parke Group

SVN | Providence Realty Advisors

SVN | PureWest Commercial Real Estate

SVN | PureWest Commercial Real Estate

SVN | PureWest Commercial Real Estate

SVN | PureWest Commercial Real Estate

SVN | Raleigh

SVN | Rankin Company, LLC

SVN | Real Estate Associates

SVN | Retter & Company

SVN | Rich Investment Real Estate Partners

SVN | Rich Investment Real Estate Partners

SVN | Rich Investment Real Estate Partners

SVN | Rich Investment Real Estate Partners

SVN | Rich Investment Real Estate Partners

SVN | Riviera Commercial

SVN | Imbrie Realty

SVN | Imbrie Realty

SVN | Imperial Realty

SVN | Infinity Commercial Group

SVN | Innovative Commercial Advisors

SVN | Insight Commercial Real Estate Advisors

SVN | Intermountain Investments, Inc.

SVN | Interstate Brokers

SVN | Investment Property Advisors

SVN | J. Beard Real Estate Company – Greater Houston

SVN | J. Beard Real Estate Company – Greater Houston

SVN | JJMottram

SVN | KD Lanclos & Associates, LLC

SVN | King Properties

SVN | Landmark Commercial Real Estate

SVN | Latus

SVN | Latus

SVN | LEAD Commercial

SVN | McDonald & Company

SVN | MG Property Advisors, Inc.

SVN | Miller Commercial Real Estate

SVN | Miller Commercial Real Estate

SVN | Miller Commercial Real Estate

SVN | Miller Commercial Real Estate

SVN | Nautilus

SVN | Deegan-Collins Commercial Realty

SVN | Denver Commercial

SVN | Denver Commercial

SVN | Desert Commercial Advisors

SVN | Don Ellwanger

SVN | Efird Commercial Real Estate

SVN | Elevate

SVN | Encompass Commercial, LLC

SVN | Executive Commercial Advisors

SVN | Fall Line Commercial Advisors

SVN | First Coast Commercial Real Estate Specialists

SVN | Fortune Real Estate

SVN | GASC

SVN | GASC

SVN | GASC

SVN | GC Real Estate

SVN | Gilmore Auction & Realty Co.

SVN | GO Commercial

SVN | Gold Dust Commercial Associates

SVN | Hamm & Company

SVN | Hanna Solutions Commercial Real Estate

SVN | High Desert Commercial

SVN | Hokayem Company, Inc.

SVN | Accel Commercial Real Estate

SVN | Ahia Commercial Real Estate

SVN | Ahia Commercial Real Estate

SVN | Alliance Commercial Real Estate Advisors

SVN | Alliance Commercial Real Estate Advisors

SVN | ArkBest Realty, LLC

SVN | Ascension Commercial Realty

SVN | Ascension Commercial Realty

SVN | AVAT Realty, LLC

SVN | Bluestone

SVN | Call Sign Capital, LLC

SVN | Capital West Partners

SVN | Cascades

SVN | Chicago Commercial

SVN | Chicago Commercial

SVN | Clovis Commercial

SVN | Cohn Commercial Properties, Inc.

SVN | Commercial Advisory Group

SVN | Commercial Advisory Group

SVN | Commercial Partners

SVN | Commercial Partners

SVN | Commercial Partners

SVN | Commercial Partners

SVN | Commercial Realty

SVN | Commercial Realty

SVN | Commercial Specialists

SVN | Core 3

SVN | Cornerstone

SVN | CREATE Commercial Real Estate Advisors

• SVN | Accel Commercial Real Estate

  Address: 7003 Chadwick Dr, Brentwood, TN 37027
  Phone: 615.671.4544
  
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• SVN | Ahia Commercial Real Estate

  Address: 125 Pheasant Run, Suite 102, Newtown, PA 18940
  Address 2: 1515 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
  Phone: 215.757.2500
  
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• SVN | Alliance Commercial Real Estate Advisors

  Address: 1275 West Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach, FL 32174
  Address 2: 3316A Beach Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32207
  Phone: 386.310.7900
  
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• SVN | ArkBest Realty, LLC

  Address: 724 Garland Street, Little Rock, AR 72201
  Phone: 501.320.5124
  
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• SVN | Ascension Commercial Realty

  Address: 1300 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 064, Toledo, OH 43064
  Address 2: 7012 Lewis Avenue Temperance MI 48182, Temperance, MI 48182
  Phone: 419.540.8888
  
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• SVN | AVAT Realty, LLC

  Address: 303 Williams Avenue SW, Suite 421, Huntsville, AL 35801
  Phone: 256.457.9916
  
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• SVN | Bluestone

  Address: 9430 SW Coral, Ste 100, Portland, OR 97223
  Phone: 503.222.3800
  
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• SVN | Call Sign Capital, LLC

  Address: 649 Potomac Avenue, Hagerstown, MD 21740
  Phone: 731.307.7905
  
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• SVN | Capital West Partners

  Address: 51 E. Campbell Avenue, Suite 400-A, Campbell, CA 95008
  Phone: 408.601.0049
  
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• SVN | Cascades

  Address: 1200 Chesterly Drive, Suite 110, Yakima, WA 98902
  Phone: 509.902.8800
  
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• SVN | Chicago Commercial

  Address: 940 West Adams Street, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60607
  Address 2: 10275 W. Higgins Road Suite 480, Rosemont, IL 60018
  Phone: 312.676.1866
  
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• SVN | Clovis Commercial

  Address: 7473 N. Ingram Avenue, Suite 104, Fresno, CA 93711
  Phone: 559.400.0830
  
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• SVN | Cohn Commercial Properties, Inc.

  Address: 2466 Orchard Lake Road, Sylvan Lake, MI 48320
  Phone: 248.851.5000
  
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• SVN | Commercial Advisory Group

  Address: 1626 Ringling Boulevard, Suite 500, Sarasota, FL 34236
  Address 2: 401 E Jackson Street, Ste 3300 , Tampa, FL 33602
  Phone: 941.387.1200
  
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• SVN | Commercial Partners

  Address: 1800 Corporate Blvd. NW, Boca Raton, FL 33431
  Address 2: 4161 Tamiami Trail, #501, Port Charlotte, FL 34321
  Address 3: 12761 World Plaza Lane, Fort Myers, FL 33907
  Address 4: 2705 Peters Road, Fort Pierce, FL 34945
  Phone: 800.899-5564
  
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• SVN | Commercial Realty

  Address: 5300 NW 33rd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
  Address 2: 460 West 84th Street, Hialeah, FL 33014
  Phone: 954.771.1212
  
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• SVN | Commercial Specialists

  Address: 42 S. Cameron Street, Winchester, VA 22601
  Phone: 540.535.0808
  
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• SVN | Core 3

  Address: 1707 E Hamilton Rd., #1A, Bloomington, IL 61704
  Phone: 309.590.7900
  
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• SVN | Cornerstone

  Address: 1311 N. Washington Street, Spokane, WA 99201
  Phone: 509.321.2000
  
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• SVN | CREATE Commercial Real Estate Advisors

  Address: 2700 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines, IA 50266
  Phone: 515.416.7930
  
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• SVN | Deegan-Collins Commercial Realty

  Address: 411 Washington Ave., Kingston, NY 12401
  Phone: 845.339.9100
  
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• SVN | Denver Commercial

  Address: 7400 E Orchard Road, Suite 1900N, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
  Address 2: 2032 Lowe Street, Suite 101, Fort Collins, CO 80525
  Phone: 303.632.8784
  
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• SVN | Desert Commercial Advisors

  Address: 5343 N. 16th Street, Suite 100, Phoenix, AZ 85016
  Phone: 480.425.5500
  
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• SVN | Don Ellwanger

  Address: Mailing Address: P.O. Box 254776, Sacramento, CA 95865
  Phone: 916.456.8389
  
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• SVN | Efird Commercial Real Estate

  Address: 6 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401
  Phone: 910.769.1915
  
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• SVN | Elevate

  Address: 6105 S. Main Street, Aurora, CO 80116
  Phone: 855.903.0056
  
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• SVN | Encompass Commercial, LLC

  Address: 100 NW Englewood Rd., Kansas City, MO 64118
  Phone: 816.436.4600
  
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• SVN | Executive Commercial Advisors

  Address: 189 W. El Portal Drive, Merced, CA 95348
  Phone: 209.385.8500
  
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• SVN | Fall Line Commercial Advisors

  Address: 5547 Veterans Parkway, Columbus, GA 31904
  Phone: 706.445.2300
  
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• SVN | First Coast Commercial Real Estate Specialists

  Address: 8833 Perimeter Park Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32216
  Phone: 904.281.1990
  
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• SVN | Fortune Real Estate

  Address: 214 W. Franklin Ave, El Paso, TX 79901
  Phone: 915.544.6208
  
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• SVN | GASC

  Address: 1538 Fording Island Road, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
  Address 2: 575 King Street, Charleston, SC 29402
  Address 3: 5710 Ogeechee Road, Suite 200, #277 , Savannah, GA 31405
  Phone: 843.837.3754
  
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• SVN | GC Real Estate

  Address: 3345 W St. Germain St., St. Cloud, MN 56301
  Phone: 320.253.0003
  
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• SVN | Gilmore Auction & Realty Co.

  Address: 909 West Esplanade Ave., Suite 105, Kenner, LA 70065
  Phone: 504.468.6800
  
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• SVN | GO Commercial

  Address: 75-5722 Kuakini Highway, Kailua Kona, HI 96740
  Phone: 808.329.6446
  
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• SVN | Gold Dust Commercial Associates

  Address: 305 N. Carson Street #200, Carson City, NV 89701
  Phone: 775.883.3936
  
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• SVN | Hamm & Company

  Address: 54 Hedge Brook Lane, Stamford, CT 6903
  Phone: 203.968.1800
  
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• SVN | Hanna Solutions Commercial Real Estate

  Address: 1001 E Jackson Ave, Ste A, McAllen, TX 78501
  Phone: 956.322.4001
  
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• SVN | High Desert Commercial

  Address: 700 Memorial Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 82402
  Phone: 208.535.8520
  
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• SVN | Hokayem Company, Inc.

  Address: 329 Oak Street, Suite 201, Gainesville, GA 30501
  Phone: 770.531.9992
  
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• SVN | Imbrie Realty

  Address: 7150 SW Fir Loop, Suite 100, Portland, OR 97223
  Address 2: 230 SW 3rd Street, Suite 302A , Corvallis, OR 97330
  Phone: 503.208.9400
  
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• SVN | Imperial Realty

  Address: 1611 Pond Road, Suite 200, Allentown, PA 18104
  Phone: 484.245.1000
  
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• SVN | Infinity Commercial Group

  Address: 8 The Pines Ct,. Unit D, St. Louis, MO 63141
  Phone: 314.878.0303
  
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• SVN | Innovative Commercial Advisors

  Address: 520 Columbia Dr. Suite 103, Johnson City, NY 13790
  Phone: 607.203.1826
  
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• SVN | Insight Commercial Real Estate Advisors

  Address: 41856 Ivy St. Suite #112, Murrieta, CA 92562
  Phone: 951.600.8634
  
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• SVN | Intermountain Investments, Inc.

  Address: 160 Second St. East, Suite 219, Ketchum, ID 83340
  Phone: 208.726.0854
  
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• SVN | Interstate Brokers

  Address: 3456 Hardee Ave, Atlanta, GA 30341
  Phone: 404.303.1232
  
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• SVN | Investment Property Advisors

  Address: 1197 Silverstone Rd., Holland, MI 49424
  Phone: 616.399.3955
  
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• SVN | J. Beard Real Estate Company – Greater Houston

  Address: 9320 Lakeside Blvd. Suite 250, The Woodlands, TX 77381
  Address 2: 825 Town & Country Lane, 12th Floor, Houston, TX 77024
  Phone: 281.367.2220
  
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• SVN | JJMottram

  Address: 65 D Scotia Drive, Montgomery, AL 36064
  Phone: 334.356.1771
  
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• SVN | KD Lanclos & Associates, LLC

  Address: 752 Eagleton Dr., Martinez, GA 30907
  Phone: 706.945.6652
  
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• SVN | King Properties

  Address: 890 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
  Phone: 805.541.5464
  
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• SVN | Landmark Commercial Real Estate

  Address: 25 N Third Street, Suite 200, Geneva, IL 60134
  Phone: 630.938.4950
  
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• SVN | Latus

  Address: 3920 Market Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011
  Address 2: 101 North Queen Street, Lancaster, PA 17603
  Phone: 717.737.2422
  
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• SVN | LEAD Commercial

  Address: 2005 Old Greenbrier Road, Chesapeake, VA 23320
  Phone: 757.420.5323
  
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• SVN | McDonald & Company

  Address: 217 SE 1st Ave, #200-60, Ocala, FL 34471
  Phone: 352.274.3800
  
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• SVN | MG Property Advisors, Inc.

  Address: 101 Lucas Valley Road, #100, San Rafael, CA 94903
  Phone: 415.472.1660
  
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• SVN | Miller Commercial Real Estate

  Address: 206 E. Main Street, Salisbury, MD 21801
  Address 2: 1 Dudley Court, Bethesda, MD 20814
  Address 3: 26286 Seaford Road, Seaford, DE 19973
  Address 4: 19 Bay Street, Suite 1 , Easton, MD 21601
  Phone: 410.543.2440
  
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• SVN | Nautilus

  Address: 810 Saturn St. Suite 24, Jupiter, FL 33477
  Phone: 561.250.7218
  
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• SVN | Net Lease Texas

  Address: 1801 North Pearl Street, Dallas, TX 75201
  Phone: 469.828.1950
  
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• SVN | North Star

  Address: 1801 Woodfield Dr., Savoy, IL 61874
  Phone: 217.366.3414
  
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• SVN | Northco

  Address: 1660 Hwy 100 South, Suite 330, Minneapolis, MN
  Phone: 952.820.1600
  
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• SVN | Northern Commercial

  Address: 1717 E. 116th Street, Suite 201, Carmel, IN 46032
  Phone: 317.843.8448
  
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• SVN | OAK Realty Advisors

  Address: 5553 S. Peoria Ave., Tulsa, OK 74105
  Phone: 918.201.2005
  
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• SVN | Pacific Commercial Advisors

  Address: 1674 Post Street, Suite 1, San Francisco, CA 94115
  Phone: 415.922.2900
  
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• SVN | Palmetto

  Address: 330 Pelham Rd. Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29615
  Address 2: 214 W Tremont Ste 203, Charlotte, NC 28203
  Address 3: 330 Pelham Rd. Suite 100, Charleston, SC 29615
  Phone: 864.263.7045
  
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• SVN | Parke Group

  Address: 110 W. Berry Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
  Address 2: 8445 Keystone Crossing, Suite 104, Indianapolis, IN 46240
  Address 3: 115 S. Court Street Suite E, Crown Point, IN 46307
  Phone: 260.489.8500
  
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• SVN | Providence Realty Advisors

  Address: 6842 Elm Street, Suite 106, McLean, VA 22101
  Phone: 571.526.1000
  
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• SVN | PureWest Commercial Real Estate

  Address: 101 Railroad St. W,, Missoula, MT 59802
  Address 2: 1204 1st Avenue East, Kalispell, MT 59901
  Address 3: 525 Henry Chappel Street, Suite 1 , Billings, MT 59106
  Address 4: 708 N. Rouse, Bozeman, MT 59715
  Phone: 406.207.8200
  
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• SVN | Raleigh

  Address: 701 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 460, Raleigh, NC 27607
  Phone: 919.896.6497
  
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• SVN | Rankin Company, LLC

  Address: 2808 S. Ingram Mill, Suite A100, Springfield, MO 65804
  Phone: 417.887.8826
  
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• SVN | Real Estate Associates

  Address: 3333 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd, Suite C, Durham, NC 27707
  Phone: 919.489.2000
  
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• SVN | Retter & Company

  Address: 329 N. Kellogg, Kennewick, WA 99336
  Phone: 509.737.9429
  
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• SVN | Rich Investment Real Estate Partners

  Address: 10940 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1600, Los Angeles, CA 90024
  Address 2: 2021 Sperry Avenue, Suite 21 , Ventura, CA 93003
  Address 3: 15250 Ventura Blvd. Suite # 500, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
  Address 4: 5023 N Parkway Calabasas Suite DS11, Calabasas, CA 91302
  Address 5: 611 South Palm Canyon Drive, Suite 7568, Palm Springs, CA 92264
  Phone: 310.500.1239
  
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• SVN | Riviera Commercial

  Address: 14101 Panama City Beach, Panama City Beach, FL 32413
  Phone: 1.888.240.0499
  
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• SVN | Second Story Real Estate Management

  Address: 800 Market Street, Suite 207, Chattanooga, TN 37402
  Address 2: 3755 Mansell Road, Alpharetta, GA 30022
  Phone: 423.682.8241
  
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• SVN | SFRhub Marketplace

  Address: 16211 N. Scottsdale Rd, A6A 228, Scottsdale, AZ 85254
  Phone: 480.442.8395
  
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• SVN | Silveri Company

  Address: 2959 Lucerne Drive, SE, Suite 110, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
  Phone: 616.949.6168
  
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• SVN | SLA

  Address: 1120 Elm Grove Street, Elm Grove, WI 53122
  Phone: 917.834.8102
  
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• SVN | Southern Commercial Real Estate, LLC

  Address: 116 E. Main Street, Suite 201, Rock Hill, SC 29730
  Address 2: 1039 Hunters Run Drive, Tega Cay, SC 29708
  Phone: 803.325.1000
  
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• SVN | Southgate Realty, LLC

  Address: 1700 S. 28th Avenue, Hattiesburg, MS 39402
  Phone: 601.264.4622
  
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• SVN | SouthLand Commercial

  Address: 2057 Delta Way, Tallahassee, FL 32303
  Address 2: 3108 West 23rd Street, Panama City, FL 32405
  Address 3: 186 N. Palafox St., Pensacola, FL 32502
  Phone: 850.877.6000
  
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• SVN | Stewart Commercial Group, LLC

  Address: 1310 S. Main Street, Suite 12, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
  Phone: 734.585.0995
  
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• SVN | Stone Commercial Real Estate

  Address: 270 S. Limestone, Lexington, KY 40508
  Phone: 859.264.0888
  
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• SVN | Stora Realty

  Address: 31 West 34th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001
  Phone: 929.343.5050
  
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• SVN | Summit Commercial Real Estate Advisors

  Address: 3029 Smith Road, Akron, OH 44333
  Phone: 330.416.0501
  
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• SVN | The Equity Group

  Address: 6018 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89113
  Phone: 702.796.5500
  
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• SVN | The Genesis Group

  Address: 718 Thompson Lane, Suite 108, Nashville, TN 37204
  Phone: 615.567.5907
  
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• SVN | The Hurst Company, LLC

  Address: 15004 Linden St, Leawood, KS 66224
  Phone: 913.538.5568
  
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• SVN | The Martin Group

  Address: 3701 Communications Way, Suite 200, Evansville, IN 47715
  Address 2: 11650 Lantern Road, Suite 135, Fishers, IN 46038
  Address 3: 12802 Townepark Way, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40243
  Phone: 812.471.2500
  
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• SVN | The Masiello Group

  Address: 163 S. River Road, Bedford, NH 03110
  Address 2: 75 John Roberts Rd. , Portland, ME 04106
  Phone: 833.746.6479
  
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• SVN | Three Rivers Commercial Advisors

  Address: 20 Stanwix St, Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
  Phone: 412.535.8050
  
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• SVN | Toomey Property Advisors

  Address: 250 Congress Street, Mobile, AL 36603
  Phone: 251.544.5484
  
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• SVN | Traditions

  Address: 111 W. San Antonio Street, Suite 200-2, New Braunfels, TX 78130
  Phone: 830.500.3787
  
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• SVN | Trinity Advisors

  Address: 3000 Race Street, Suite 100, Fort Worth, TX 76111
  Address 2: 1762 Keller Parkway, Suite 100, Keller, TX 76248
  Phone: 817.288.5525
  
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• SVN | Urban Properties

  Address: 1582 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
  Phone: 504.264.6145
  
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• SVN | Vanguard

  Address: 17551 Gillette Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614
  Address 2: 4455 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92123
  Address 3: 100 W. Broadway, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90802
  Address 4: 450 S. Melrose Dr., Vista, CA 92081
  Phone: 714.446.0600
  
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• SVN | Veler Commercial

  Address: 13355 Noel Rd., Dallas, TX 75240
  Phone: 214.833.7100
  
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• SVN | Verus Commercial

  Address: 3190 Teasley Lane, Denton, TX 76205
  Phone: 940.381.2220
  
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• SVN | Walt Arnold Commercial Brokerage, Inc.

  Address: 6200 Seagull Lane NE, Suite A, Albuquerque, NM 87109
  Phone: 505.256.1255
  
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• SVN | Waterfront Commercial Realty

  Address: 810 Saturn Street, Jupiter, FL 33477
  Address 2: 728 SE Ocean Blvd, Stuart, FL 34994
  Phone: 561.340.0827
  
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• SVN | Wilson Commercial Group, LLC

  Address: Easton Town Center, 4200 Regent Street, Suite 200, Columbus, OH 43219
  Phone: 614.944.5140
  
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• SVN | Wood Properties

  Address: 119 W 5th Ave., Knoxville, TN 37917
  Phone: 865.936.9999
  
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• SVN Affordable | Levental Realty

  Address: 525 Vine Street, Suite 200, Cincinnati, OH 45202
  Phone: 513.321.7589
  
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The right commercial real estate properties can transform your portfolio and drive long-term returns. SVN® International connects investors, owner-occupants, and tenants with opportunities across office, industrial, retail, multifamily, land, and specialty asset classes through our collaborative network.

Our property search platform provides access to exclusive listings from SVN Advisors in markets across the United States and internationally. Whether you’re acquiring your first investment property or expanding an existing portfolio, our commercial real estate Advisors bring local market knowledge and national transaction experience to every opportunity.

Use the search tool below to explore available commercial real estate properties, or connect with SVN for personalized guidance on properties that match your investment criteria.

SVN | Call Sign Capital LLC is a newly established commercial real estate firm that has officially launched in Northwest Maryland with the opening of its Hagerstown office. Built intentionally from the ground up, the firm reflects a focused, high-performance approach rooted in disciplined growth, local market expertise, and national collaboration through the SVN platform.

The office is led by Managing Directors Taylor Smith (Managing Director / President of Sales) and Clayton Kilgallon (Managing Director / Principal Broker). SVN | Call Sign Capital operates with a “small but mighty” mindset, emphasizing strategic expansion and strong client outcomes.

Smith and Kilgallon share a long-standing professional relationship that began during their service in the United States Marine Corps, where they served together as infantrymen in the same platoon from 2013 to 2017. Following their military service, both founders independently built commercial real estate portfolios, management companies, and operating businesses across commercial real estate and adjacent industry sectors — consistently leveraging one another as trusted strategic resources.

“SVN’s culture encourages cooperation over competition,” said Smith. “That shared-value approach allows Advisors to deliver stronger outcomes for clients by leveraging a nationwide network. It reinforces our belief that long-term success in commercial real estate is built through teamwork — it truly takes a village.”

Kilgallon added, “We were drawn to SVN’s collaborative platform and the ability to partner seamlessly with offices across the United States. This network creates real value not just for our clients here in Maryland, but also for SVN offices nationwide.”

Looking ahead, SVN | Call Sign Capital LLC’s goals are rooted in disciplined growth, mentorship, and collaboration. Over the next five years, the firm aims to grow its advisory team to 10-15 Advisors and emerge as a recognized leader within the SVN franchise. Long-term, Smith and Kilgallon remain committed to serving their clients while also supporting new and existing SVN offices nationwide with the same welcoming support they received from day one.

SVN CEO Lukas Krause welcomed the new office to the network, noting, “Taylor and Clayton bring a unique combination of leadership, discipline, and entrepreneurial drive. Their intentional approach to building SVN | Call Sign Capital, paired with SVN’s collaborative culture, positions them for tremendous growth and impact within the network.”

For more information about SVN | Call Sign Capital LLC, visit svncallsigncapital.com. 

About SVN^®
SVN® is the world’s leading commercial real estate franchise. It is the only Employee-Owned Public Benefit Corporation in the industry, and its growing network includes over 2,000 Advisors, staff, and independent owner-operators who support clients across markets. Built on a foundation of innovation and collaboration, SVN empowers Advisors to deliver client-focused results and real-world impact through its industry-leading Shared Value Network®.

A healthy commercial real estate market is at the heart of every thriving community. As a Public Benefit Corporation, SVN is committed to creating Shared Value with our clients, communities, and the commercial real estate industry.

To learn more about joining SVN, visit www.svn.com.

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At SVN® International, our modern CRE model shares data, knowledge, and opportunities with the brokerage community. Real estate franchises with SVN enable affiliate partners to maintain autonomy while gaining access to a global brand network, comprehensive support systems, and the collaborative culture that accelerates growth and builds long-term enterprise value.

SVN is welcoming those who want to lean into an exciting era of change for the commercial real estate industry. By joining SVN, you gain access to a wider community and greater pool of resources that enhance your opportunities for success and accelerate growth. We support your independence and give you the opportunity to prosper by providing the tools, training, technology, and recruiting support that your brokerage needs.

Join SVN and be part of building a force that is driving commercial real estate forward.

Grow With a Trusted Commercial Real Estate Franchise Partner

Here are just a few ways SVN is shaping the future of commercial real estate and setting you up for long-term success:

Business Ownership: Franchising with the SVN brand is one of the best ways to build enterprise value, control your success, and own your future. Maintain local ownership while leveraging national resources and brand recognition.

Deal Flow: Our global network connects you with Advisors and staff in more offices, with over $15.5B in annual deal flow. SVN Advisors leverage expertise across all property types and services.

Culture: Since 1987, SVN has been built on our 10 Core Covenants which emphasize collaboration, accountability, responsibility, and transparency. Our Core Covenants personify the SVN values and differentiate us from competitors.

Global Brand Recognition: Combine the 7th most recognized brand in the commercial real estate industry with your outstanding reputation to compete for business at national and global levels.

Business Support Services: The SVN technology platform comprises leading-edge CRE tools and preferred vendors that give you a competitive edge in your market.

Enterprise Marketing: Our award-winning marketing platform accelerates speed-to-market and increases demand for properties with shortened sales cycles and expedited closings.

Data Research and Solutions: Through SVN, you can source opportunities to pitch business and execute deals using in-depth investor and transaction data, and detailed market analysis from around the globe.

Training, Mentoring, and Recruiting: Access valuable online and in-person resources including CRE industry and Best Practice webinars, core services and specialty practice calls/meetings, the SVN System for Growth™, and the SVN Elite customized training program.

Trust: For over 30 years, SVN Advisors have committed to sharing information and fees on each and every transaction with the entire CRE brokerage community. Together, this is what we call the SVN Difference.

How Our Commercial Real Estate Franchise Model Works

SVN has more offices than any other commercial real estate firm. With over offices and Advisors across the globe, the SVN community continues to prove that openness, collaboration, and data transparency drive higher results.

Real estate franchises with SVN operate independently while benefiting from comprehensive support, including access to national deal flow. This structure enables franchise owners to scale their businesses, attract and retain top talent, and build enterprise value while maintaining the entrepreneurial independence that attracted them to commercial real estate.

Whether you’re an established brokerage seeking to amplify your market presence or an experienced advisor ready to launch your own firm, SVN’s franchise model provides the infrastructure, support, and collaborative network to accelerate your success.

Connect with our team to explore how SVN’s franchise model can help you achieve your business objectives and build long-term enterprise value.

SVN® International is known for inclusivity and trust through our transparent process. Working with our Shared Value Network®, we create demand for properties through shared fee incentives, online marketing, and comprehensive property promotion that benefits all participants.

Click below to browse current opportunities at SVN offices across the country. Each is independently owned and operated, offering unique opportunities to join teams of experienced Advisors in markets nationwide. Want to learn more about SVN? Contact our team today.

CRE careers at SVN® International offer something different from traditional commercial real estate firms. We’re known for inclusivity and trust through our transparent approach and Shared Value Network®, creating demand for properties through shared fee incentives, comprehensive marketing, and collaborative deal-making that benefits everyone.

SVN is the industry leader in collaboration. We believe that by working together, we can drive commercial real estate forward and prosper. Our culture gives every advisor the opportunity to succeed independently while being part of a larger team that works, plays, and wins together — combining entrepreneurial freedom with the support and resources of a nationally recognized brand.

Your Path Forward

Whether you’re an experienced commercial real estate advisor seeking a more collaborative environment or an independent brokerage owner looking to scale your business, SVN provides pathways to more rewarding CRE careers via comprehensive support, proven training programs, and access to a network of experts across every property type and market.

At SVN, you have a tremendous opportunity to grow your business and make an impact in the communities you serve. You’ll be empowered to take your career where you want it to go with supportive teammates who genuinely want to see you succeed.

What Sets SVN Apart

Culture: Since 1987, SVN has been built on our Core Covenants that emphasize collaboration, accountability, responsibility, and transparency. They are the personification of our values and what differentiates us from our competition.

Global Brand Recognition: Combine the 7th most recognized brand in the commercial real estate industry with your outstanding reputation to compete for business at national and global levels with the backing of offices nationwide.

Training and Mentoring: SVN’s training and mentoring programs leverage award-winning online training, live training events, local training, and one-on-one coaching to help you build your career. These programs provide the tools necessary for both industry newcomers and seasoned CRE professionals to grow and prosper.

Technology and Support: Access leading-edge CRE tools, marketing platforms, and preferred vendor relationships that give you competitive advantages while our dedicated support team helps you navigate challenges and capitalize on opportunities.

Explore Your Opportunities With SVN

Franchise

Launch or grow your commercial real estate brokerage with SVN’s franchise model. Maintain local ownership and independence while accessing global brand recognition, support services, training, and technology platforms.

Careers

Join SVN as an advisor and grow your commercial real estate career. Work independently while leveraging the collective strength of our national network.

Success in commercial real estate requires more than general market knowledge; it demands a deep understanding of the unique factors that drive performance within specific commercial property types. SVN® International combines specialized expertise through dedicated Product Councils with the collaborative power of our national network, ensuring clients benefit from both focused sector knowledge and broad market intelligence.

SVN’s Advisors don’t just dabble across property types; they specialize. Our Product Councils bring together the most experienced Advisors in each sector, sharing best practices, market intelligence, and transaction strategies that elevate results for every client. This structure ensures you work with professionals who speak the language of your asset class and understand the nuances that impact value.

Whether you’re acquiring core assets, exploring specialty properties, or need guidance on land development or single tenant investments, SVN’s team delivers the sector-specific expertise your transaction deserves. Review commercial property types below, explore our available properties here, or connect with our team today to learn more.

Explore Our Commercial Property Type Specialties

Industrial

From manufacturing and distribution to flex R&D facilities, industrial properties form the backbone of global commerce. SVN’s Advisors understand the infrastructure, logistics, and market dynamics that drive industrial real estate performance.

Multifamily

SVN serves multifamily owners and operators nationwide through our 266-member Product Council, delivering unmatched scale and collaboration for stabilized assets, value-add opportunities, and institutional-grade communities.

Office

Office properties remain essential to business growth and collaboration across every market. SVN Advisors bring expertise across CBD high-rises, suburban campuses, and everything in between.

Retail

From necessity-based centers to single-tenant net lease investments, retail properties deliver stable cash flow driven by tenant credit, location, and strategic positioning.

Land & Development

SVN’s specialists bring deep entitlement and zoning expertise across residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects. Our shared-fee culture and coast-to-coast capital relationships maximize deal velocity and value.

Single Tenant Investment

Single tenant properties leased to credit-worthy national tenants offer predictable income and minimal management. SVN’s cooperative approach ensures all buyers compete on a level playing field for the best execution.

Hospitality

Hotels and resort properties require specialized expertise in operational performance, brand standards, and hospitality metrics. SVN’s Advisors deliver both local market insight and national reach for hotel investors.

Healthcare

Healthcare real estate encompasses medical offices, life sciences, and seniors housing — a resilient sector requiring specialized knowledge. SVN’s team brings actual operational experience to serve investors and occupiers with confidence.

Property Management

SVN specializes in multifamily and commercial property management with a focus on maximizing NOI through proactive operations and clear owner reporting. We combine institutional sophistication with boutique-level personal service.

Restaurant

Restaurant real estate requires an understanding of operations, site selection, and lease structures unique to food service. SVN Advisors devise strategies to maximize value, whether filling vacant space or preparing businesses for sale.

Self-Storage

Self-storage delivers stable cash flow and strong occupancy across market cycles. SVN’s specialized Advisors and data-driven approach provide superior market intelligence and optimized value through transparent cooperation.

SFR Portfolio

SVN | SFRhub Marketplace is the industry’s only fully integrated platform for single-family and build-for-rent portfolio transactions. Our proprietary data and institutional-grade underwriting serve portfolios of five or more homes.

Golf & Resorts

Golf courses and lifestyle resorts represent specialized, operationally driven assets requiring expertise in both real estate and hospitality. SVN’s Advisors deliver local insight with national network reach for these unique properties.

Marinas

Marina properties require specialized knowledge of marine operations, waterfront regulations, and lifestyle buyer dynamics. SVN’s experts understand how to position and promote these assets to the right universe of investors and operators.

Auction

SVN Auction Services offers accelerated marketing and sales across multiple platforms — from traditional live auctions to advanced online bidding. Our expertise protects client interests while maximizing ROI through strategic execution.

(Boston, MA) – January 7, 2026 — SVN® International has been named a 2026 Top Impact Company by Real Leaders magazine, an annual recognition honoring organizations that demonstrate strong business performance while driving meaningful social and environmental impact.

The Top Impact Companies list highlights businesses that are integrating purpose into their operations and showing that long-term value creation and positive impact can go hand in hand. Honorees are evaluated based on multi-year growth, revenue performance, and a detailed impact submission outlining how each organization is contributing to measurable change within its industry and communities.

SVN’s inclusion reflects its commitment to being a Shared Value Network® — one that prioritizes collaboration, transparency, and outcomes that extend beyond individual transactions. As a Public Benefit Corporation and the only employee-owned commercial real estate brand in the industry, SVN continues to align its growth strategy with broader economic, social, and community benefits.

“Being named a Top Impact Company reinforces what we strive to build at SVN every day,” said Lukas Krause, CEO of SVN International. “We believe commercial real estate can be a platform for long-term value creation — not just for our Advisors and clients, but for the communities we serve. This recognition reflects the collective efforts of our network and our commitment to leading with purpose.”

Companies selected for the 2026 ranking span a wide range of industries and impact areas, including community development, equitable economic growth, sustainability, and innovation. Each honoree is featured in the 2026 Real Leaders Top Impact Companies issue, alongside other organizations advancing responsible business practices at scale.

Now in its seventh year, the Real Leaders Top Impact Companies ranking continues to spotlight businesses that are redefining success by pairing financial performance with accountability and impact.

For more information on the 2026 Top Impact Companies, visit:
https://real-leaders.com/top-impact-companies-2026

About SVN®

SVN® is the world’s leading commercial real estate franchise. It is the only Employee-Owned Public Benefit Corporation in the industry, and its growing network includes over 2,000 Advisors staff, and independent owner-operators who support clients across markets. Built on a foundation of innovation and collaboration, SVN empowers Advisors to deliver client-focused results and real-world impact through its industry-leading Shared Value Network®.

A healthy commercial real estate market is at the heart of every thriving community. As a Public Benefit Corporation, SVN is committed to creating Shared Value with our clients, communities, and the commercial real estate industry. 

To learn more about joining SVN, visit www.svn.com.

About Real Leaders®

Real Leaders celebrates the business achievements that make the world better — and inspires leaders everywhere to pursue meaningful impact.

To learn more about the 2026 winners or to apply for next year’s ranking, visit:
https://real-leaders.com/top-impact-companies

To Access this year’s ranking of the 2026 Top Impact Companies, please visit: https://real-leaders.com/top-impact-companies-2026

But sustained investor interest doesn’t mean these investments are without challenges. While triple net leases offer compelling advantages, including predictable cash flow and minimal management responsibilities, they also present specific risks that require careful evaluation and experienced guidance to navigate successfully.

Understanding both sides of this investment strategy helps investors make informed decisions and structure transactions that align with their objectives while managing potential downsides. Here, SVN International® takes you through both parts of the NNN equation.

The Enduring Appeal of NNN Investments

The fundamentals that make triple net lease investments attractive remain as strong as ever. As detailed in our previous analysis of why investors return to NNN properties, these investments deliver four core benefits:

Predictable Cash Flow: Tenants covering property expenses create consistent monthly income with minimal fluctuation, making NNN properties ideal for portfolio diversification and retirement planning.

Reduced Management Burden: Property management responsibilities largely fall to tenants, freeing investors from day-to-day operational concerns like maintenance coordination or contractor management.

Long-Term Security: Extended lease terms of 10-25 years with built-in rent escalations provide income visibility and inflation protection over substantial time horizons.

Credit-Worthy Tenants: Many NNN properties house established national or regional tenants with strong credit profiles, historically reducing default and vacancy risk.

These advantages explain why NNN investments have become cornerstones of many successful real estate portfolios. However, realizing these benefits consistently requires understanding and mitigating several inherent challenges.

The Pitfalls of Triple Net Lease Investments

Tenant Dependency and Financial Health

Single-tenant properties concentrate income risk significantly. While credit-worthy tenants reduce this concern, tenant financial health can change substantially over long lease terms. Economic conditions shift, industries face disruption, and even well-established companies encounter challenges that weren’t visible at lease signing.

Economic downturns particularly impact commercial tenants, increasing default risk across all credit ratings. Long NNN lease terms, often spanning 15-25 years, provide ample time for market conditions to evolve in ways that affect tenant viability.

Should a tenant face financial difficulties, property owners may need to cover taxes, insurance, and maintenance during workout negotiations or while seeking replacement tenants — expenses that can quickly erode cash reserves and impact projected returns.

Lease Structure Complexity

Not all triple net leases are created equal. According to guidance from the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, lease agreements often contain hidden obligations that significantly impact the “net” nature of the investment.

Roof and structural repairs represent common gray areas. Some NNN leases place these major capital expenses on landlords despite the property being marketed as truly passive. Other leases include reciprocal easement agreements or covenants that create indirect landlord obligations not immediately apparent during initial review.

Understanding exactly which expenses remain landlord responsibilities, and how those might compound over time, requires thorough lease analysis before acquisition.

Deferred Maintenance Concerns

When tenants directly handle property maintenance, they may defer necessary work to reduce occupancy costs, particularly as lease expiration approaches. This creates potential problems for property owners who regain control of assets requiring significant repair or updating.

Research published by NAIOP indicates that deferred maintenance effectively reduces tenant rent payments while simultaneously diminishing asset value for landlords. Properties returned at lease end may require substantial capital investment before re-leasing becomes possible.

Limited Upside in Rising Markets

Long-term leases providing income stability can also limit financial upside when market conditions improve. Properties with fixed rent terms, even those including modest escalation clauses, may fall below market rates as local rental markets strengthen.

Without flexible adjustment mechanisms, investors miss appreciation opportunities while remaining locked into below-market income streams. This challenge intensifies in rapidly growing markets where comparable properties command significantly higher rents.

Vacancy and Re-Tenanting Challenges

Replacing tenants at lease expiration or following early termination can prove more difficult than initial leasing. Market conditions may have shifted, tenant improvement requirements often increase, and the replacement process typically involves extended vacancy periods.

Finding tenants willing to accept NNN structure terms comparable to expiring leases requires substantial marketing efforts and market knowledge. Meanwhile, property owners face continuing expense obligations without offsetting rental income, which creates cash flow pressure that impacts overall investment returns.

How SVN Helps Navigate NNN Complexity

The challenges outlined above aren’t reasons to avoid triple net lease investments; they’re factors that require experienced guidance to navigate successfully. Working with advisors who understand NNN market nuances significantly improves investment outcomes.

At SVN, our approach to triple net lease transactions emphasizes thorough due diligence that extends beyond surface-level analysis. Our advisors help investors evaluate tenant creditworthiness not just through credit ratings but by analyzing unit-level economics, industry trends, and location-specific performance factors that indicate lease renewal likelihood.

Lease structure analysis represents another critical advantage. Our collaborative network includes specialists experienced in identifying hidden obligations, evaluating expense allocation fairness, and negotiating terms that genuinely protect investor interests. We help clients understand exactly what “triple net” means for specific properties rather than accepting marketing descriptions at face value.

Market intelligence provides additional protection. Our 200+ office network delivers insights into local rental markets, tenant industry performance, and emerging risks that might not surface through conventional due diligence. This breadth of market knowledge helps investors avoid properties where tenant viability concerns exist or where lease terms create unfavorable long-term positions.

Portfolio strategy guidance ensures NNN investments fit within broader investment objectives. Rather than treating each opportunity as a standalone, we help clients understand how NNN properties should balance against other holdings to manage concentration risk while pursuing passive income goals.

Exit strategy planning represents the final critical element. Understanding potential challenges in tenant replacement or property disposition allows investors to structure acquisitions with realistic expectations about holding periods and potential liquidity needs.

Making Informed NNN Investment Decisions

Triple net lease investments remain compelling opportunities for investors seeking passive income with minimal management responsibilities. The benefits that have attracted investors for decades — predictable cash flow, reduced operational burden, long-term security — continue providing genuine value.

However, success requires acknowledging and preparing for inherent challenges. Tenant dependency, lease complexity, maintenance concerns, market timing limitations, and exit considerations all demand careful attention during acquisition and throughout the holding period.

Working with experienced advisors who understand both the opportunities and pitfalls makes the critical difference. Collaborative networks that combine national market intelligence with local execution expertise provide the comprehensive perspective successful NNN investing requires.

The challenge intensifies as portfolios grow. What works for managing three properties rarely scales effectively to 30. Individual asset optimization gives way to portfolio-level thinking, where the relationships between properties matter as much as the properties themselves.

Whether you’re building your first multi-asset portfolio or managing an established collection of properties, SVN International^® details five principles that help investors maintain strategic balance while scaling deliberately.

Five Principles for Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Management

Design Your Portfolio Strategically From Day One

The biggest mistake investors often make is optimizing individual properties instead of managing the portfolio as a system. Each acquisition decision should support broader portfolio objectives rather than standing alone as an opportunistic deal.

Start by defining clear portfolio objectives before pursuing new assets. Are you prioritizing consistent income or long-term appreciation? Building for growth or preserving capital? What’s your realistic time horizon, and what exit flexibility do you need?

According to research from the FDIC, portfolio strategy should drive acquisitions, dispositions, and capital improvements — not the other way around. This creates intentional balance between risk and return before scale is introduced. Strategic portfolio design means every acquisition either fills a gap in your risk profile or intentionally doubles down on a proven thesis; it’s never simply adding volume.

Experienced advisors help investors stress-test their portfolio concentration across various asset types, geographic markets, and tenant exposures. They identify overlap and hidden correlations that may not be obvious when evaluating properties individually. A portfolio heavily invested in retail and hospitality, for example, faces compounded risk during consumer spending downturns, even if properties are geographically dispersed.

Use Diversification to Manage Risk, Not Chase Scale

Scaling too quickly without strategic diversification increases risk faster than it increases value. But diversification itself requires discipline and purpose.

Effective portfolio diversification operates across multiple dimensions: asset classes like office, industrial, retail, and mixed-use; tenant profiles and lease structures; market cycles and regional economic drivers. Research published in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics demonstrates that well-structured diversification improves risk-adjusted returns by reducing portfolio volatility without sacrificing performance.

However, over-diversification creates its own problems. Managing too many property types or markets spreads expertise thin, increases management complexity, and can actually reduce returns through operational drag. An investor managing everything from medical offices to data centers to farmland likely lacks the specialized knowledge to optimize any single category.

The goal is disciplined diversification that reduces concentration risk while maintaining operational focus. This often means diversifying within areas of expertise; multiple industrial properties across different tenant industries and lease terms, for example, rather than jumping into entirely new asset classes.

Make Risk Explicit, Measurable, and Actively Managed

Risk isn’t static. It shifts constantly as markets evolve, tenants’ financial health changes, and capital conditions fluctuate. Scale amplifies both good decisions and bad ones, making risk management increasingly critical as portfolios grow.

Repeatable underwriting standards and consistent asset performance benchmarks help identify problems early. Establish clear capital allocation rules that define when properties warrant additional investment versus when they should be repositioned or sold.

Proactive portfolio reviews analyze lease and tenant risk systematically rather than waiting for problems to surface. Regular market-level monitoring tied to each asset’s role in the portfolio helps preserve downside protection while allowing upside growth.

Operational discipline protects value as portfolios scale. The systems that manage five properties need evolution, not just replication, to manage 50 properties effectively.

Let Data and Market Intelligence Drive Capital Allocation

Value creation often comes from when and where capital is deployed, not just what is acquired. Market timing and strategic positioning drive returns as much as property selection.

Use market data to identify hold versus sell opportunities across your portfolio. Properties that performed well historically may face structural headwinds that make disposition preferable to continued holding. Conversely, assets in temporarily distressed markets may warrant increased investment if fundamentals support long-term recovery.

Data-driven analysis helps prioritize reinvestment versus disposition decisions. Should capital improvements extend the holding period for stabilized assets, or would that capital generate better returns by acquiring value-add opportunities in stronger markets?

Timing refinances and recapitalizations based on market conditions rather than arbitrary schedules can significantly impact returns. Translating macro trends into asset-level decisions requires systematic analysis, not reactive decision-making. The larger and more complex the portfolio, the more critical objective analysis becomes for maintaining performance

Preserve Liquidity and Optionality as You Grow

The best portfolios aren’t just profitable, they’re adaptable. Market volatility rewards investors who maintain flexibility to respond to opportunities and challenges.

Staggered lease maturities prevent the entire portfolio from facing rollover risk simultaneously. Balanced debt structures with varied maturity dates and reasonable leverage ratios preserve refinancing flexibility regardless of market conditions. Clear exit strategies for each asset type ensure you’re never forced to hold properties through disadvantageous market cycles.

Avoid overexposure to illiquid or management-intensive assets. Properties requiring constant hands-on oversight or lacking secondary market liquidity can trap capital when market conditions shift or better opportunities emerge.

Portfolio composition should align with your realistic liquidity needs. Institutional investors with long time horizons can tolerate more illiquidity than individual investors who may need to access capital for personal reasons or other investment opportunities.

Building Portfolios for Long-Term Success

Commercial real estate portfolio management demands strategy-first thinking, data-driven execution, and active risk management. Success comes from orchestrating these elements simultaneously rather than optimizing any single variable.

The most successful portfolio investors recognize that scale without strategy creates complexity without corresponding value. They build portfolios systematically, diversify purposefully, manage risk proactively, allocate capital strategically, and preserve flexibility deliberately.

Working with advisors who understand portfolio-level dynamics, and not just individual transactions, improves outcomes significantly. Collaborative networks that combine national market intelligence with local execution expertise provide the comprehensive perspective portfolio management requires.

At SVN, our approach to commercial real estate emphasizes portfolio strategy alongside transaction execution. Our collaborative Shared Value Network® connects investors with advisors across 200+ offices who share market intelligence, identify opportunities, and provide ongoing portfolio analysis. This combination of local market expertise and national reach helps clients balance risk, value, and scale as their portfolios evolve.

Whether you’re building your first multi-property portfolio or optimizing an established collection of assets, connect with our team to discuss how strategic portfolio management can support your long-term investment objectives.

A global real estate network provides a seamless flow of information, resources, and opportunities that local markets alone simply cannot match. Today’s most sophisticated commercial real estate transactions increasingly require both deep local knowledge and expansive market reach.

Today, SVN International® explores five capabilities that separate global networks from even the best local brokerages.

Access to National and International Buyer Pools

The perfect buyer for your property might be 2,000 miles away, or on another continent entirely.

A global real estate network exposes properties to exponentially larger pools of qualified buyers and tenants. Access to a broader pool of buyers and sellers increases chances of finding the perfect match for properties, particularly specialty assets, high-value opportunities, and investment-grade portfolios that appeal to institutional capital.

Consider the industrial portfolio owner in Texas whose properties attract European institutional investors through international network connections. Or the boutique hospitality asset that reaches global hospitality investors who would never appear in local broker databases. National retailers identify multi-state expansion opportunities through coordinated network intelligence that no single local broker could provide.

Even exceptional local brokers operate primarily within their regional sphere. They market to their database, their contacts, and their market participants. They miss the buyers who’ve never considered your market — or don’t yet know they should.

Cross-Market Intelligence and Trend Visibility

Global markets often move independently, offering access to diverse macroeconomic environments and non-correlated performance drivers. This creates strategic advantages for investors who can see beyond single-market dynamics.

Real-time intelligence from advisors across diverse markets reveals emerging trends early. When industrial demand shifts in one region, network-connected brokers in other markets recognize comparable patterns developing locally. When office utilization evolves in coastal cities, landlords in secondary markets gain advance visibility into coming changes.

By taking a global view, investors can access different real estate cycles and benefit from the strongest thematic trends. Developers spot industrial opportunities in Southeast markets before local competitors recognize patterns. Investors compare cap rates across Sun Belt cities with ground-level data from multiple market experts simultaneously. Office landlords learn about tenant space requirements evolving in comparable markets, informing their own repositioning strategies.

Local brokers see one data point — their market. Networks see patterns across dozens of markets simultaneously, providing context that transforms information into intelligence.

Coordinated Multi-Market Transactions

When transactions span multiple cities, states, or countries, coordination becomes critical to success.

Portfolio transactions, corporate dispositions, and multi-market acquisitions require synchronized representation across locations. This means consistent service standards, unified communication protocols, and strategic alignment, all while maintaining deep local market expertise in each location.

For example, healthcare REITs can dispose of medical office portfolios across seven states with coordinated local execution teams ensuring uniform marketing, consistent negotiation strategies, and synchronized closings. Private equity firms acquire multifamily portfolios spanning regional markets through teams that collaborate rather than compete. Corporations execute simultaneous sale-leaseback transactions for distribution facilities nationwide, requiring precise coordination across multiple markets and property types.

Managing multiple disconnected local brokers creates communication gaps, inconsistent strategies, timing misalignment, and duplicated efforts. A cohesive global real estate network provides single-point accountability while deploying local expertise where it matters most.

National Tenant and Occupier Relationships

The tenant considering your market might already be working with network brokers in their current location — giving connected advisors early intelligence about expansion plans.

Networks maintain direct relationships with national and regional companies actively seeking space across multiple markets. This provides advance visibility into corporate expansion, relocation, and consolidation plans that local brokers only learn about through public announcements or RFPs.

Some examples: Class A office properties connect with Fortune 500 companies through network relationships that originated in different markets. Cold storage facilities secure national grocery chain tenants via enterprise retail client relationships cultivated across the network. Flex space developments pre-lease to expanding e-commerce businesses connected through logistics-focused network advisors who understand evolving distribution strategies.

Local brokers wait for tenants to discover their market through traditional channels. Network brokers actively match opportunities across their system, creating value for both landlords and tenants through coordinated intelligence.

Specialized Expertise Across Property Types

Niche properties require specialized knowledge that local generalists may not possess, regardless of their market expertise.

Networks provide access to advisors with deep expertise in specialty property types, from aviation facilities and data centers to cold storage and agricultural land. This expertise sharing extends beyond individual transactions to include best practices, valuation methodologies, and buyer/tenant connections specific to unusual asset classes.

Even exceptional local brokers may lack expertise or buyer connections for highly specialized asset classes that represent small percentages of local market activity but require deep technical knowledge for successful transactions.

SVN®: The Best of Both Worlds

The most successful commercial real estate transactions don’t choose between local expertise and global reach; they leverage both strategically.

Deep local market knowledge remains irreplaceable. Understanding neighborhood dynamics, local development pipelines, municipal relationships, and market-specific tenant requirements cannot be replicated remotely. But that essential local knowledge becomes exponentially more valuable when connected to a global real estate network with broader buyer and tenant pools, multi-market intelligence, coordinated transaction capabilities, specialized expertise, and institutional resources.

SVN’s Shared Value Network® model demonstrates this balance in practice. We utilize 225+ offices with over 2,000 advisors maintaining local market control and entrepreneurial independence while proactively sharing opportunities, intelligence, and relationships across the entire system. This collaborative approach creates transaction value that isolated local brokerages simply cannot replicate, regardless of individual broker quality.

The framework prioritizes cooperation over competition among network members, fee sharing that incentivizes broad property exposure, and systematic intelligence sharing that benefits all participants. When a client chooses an SVN advisor, they mobilize not just local expertise but an entire global organization working collaboratively on their behalf.

Considering your next commercial real estate transaction? Explore how SVN’s global network combines local market intelligence with international reach to deliver results local brokerages can’t match. Visit svn.com/franchise to learn more about how SVN’s collaborative model creates amazing value for clients, colleagues, and communities.

Smart investors look beyond the obvious to find underserved niches where supply constraints and evolving market dynamics create compelling value propositions. Below, SVN International® highlights four industrial real estate investment opportunities that deserve closer examination. Let’s get started. 

Four Industrial Real Estate Investment Hidden Gems

Cold Storage Facilities: The Refrigerated Revolution

Most investors equate warehouse space with traditional logistics. They’re missing the refrigerated opportunity that’s transforming supply chains. Cold storage remains overlooked despite explosive growth. Expected to double in market value over the next six years, the U.S. cold storage market remains a largely untapped resource. Yet demand for cold storage has significantly outpaced the modest 3.73 billion cubic feet of existing supply, much of which is dated product built nearly 40 years ago.

Multiple factors drive this demand surge. Rising consumer demand for fresh and frozen foods, online grocery delivery, and pharmaceutical cold chain requirements are fueling market expansion. E-commerce grocery services, meal delivery platforms, and farm-to-table movements all require sophisticated temperature-controlled logistics that aging facilities can’t adequately support.

Investment considerations include strategic location near population centers and transportation hubs, energy efficiency features that reduce operating costs, and securing creditworthy tenants like national grocery chains or third-party logistics providers. Modern cold storage facilities are designed with higher ceilings — the preferred ceiling height is 50 feet — and optimized layouts to maximize storage capacity.

The specialized nature of cold storage creates natural barriers to entry, which benefits positioned investors while requiring brokers who can connect national tenants with regional facilities across multiple markets.

Last-Mile Distribution Centers: Proximity Creates Premium Returns

The final mile of delivery accounts for approximately 53 percent of overall shipping costs, and it’s creating unexpected real estate opportunities in suburban markets nationwide. These smaller facilities don’t attract institutional attention like billion-dollar fulfillment centers, yet the fundamentals tell a compelling story. Like cold storage, the expected growth is exponential in the global last mile in the e-commerce delivery market.

The returns reflect this urgency. In some markets, price per square foot grew at a compound annual growth rate of 17.2 percent between 2017 and 2022, while last-mile distribution centers can generate rents 20 to 50 percent higher than regular facilities based on location.

Location requirements differ dramatically from traditional warehouses. End users typically prefer small buildings in the sub-100,000-square-foot range, with ideal locations within 6 to 15 miles of high-density residential areas. High-density metros like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago lead demand, but secondary cities, including Atlanta, Dallas, and Miami, offer strategic regional advantages.

Success requires hyperlocal market knowledge, such as understanding traffic patterns, residential density, and competitive positioning that only experienced local brokers can provide.

Small-Bay Flex Space: Where Main Street Meets Industrial Returns

While institutions construct million-square-foot distribution centers, small businesses scramble for modest warehouse bays, and these smaller spaces are winning the rent growth race.

The vacancy rate for U.S. industrial properties smaller than 50,000 square feet has reached record lows nationally. Even more telling: forecasts call for overall industrial rent growth to dip marginally in the short term, but that average masks continued strong increases for small-flex space.

Small-bay industrial properties are typically under 50,000 square feet, divided into units ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 square feet. These flex spaces blend warehouse functionality with finished office areas, increasingly demanded by tradespeople, e-commerce operators, contractors, and small businesses.

The tenant diversity provides remarkable stability. Local contractors, HVAC companies, electricians, small manufacturers, e-commerce businesses, and service companies needing combined office and storage space all compete for the limited supply. 

Lower improvement costs — typically $5-20 per square foot versus $20-40 for traditional office space — make these properties affordable for tenants while maintaining attractive returns for investors. The fragmented nature of this market rewards brokers with deep local relationships and understanding of community business dynamics.

Infill Industrial and Adaptive Reuse: Hidden Value in Aging Assets

The most profitable industrial opportunities might not require building anything new, just recognizing potential where others see obsolescence.

Repositioning existing facilities offers compelling economics. Class C industrial buildings can present redevelopment opportunities for conversion into self-storage, last-mile facilities, or mixed-use real estate.

Urban land scarcity makes creative reuse increasingly valuable. Older warehouses can become modern cold storage facilities. Industrial parks subdivide into small-bay flex developments. Urban manufacturing buildings transform into last-mile distribution hubs. Obsolete facilities convert to data centers or specialized uses, matching evolving market needs.

Success requires understanding local zoning, building relationships with specialized contractors, and identifying tenant demand before acquisition. This opportunity particularly benefits from collaborative broker networks that can match property owners with developers, architects, and end-users who can reimagine outdated space.

Find Smart Industrial Real Estate Investment Prospects with SVN

These four opportunities share critical characteristics: undersupplied markets relative to demand, resilient tenant bases serving essential needs, requirements for local expertise combined with market connections, and less competition from mega-funds chasing larger deals.

Successful industrial investing demands both local market intelligence and national tenant relationships. Working with brokers who understand specialized segments while leveraging collaborative networks helps investors identify off-market opportunities and connect with qualified tenants across regions.Ready to explore these industrial investment opportunities? Connect with SVN International Public Benefit Corporation (SVN®). Our collaborative network of over 2,000 advisors across 225+ offices can help identify and capitalize on tomorrow’s best industrial investments, today. Visit svn.com/franchise to learn more about how SVN’s unique approach creates value in commercial real estate.

A global real estate network provides a seamless flow of information, resources, and opportunities that local markets alone simply cannot match. Today’s most sophisticated commercial real estate transactions increasingly require both deep local knowledge and expansive market reach.

Today, SVN International® explores five capabilities that separate global networks from even the best local brokerages.

Access to National and International Buyer Pools

The perfect buyer for your property might be 2,000 miles away, or on another continent entirely.

A global real estate network exposes properties to exponentially larger pools of qualified buyers and tenants. Access to a broader pool of buyers and sellers increases chances of finding the perfect match for properties, particularly specialty assets, high-value opportunities, and investment-grade portfolios that appeal to institutional capital.

Consider the industrial portfolio owner in Texas whose properties attract European institutional investors through international network connections. Or the boutique hospitality asset that reaches global hospitality investors who would never appear in local broker databases. National retailers identify multi-state expansion opportunities through coordinated network intelligence that no single local broker could provide.

Even exceptional local brokers operate primarily within their regional sphere. They market to their database, their contacts, and their market participants. They miss the buyers who’ve never considered your market — or don’t yet know they should.

Cross-Market Intelligence and Trend Visibility

Global markets often move independently, offering access to diverse macroeconomic environments and non-correlated performance drivers. This creates strategic advantages for investors who can see beyond single-market dynamics.

Real-time intelligence from advisors across diverse markets reveals emerging trends early. When industrial demand shifts in one region, network-connected brokers in other markets recognize comparable patterns developing locally. When office utilization evolves in coastal cities, landlords in secondary markets gain advance visibility into coming changes.

By taking a global view, investors can access different real estate cycles and benefit from the strongest thematic trends. Developers spot industrial opportunities in Southeast markets before local competitors recognize patterns. Investors compare cap rates across Sun Belt cities with ground-level data from multiple market experts simultaneously. Office landlords learn about tenant space requirements evolving in comparable markets, informing their own repositioning strategies.

Local brokers see one data point — their market. Networks see patterns across dozens of markets simultaneously, providing context that transforms information into intelligence.

Coordinated Multi-Market Transactions

When transactions span multiple cities, states, or countries, coordination becomes critical to success.

Portfolio transactions, corporate dispositions, and multi-market acquisitions require synchronized representation across locations. This means consistent service standards, unified communication protocols, and strategic alignment, all while maintaining deep local market expertise in each location.

For example, healthcare REITs can dispose of medical office portfolios across seven states with coordinated local execution teams ensuring uniform marketing, consistent negotiation strategies, and synchronized closings. Private equity firms acquire multifamily portfolios spanning regional markets through teams that collaborate rather than compete. Corporations execute simultaneous sale-leaseback transactions for distribution facilities nationwide, requiring precise coordination across multiple markets and property types.

Managing multiple disconnected local brokers creates communication gaps, inconsistent strategies, timing misalignment, and duplicated efforts. A cohesive global real estate network provides single-point accountability while deploying local expertise where it matters most.

National Tenant and Occupier Relationships

The tenant considering your market might already be working with network brokers in their current location — giving connected advisors early intelligence about expansion plans.

Networks maintain direct relationships with national and regional companies actively seeking space across multiple markets. This provides advance visibility into corporate expansion, relocation, and consolidation plans that local brokers only learn about through public announcements or RFPs.

Some examples: Class A office properties connect with Fortune 500 companies through network relationships that originated in different markets. Cold storage facilities secure national grocery chain tenants via enterprise retail client relationships cultivated across the network. Flex space developments pre-lease to expanding e-commerce businesses connected through logistics-focused network advisors who understand evolving distribution strategies.

Local brokers wait for tenants to discover their market through traditional channels. Network brokers actively match opportunities across their system, creating value for both landlords and tenants through coordinated intelligence.

Specialized Expertise Across Property Types

Niche properties require specialized knowledge that local generalists may not possess, regardless of their market expertise.

Networks provide access to advisors with deep expertise in specialty property types, from aviation facilities and data centers to cold storage and agricultural land. This expertise sharing extends beyond individual transactions to include best practices, valuation methodologies, and buyer/tenant connections specific to unusual asset classes.

Even exceptional local brokers may lack expertise or buyer connections for highly specialized asset classes that represent small percentages of local market activity but require deep technical knowledge for successful transactions.

SVN®: The Best of Both Worlds

The most successful commercial real estate transactions don’t choose between local expertise and global reach; they leverage both strategically.

Deep local market knowledge remains irreplaceable. Understanding neighborhood dynamics, local development pipelines, municipal relationships, and market-specific tenant requirements cannot be replicated remotely. But that essential local knowledge becomes exponentially more valuable when connected to a global real estate network with broader buyer and tenant pools, multi-market intelligence, coordinated transaction capabilities, specialized expertise, and institutional resources.

SVN’s Shared Value Network® model demonstrates this balance in practice. We utilize 225+ offices with over 2,000 advisors maintaining local market control and entrepreneurial independence while proactively sharing opportunities, intelligence, and relationships across the entire system. This collaborative approach creates transaction value that isolated local brokerages simply cannot replicate, regardless of individual broker quality.

The framework prioritizes cooperation over competition among network members, fee sharing that incentivizes broad property exposure, and systematic intelligence sharing that benefits all participants. When a client chooses an SVN advisor, they mobilize not just local expertise but an entire global organization working collaboratively on their behalf.

Considering your next commercial real estate transaction? Explore how SVN’s global network combines local market intelligence with international reach to deliver results local brokerages can’t match. Visit svn.com/franchise to learn more about how SVN’s collaborative model creates amazing value for clients, colleagues, and communities.

SVN | Raleigh is a premier boutique commercial real estate firm founded in 2011. Recognized as one of Raleigh’s best for four consecutive years, the firm has built a strong reputation for delivering strategically crafted solutions across the office, industrial, retail, investment sales, multi-family, land, and development sectors. With a team of trusted Advisors representing buyers, tenants, landlords, sellers, and developers throughout the Triangle Region, SVN | Raleigh is well-positioned to continue its growth under the SVN brand.

The office is led by Managing Director John Powell, who brings deep market expertise and a long-standing commitment to client success.

“From day one, we realized that our culture and core values align extremely well with SVN,” said Powell. “We’ve built a successful boutique brand in one of the hottest markets in the country, surrounded by major national firms. Partnering with SVN gives us the momentum to accelerate our growth and maximize our potential.”

Powell added, “The SVN platform allows us to collaborate with seasoned Advisors across North America, build trusted relationships, and ensure our clients are represented with precision and integrity. We’re also excited to help strengthen the SVN brand as a powerhouse in North America and around the world.”

Looking ahead, SVN | Raleigh aims to expand its reach beyond the Triangle Region and across state lines by aligning with experienced commercial real estate professionals nationwide. The firm’s focus will be on equipping its Advisors with additional tools and a national platform to grow their personal brands and serve clients at the highest level.

SVN CEO Lukas Krause welcomed the firm to the network, noting, “John and his team embody the entrepreneurial drive and collaborative spirit that define SVN. Their proven success in the Raleigh market, combined with a shared commitment to our values, makes SVN | Raleigh an outstanding addition to our expanding presence in the Southeast.”

For more information about SVN | Raleigh, visit www.svnraleigh.com.

About SVN^®
SVN® is the world’s leading commercial real estate franchise. It is the only Employee-Owned Public Benefit Corporation in the industry, and its growing network includes over 2,000 Advisors, staff, and independent owner-operators who support clients across markets. Built on a foundation of innovation and collaboration, SVN empowers Advisors to deliver client-focused results and real-world impact through its industry-leading Shared Value Network®.

A healthy commercial real estate market is at the heart of every thriving community. As a Public Benefit Corporation, SVN is committed to creating Shared Value with our clients, communities, and the commercial real estate industry.

To learn more about joining SVN, visit www.svn.com.

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Boston, MA — (November 2025) — SVN International Public Benefit Corporation (SVN®), the leading full-service commercial real estate franchisor and the industry’s only Employee-Owned Public Benefit Corporation, proudly announces the addition of SVN | Raleigh, located in Raleigh, North Carolina.

SVN | Raleigh is a premier boutique commercial real estate firm founded in 2011. Recognized as one of Raleigh’s best for four consecutive years, the firm has built a strong reputation for delivering strategically crafted solutions across the office, industrial, retail, investment sales, multi-family, land, and development sectors. With a team of trusted Advisors representing buyers, tenants, landlords, sellers, and developers throughout the Triangle Region, SVN | Raleigh is well-positioned to continue its growth under the SVN brand.

The office is led by Managing Director John Powell, who brings deep market expertise and a long-standing commitment to client success.

“From day one, we realized that our culture and core values align extremely well with SVN,” said Powell. “We’ve built a successful boutique brand in one of the hottest markets in the country, surrounded by major national firms. Partnering with SVN gives us the momentum to accelerate our growth and maximize our potential.”

Powell added, “The SVN platform allows us to collaborate with seasoned Advisors across North America, build trusted relationships, and ensure our clients are represented with precision and integrity. We’re also excited to help strengthen the SVN brand as a powerhouse in North America and around the world.”

Looking ahead, SVN | Raleigh aims to expand its reach beyond the Triangle Region and across state lines by aligning with experienced commercial real estate professionals nationwide. The firm’s focus will be on equipping its Advisors with additional tools and a national platform to grow their personal brands and serve clients at the highest level.

SVN CEO Lukas Krause welcomed the firm to the network, noting, “John and his team embody the entrepreneurial drive and collaborative spirit that define SVN. Their proven success in the Raleigh market, combined with a shared commitment to our values, makes SVN | Raleigh an outstanding addition to our expanding presence in the Southeast.”

For more information about SVN | Raleigh, visit www.svnraleigh.com.

About SVN^®
SVN® is the world’s leading commercial real estate franchise. It is the only Employee-Owned Public Benefit Corporation in the industry, and its growing network includes over 2,000 Advisors, staff, and independent owner-operators who support clients across markets. Built on a foundation of innovation and collaboration, SVN empowers Advisors to deliver client-focused results and real-world impact through its industry-leading Shared Value Network®.

A healthy commercial real estate market is at the heart of every thriving community. As a Public Benefit Corporation, SVN is committed to creating Shared Value with our clients, communities, and the commercial real estate industry.

To learn more about joining SVN, visit www.svn.com.

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Boston, MA — (November 2025) — SVN International (SVNI), a global commercial real estate brand, is pleased to announce the appointments of Karen Kulczycki, CCIM, SIOR, Senior Vice President of SVN | Chicago Commercial, and John McClellan, CCIM, SIOR, Senior Advisor at SVN | Miller Commercial Real Estate, as Co-Chairs of the SVN Leasing Product Council. Together, they will lead efforts to enhance collaboration, share best practices, and strengthen SVN’s leasing expertise across asset classes and markets.

With more than 38 years in commercial real estate, John McClellan brings deep experience in leasing across multiple property types, representing a diverse range of tenants and landlords. A consistent top producer within SVN, he holds both the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) designations. John is dedicated to fostering collaboration across the SVN network, stating, “Our goal is to ensure the information shared is relevant and applicable to all asset classes and markets. I’m motivated by a desire to give back and help strengthen the cooperative spirit that makes SVN unique. Unlike many large national brokerages, SVN fosters true collaboration among offices, markets, and specialties.”

Karen Kulczycki is a transactional and volume broker specializing in leasing and sales across multiple property types. Over the past seven years with SVN | Chicago Commercial, she has earned numerous accolades, including 2025 Woman Broker of the Year (Illinois RE Journal), SVN National President’s Circle (2024, 2022), SVN National Achiever (2023, 2021, 2020), and SVN National Rookie of the Year (2019). She is also an active member of NAIOP, CCIM, SIOR, ICSC, AIRE, and IWIRE. “I’m motivated to take on this new role because I want to build a more interactive and targeted experience for leasing brokers of all backgrounds—one that provides practical value, encourages idea-sharing, and supports success no matter the market, deal size, or asset type,” said Kulczycki.

Together, Karen and John plan to host quarterly virtual meetings for Leasing Product Council members nationwide, providing a platform for discussions on leasing strategies, marketing, legal updates, and emerging technologies. The Council’s broader mission is to share best practices, introduce new tools, and leverage SVN’s national platform for ongoing collaboration and professional growth.

Their appointments reflect SVN’s commitment to advancing knowledge-sharing and collaboration through its Product Councils—specialized groups that connect Advisors across disciplines to elevate client service and drive performance throughout the SVN network.

About SVN® Product Councils
SVN Product Councils are specialized groups within the SVN network focused on distinct areas of commercial real estate. They provide SVN Advisors the opportunity to share expertise, develop resources, and collaborate with colleagues in similar specialties across markets.

About SVN^®
SVN® is the world’s leading commercial real estate franchise. It is the only Employee-Owned Public Benefit Corporation in the industry, and its growing network includes over 2,000 Advisors, staff, and independent owner-operators who support clients across markets. Built on a foundation of innovation and collaboration, SVN empowers Advisors to deliver client-focused results and real-world impact through its industry-leading Shared Value Network®.

A healthy commercial real estate market is at the heart of every thriving community. As a Public Benefit Corporation, SVN is committed to creating Shared Value with our clients, communities, and the commercial real estate industry.

To learn more about joining SVN, visit www.svn.com.

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At SVN, the commitment to collaboration, cutting-edge technology, and an expansive network reflects what distinguishes exceptional brokers from the rest. Through our Shared Value Network® model and co-brokerage approach, we’ve built a framework that prioritizes client outcomes above all else. But what exactly separates the best commercial real estate brokers from their peers?

Let’s explore the four key differentiators that define excellence in commercial real estate brokerage.

Market Intelligence & Data-Driven Decision Making

The best commercial real estate brokers don’t rely solely on instinct or relationships; they ground their advice in market data and analysis. Top-performing brokers integrate multiple data sources to inform strategy: macroeconomic indicators, vacancy and occupancy trends, rental rate trajectories, comparable sales, and asset-specific performance metrics.

According to the National Association of Realtors Commercial Real Estate Outlook, market fundamentals significantly influence property values and investment returns. Brokers who track underlying factors — macroeconomics, valuation, occupancy, and rent — and translate them into actionable insights help clients make informed decisions rather than speculative ones.

For sellers, this means more accurate valuations and strategic pricing that maximizes returns. For buyers and tenants, data-driven brokers identify opportunities that align with investment criteria while avoiding overpriced assets.

The best brokers also contextualize data within broader market dynamics, understanding how interest rate changes affect cap rates, how employment trends influence office demand, and how supply chain shifts impact industrial values. This comprehensive perspective provides guidance that withstands market scrutiny.

Networking & Full-Market Reach

One of the most significant differentiators is how brokers approach market exposure. While many work primarily within their own databases, the best commercial real estate brokers understand that maximizing value requires reaching the entire marketplace, including buyers, tenants, and brokers outside their immediate sphere.

This philosophy of compensated cooperation — proactively sharing listings and fees with the broader brokerage community — creates competitive advantages. When properties receive maximum exposure across multiple networks, they attract more qualified prospects, generate stronger offers, and often close faster with better terms.

SVN’s Shared Value Network® model exemplifies this approach. Rather than limiting exposure to proprietary databases, collaborative brokers actively engage with other professionals to ensure properties reach every potential buyer or tenant.

For sellers, a broader reach means more competition among buyers, typically translating to higher prices. For buyers and tenants, access to properties across multiple networks provides more options and better negotiating positions.

The best brokers recognize that cooperation amplifies their value rather than diminishing it, building reputations that strengthen networks and create more opportunities for future clients.

Technology, Marketing & Execution Excellence

Identifying opportunities and providing sound advice represent only part of what separates good brokers from great ones. The best commercial real estate brokers also excel at execution — the professional work of bringing transactions to successful completion.

Execution excellence begins with marketing. Top brokers leverage sophisticated technology platforms, professional photography, custom property websites, targeted digital campaigns, and materials that present properties effectively. In today’s digital environment, first impressions often happen online, and subpar marketing can cost sellers significant value.

SVN brokers access proprietary marketing tools and technology platforms designed specifically for commercial real estate, enabling faster speed to market, broader distribution, and more professional presentation.

Technology alone isn’t enough. The best brokers combine digital capabilities with meticulous attention to detail: accurate property information, clear messaging, responsive communication, organized due diligence processes, and proactive problem-solving.

Professional marketing significantly influences commercial property outcomes. The best brokers invest in tools and processes that deliver superior performance.

Putting Client Interests First & Transparent Culture

Perhaps the most fundamental differentiator is commitment to client-first principles. The best brokers align their success with client outcomes rather than prioritizing immediate compensation. They operate transparently, build trust through ethical behavior, and maintain unwavering focus on client objectives.

This philosophy manifests in honest assessments even when clients might prefer different news, proactive cooperation when it serves client interests, and recommending strategies that optimize outcomes even if they require more complexity.

SVN’s core values emphasize placing client interests above personal gain and cooperating proactively to create maximum value. These operational principles guide decision-making when broker and client interests might otherwise diverge.

These values are best demonstrated by the fact that SVN is an employee-owned Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), meaning its structure is designed to benefit employees and the community in addition to profit, and it is owned by its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). This status is unique in the commercial real estate industry and reflects a commitment to a mission beyond just profit, with decisions being made by employees and focused on long-term community impact. 

For all parties, brokers who genuinely prioritize client success create better experiences and outcomes. Sellers receive honest market feedback. Buyers get transparent guidance about property strengths and weaknesses. Tenants benefit from lease negotiations based on occupier needs rather than commission structures.

This approach builds long-term relationships. Clients who experience genuine client-first service become repeat customers and referral sources. The best commercial real estate brokers recognize that reputation and relationships represent their most valuable assets.

Working with Brokers Who Embody Excellence

The four differentiators outlined above separate the best commercial real estate brokers from those who simply facilitate transactions. These traits combine to create measurably better outcomes: higher sale prices, better lease terms, smoother processes, and stronger long-term results.

When evaluating potential brokers for your next commercial real estate transaction, look for evidence of these characteristics. Ask about their approach to market analysis and data integration. Inquire about their cooperation philosophy and network reach. Review their marketing capabilities and execution track record. Most importantly, assess whether their culture and values truly prioritize your success. If you’re seeking a partner who embodies what the best commercial real estate brokers do differently, connect with SVN International Public Benefit Corporation (SVN®). Powered by a global network of 200+ offices and 2,000+ advisors, we’re prepared to discuss your commercial real estate objectives — no matter where you are. Our collaborative approach, comprehensive resources, and client-first commitment are designed to deliver the results you deserve.

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SVN® International was founded on the belief that proactively cooperating and collaborating with the global commercial real estate community is the right thing to do for our clients and the best way to ensure maximum value for a property. We’ve expanded this ideology to include a Shared Value Network® approach across all our service lines, offices, and the communities where our Advisors live and work. Together with our clients, colleagues, and communities, we create greater value through openness, inclusivity, and innovation.

Discover more about our culture below, and connect with our team to discuss your next commercial real estate opportunity.

What Defines Our Culture

Inclusive: At SVN, we stand for inclusivity and equality. Our focus on collective strength means we welcome the opportunity to work with all members of the commercial real estate industry.

Innovative: At SVN, we drive innovation and acceleration within the commercial real estate industry. Together with our clients, colleagues, and communities, we are building a force that is driving our industry forward.

Open: At SVN, we believe in open and transparent communication. We encourage diversity of thoughts and ideas from our colleagues and our community members.

SVN Core Covenants

The SVN Core Covenants are unique to our organization and were established as a guiding set of values that represent our culture and personify the SVN Difference. Each SVN member upholds our Core Covenants — this is what sets us apart.

1. Create amazing value with my clients, colleagues and communities.
2. Cooperate proactively and place my clients’ best interests above my own.
3. Include, respect and support all members of the commercial real estate industry.
4. Honor my commitments.
5. Personify and uphold the SVN brand.
6. Resolve conflicts quickly, positively and effectively.
7. Take personal responsibility for achieving my own potential.
8. Excel in my market area and specialty.
9. Focus on the positive and the possible.
10. Nurture my career while valuing the importance of family, health and community.

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Our culture of collaboration creates real advantages for clients and Advisors alike. When you work with SVN, you experience a different approach, one where cooperation amplifies results, transparency builds trust, and collective success drives individual achievement. This isn’t just philosophy; it’s how we operate every day across every transaction and interaction.

Whether you’re a client seeking commercial real estate services or a professional exploring opportunities to join our team, SVN’s culture provides the foundation for success built on shared values, mutual respect, and genuine commitment to creating amazing value together.

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Whether you’re selling an apartment building or acquiring your next investment property, the broker you select becomes your strategic partner in navigating these complexities. The wrong choice can lead to underpriced listings, overpaid acquisitions, or deals that fall apart during due diligence.

Smart investors don’t leave broker selection to chance. Instead, they come prepared with targeted questions that reveal whether a broker truly understands multifamily markets and can deliver results. Before you sign a listing agreement or make an offer, here are the top questions to ask multifamily real estate brokers to make sure you’re working with the right partner.

Questions Sellers Should Ask Multifamily Real Estate Brokers

1. What’s your experience with multifamily properties in this market?

Specialization matters significantly in multifamily real estate. A broker who primarily handles office buildings or retail properties may lack the nuanced understanding of tenant dynamics, rent roll analysis, and multifamily-specific valuation methods that drive successful sales.

Ask for specific examples of recent multifamily transactions, including property types, unit counts, and deal complexities they’ve handled. Look for brokers who can speak confidently about local rental market trends, typical buyer profiles, and common challenges specific to your property type.

2. How do you determine property valuation?

Accurate valuation forms the foundation of any successful multifamily sale. Your broker should demonstrate a thorough understanding of multiple valuation approaches — income capitalization, comparable sales, and replacement cost methods.

They should be able to explain how they analyze rent rolls, factor in vacancy rates, and assess the impact of deferred maintenance or capital improvements on pricing. According to the National Association of Realtors, proper valuation requires understanding both current income streams and future income potential.

3. What’s your marketing strategy?

Marketing multifamily properties requires reaching the right buyer pool while maintaining operational confidentiality. Your broker should outline a comprehensive strategy that includes professional marketing materials, targeted outreach to qualified investors, and strategic use of both public and private marketing channels.

Ask about their network reach and how they identify potential buyers who are actively seeking properties like yours. The broader their qualified buyer network, the more competitive bidding you’re likely to generate.

At SVN, our Advisors combine national marketing reach with local market insight — leveraging syndicated listing platforms, targeted email campaigns, and direct broker-to-broker collaboration across our 200+ offices to maximize exposure for each property.

4. How do you handle confidentiality?

Maintaining tenant relationships and business stability during the sales process requires careful discretion. Your broker should have clear protocols for protecting sensitive information while still providing buyers with the due diligence materials they need. Inquire about their process for handling tenant communications, managing property showings, and controlling information flow to prevent unnecessary disruption to your operations.

5. What fees and commission structure do you use?

Transparency in compensation is key and helps you budget accurately and avoid surprises. Understand not just the commission rate, but also any additional fees for marketing, administrative services, or transaction management.

6. What’s your track record with deals like mine?

Past performance doesn’t guarantee future results, but it provides valuable insight into a broker’s capabilities. Request specific metrics: average days on market, percentage of list price achieved, and deal completion rates for similar properties.

Pay attention to how they’ve handled challenging situations — deals that required creative financing, properties with occupancy issues, or transactions that faced unexpected obstacles.

7. How do you screen buyers?

Qualified buyers save time and prevent deal failures. Strong multifamily real estate brokers pre-screen investors to confirm financial capacity before negotiations begin, including proof of funds, financing pre-approval, and investment experience.

Questions Buyers Should Ask Multifamily Real Estate Brokers

1. How well do you know this submarket?

Hyper-local knowledge separates good brokers from great ones. Your broker should demonstrate intimate familiarity with neighborhood rental rates, vacancy trends, tenant demographics, and upcoming developments that could impact property values. They should be able to discuss recent comparable sales, typical cap rate ranges, and market-specific factors that influence multifamily performance in your target area.

2. What’s your process for finding off-market opportunities?

In competitive markets, off-market deals often provide buyers with better pricing and fewer bidding wars. Ask about their relationships with property owners, other brokers, and industry contacts that generate exclusive opportunities. A well-connected broker should have systematic approaches for identifying properties before they hit the public market, giving you first access to the best deals.

3. How do you evaluate risks with a property?

Beyond the financials, brokers should help you spot potential red flags — deferred maintenance, zoning issues, or rising operating costs. Ask about their due diligence process and how they help buyers identify both obvious and hidden risks that could impact returns.

4. What cap rates are typical here right now?

This question tests both market knowledge and honesty. A knowledgeable broker should provide current cap rate ranges for different property types and quality levels, backed by recent transaction data.

Be wary of brokers who give vague answers or seem disconnected from current market realities. The Federal Reserve Economic Data provides a broader economic context that professional brokers should understand and reference when discussing local market conditions.

5. Can you connect me with lenders and other resources?

Multifamily transactions often require specialized financing, legal expertise, and professional services. Your broker should have established relationships with lenders who understand investment properties, attorneys experienced in multifamily transactions, and other professionals who can support your deal.

This network becomes particularly valuable when deals face tight timelines or unusual circumstances that require expert guidance.

6. What are common deal-breakers you see in multifamily sales?

Learning from others’ mistakes can save you time and money. Experienced brokers can share insights about common issues that cause deals to fail — whether it’s unrealistic seller expectations, buyer financing problems, or property condition surprises. This knowledge helps you avoid problematic situations and structure offers that are more likely to succeed.

7. How do you handle multiple-offer scenarios?

In competitive markets, multiple-offer situations are common. Your broker should have a clear strategy for positioning your offer competitively while protecting your interests. Ask about their approach to escalation clauses, non-price terms that can make offers more attractive, and how they gather intelligence about competing bids.

The Overarching Question

Regardless of whether you’re buying or selling, the most important question is: “How will you help me maximize returns and minimize risks?”

The best multifamily brokers don’t just facilitate transactions — they serve as strategic advisors who understand your investment objectives and work proactively to achieve them. They should be able to articulate specific strategies for optimizing your outcomes while protecting you from common pitfalls.

Look for brokers who demonstrate genuine expertise, maintain extensive professional networks, and show commitment to client success beyond just closing deals.

Making the Strategic Choice

Multifamily real estate transactions are too significant and complex to leave broker selection to chance. The questions outlined above help you identify professionals who truly understand multifamily markets and can deliver the expertise your investment deserves.

Remember that the best brokers often distinguish themselves not just through individual expertise, but through their access to collaborative networks that amplify market reach and deal flow. When evaluating potential partners, consider how their professional relationships and organizational resources can benefit your specific transaction goals.

Take time to ask these questions thoroughly. The right broker becomes a valuable long-term partner who can support your multifamily investment success for years to come. At SVN, our collaborative network of multifamily specialists combines local market expertise with national reach, ensuring our clients benefit from both deep market knowledge and extensive buyer-seller networks.

Contact our multifamily experts to discuss how our proven approach to multifamily transactions can help you achieve your investment objectives.

Boston, MA — (September 15, 2025) — SVN International Public Benefit Corporation (SVN®), the leading full-service commercial real estate franchisor and the industry’s only Employee-Owned Public Benefit Corporation, proudly announces the addition of SVN | Riviera Commercial, located in Panama City Beach, Florida.

SVN | Riviera Commercial is comprised of a team of experienced commercial real estate professionals specializing in acquisitions, development, management, maintenance, and disposition of commercial real estate (CRE) assets. With a portfolio of transactions that continues to expand across the Northwest Florida region, the firm is positioned to deliver exceptional service and value to clients navigating this dynamic market.

The office is led by Managing Director Gordon MacLean, CCIM, who brings more than 25 years of local market expertise to the table. Having previously been part of the SVN network from 2006–2009, MacLean understands the value of SVN’s collaborative model and its ability to deliver results.

“Having been an SVN franchisee before, I already knew the power of the platform and the culture,” said MacLean. “What brought me back was SVN’s unwavering commitment to collaboration and transparency, which sets it apart in commercial real estate. The alignment created through the Shared Value Network, combined with the strength of a national brand and the independence to build a boutique firm, made this the right move for us and for our clients in Northwest Florida.”

Looking ahead, SVN | Riviera Commercial is focused on expanding its third-party property management platform, growing its presence across Northwest Florida, and leveraging SVN’s national platform to attract institutional capital and investors to the region.

“For us, SVN’s tools, technology, and collaborative network provide a foundation to deliver outstanding results for our clients while building sustainable careers for our team,” MacLean added.

SVN CEO Lukas Krause welcomed the firm to the network, noting, “SVN’s growth is driven by strong leaders like Gordon, who understand the importance of combining local expertise with global reach. SVN | Riviera Commercial is a natural fit, and we’re thrilled to see their impact grow across Northwest Florida.”

For more information about SVN | Riviera Commercial, visit www.SVNRivieraCommercial.com or connect with the team on LinkedIn.

About SVN^®
SVN® is the world’s leading commercial real estate franchise. It is the only Employee-Owned Public Benefit Corporation in the industry, and its growing network includes over 2,000 Advisors, staff, and independent owner-operators who support clients across markets. Built on a foundation of innovation and collaboration, SVN empowers Advisors to deliver client-focused results and real-world impact through its industry-leading Shared Value Network®.

A healthy commercial real estate market is at the heart of every thriving community. As a Public Benefit Corporation, SVN is committed to creating Shared Value with our clients, communities, and the commercial real estate industry.

To learn more about joining SVN, visit www.svn.com.

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The answer lies in their unique combination of passive income potential, predictable returns, and tenant responsibility structure. Let’s explore a real-world example that illustrates exactly why triple net leases have become a cornerstone of many successful investment portfolios.

What Is a Triple Net Lease?

A triple net lease (NNN) is a commercial lease agreement where the tenant assumes responsibility for three major property expenses beyond their base rent: property taxes, insurance, and maintenance (the “three nets”). This structure shifts the burden of operating expenses from the landlord to the tenant, creating a more predictable income stream for property owners.

Unlike traditional commercial leases, where landlords handle these expenses, NNN leases provide investors with cleaner cash flow and reduced management responsibilities. The tenant typically handles everything from routine maintenance to major repairs, making these investments particularly attractive to investors seeking passive income opportunities.

Why Triple Net Leases Remain Popular

The enduring appeal of triple net lease investments stems from several key advantages:

Predictable Cash Flow: With tenants covering property expenses, investors receive consistent monthly income with minimal fluctuation. This stability makes NNN properties ideal for portfolio diversification and retirement planning.

Reduced Management Burden: Barring major issues, property management responsibilities largely fall to the tenant, freeing investors from day-to-day operational concerns like maintenance calls or contractor coordination.

Long-Term Security: NNN leases often feature extended terms (10-25 years) with built-in rent escalations, providing long-term income visibility and protection against inflation.

Credit-Worthy Tenants: Many NNN properties house established national or regional tenants with strong credit profiles, reducing the risk of default or vacancy.

A Triple Net Lease Example

Consider this hypothetical but realistic example that demonstrates the NNN advantage in action:

The Property: A 5,200 square foot freestanding retail building in suburban Phoenix, housing a national pharmacy chain.

The Investment Details:

• Purchase price: $2.1 million
• Initial cap rate: 6.2%
• Annual base rent: $130,200 ($25 per square foot)
• Lease term: 15 years with four 5-year renewal options
• Annual rent increases: 1.5% compounded

The Triple Net Structure in Action:

Under this NNN lease, the pharmacy tenant assumes all responsibility for:

• Property taxes (approximately $18,000 annually)
• Property insurance (approximately $8,500 annually)
• All maintenance and repairs (estimated $12,000+ annually)

This means the investor receives the full $130,200 in annual rent without deducting these typical landlord expenses — creating a true net income of 6.2% on their investment.

The Long-Term Benefits:

Over the initial 15-year term, this investment demonstrates the compound benefits of NNN leases:

• Year 1 net income: $130,200
• Year 10 net income: $150,900 (due to 1.5% annual increases)
• Year 15 net income: $162,400
• Total income over 15 years: $2.28 million

Meanwhile, the investor avoided approximately $577,500 in property expenses that would have reduced returns in a traditional lease structure.

Risk Mitigation: The national pharmacy chain’s strong credit rating (investment grade) virtually eliminates default risk, while the long-term lease with renewal options provides income security extending potentially 35 years.

The Compound Effect

What makes this triple net lease example compelling is how the benefits compound over time. Not only does the investor receive consistent, growing income, but they also benefit from:

• Appreciation potential: The property’s value typically increases alongside rental income growth
• Inflation hedge: Annual rent escalations help preserve purchasing power
• Minimal capital expenditures: Major improvements often become the tenant’s responsibility

After 15 years, our hypothetical investor has received their initial investment back through cash flow while still owning an appreciating asset with potential for lease renewal or sale.

Why Experience Matters in NNN Investing

While triple net leases offer compelling advantages, success requires careful due diligence and market expertise. Critical factors include tenant creditworthiness, lease structure analysis, location demographics, and understanding the specific terms that govern expense responsibilities.

The complexity of NNN transactions — from initial underwriting to lease negotiation — benefits significantly from experienced guidance. Working with advisors who understand the nuances of net lease investments can mean the difference between a good investment and a great one.

Exploring Your NNN Investment Options

Triple net lease properties continue attracting investors because they deliver on their fundamental promise: predictable, passive income with minimal management hassles. Whether you’re a seasoned investor looking to diversify your portfolio or exploring your first commercial real estate investment, NNN properties offer a compelling combination of stability and growth potential.

At SVN, our tenant investment specialists understand the intricacies of triple net lease transactions. From identifying opportunities that match your investment criteria to navigating complex lease structures, our collaborative network ensures you have access to both local market expertise and national deal flow.

Ready to explore how triple net lease investments might fit your portfolio? Connect with our team to discuss your investment goals and discover the opportunities available in today’s market.

The financial figures presented in this example are hypothetical and for illustrative purposes only. Actual investment results will vary based on numerous factors, including market conditions, property specifics, and tenant performance. Always conduct thorough due diligence and consult with qualified professionals before making investment decisions.

Commercial real estate services extend far beyond simple buy-and-sell transactions. Today’s property owners, investors, and occupiers require sophisticated advisory across leasing strategies, property management, capital markets access, corporate real estate optimization, tenant representation, and technology solutions that enhance decision-making and operational efficiency.

SVN® International delivers comprehensive services through our team of Advisors who specialize in specific disciplines while collaborating across our network to ensure clients receive the right expertise for every challenge. SVN’s platform provides access to specialized knowledge backed by national resources.

What distinguishes SVN’s service delivery is our commitment to client-first principles and transparent collaboration. From corporate occupiers managing multi-market portfolios to individual investors acquiring their first commercial property, SVN’s services adapt to your specific needs. Our offices provide true geographic precision while our service specialization ensures depth of knowledge across every discipline.

Review our services below, or connect with our team today to begin a conversation about commercial real estate objectives.

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Tenant Representation

SVN represents tenants and occupiers seeking office, industrial, or retail space with exclusive focus on your interests. Our Advisors leverage market knowledge and negotiation expertise to secure optimal lease terms.

Property Management

SVN specializes in multifamily and commercial property management with focus on maximizing NOI through proactive operations, clear owner reporting, and strong tenant experience.

Leasing

SVN’s Leasing Council leverages cooperative spirit and collective knowledge to elevate leasing expertise, delivering superior client service that maximizes asset value.

Corporate Capital Markets

Whether fueling portfolio expansion or monetizing existing assets to power corporate growth, SVN maintains deep ties with debt and equity sources.

Strategic Consulting & Advisory

SVN’s strategic consulting helps decision-makers make the right calls across office, retail, land, and industrial properties.

Corporate Solutions

SVN serves businesses of all types with full-range corporate real estate solutions from comprehensive department outsourcing to single-location assistance.

Technology

From managing a few leases to thousands, SVN’s Advisors understand how to leverage technology to remove risk and unnecessary cost.

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From adoption rates and industry impacts to strategic considerations for landlords and tenants, this report offers a clear look at how businesses are thinking about space in a hybrid world.

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It’s not always a straight climb. Sometimes it starts at the front desk. Sometimes it spans 17 years of national portfolio work. But no matter the path, what matters most is the platform behind it. At SVN®, growth is more than a buzzword. It’s baked into the culture — something professionals at every level feel in the day-to-day. Just ask Amber Bostwick and Tony Yousif. 

Amber Bostwick: From Entry-Level to Executive

When Amber joined SVN | Miller Commercial Real Estate in Salisbury, Maryland, she didn’t have a background in CRE. She wasn’t even sure it would be a long-term move. But the culture at SVN offered something she hadn’t seen before: access, mentorship, and people who believed in her potential.

“I had no experience in commercial real estate or property management,” Amber says. “But over the past 11 years, I’ve earned certifications, grown my skill set, and built a career I’m proud of.”

Amber’s early roles exposed her to parts of the business she hadn’t expected to access. With exposure to the full business and the backing of a collaborative network, Amber rose through the ranks and now serves as Director of Operations. “In my last career, there wasn’t a lot of room for growth,” she explains. “But at SVN, I saw opportunities I never would have imagined before. Now, I have my sights set on becoming a Managing Director someday.”

Tony Yousif: Scaling Nationally with the Right Support

On the other side of the country, Tony Yousif was building a different kind of career — one rooted in national portfolio management and cross-market collaboration. He joined SVN nearly two decades ago and never looked back.

“These aren’t just coworkers. They’re friends. I get to work with 90% of our offices across the country. That’s why I’ve stayed so long.”

For Tony, SVN’s model makes national work possible. Through deep collaboration across offices, he delivers results for clients in multiple markets — all while strengthening his own network.

“Without my SVN colleagues, I’d be out of business,” he says. “I tell people I’m like the conductor of an orchestra – the musicians are my colleagues in markets all over the country. Without them, there’s no way I could deliver for my clients.”

A Network That Lifts as It Grows

What both Amber and Tony experienced is at the core of the SVN Difference: a growth platform built on collaboration, not competition. Whether it’s Amber helping set up operations for other offices, or Tony co-executing national assignments with multiple teams, the culture is consistent — everyone wins when we grow together.

“I’ve had people from other offices train me, coach me, and now I get to give that support back,” says Amber.

“We’ve executed assignments with three SVN offices working together. That kind of collaboration helps us win — and helps us retain the right people,” adds Tony.

The SVN Difference: Real Culture. Real Results.

What sets SVN apart isn’t red tape or prestige — it’s people. The culture prioritizes trust and teamwork in an industry that doesn’t always operate that way.

Tony has seen both sides of the industry and agrees that it’s this cultural foundation that gives them a competitive edge: “The big firms have red tape and sharp elbows. But at SVN, people want to help. That kind of collaboration is rare in this industry, and it makes a real difference – for our clients and our teams.” 

“SVN isn’t just a company or a brand — it’s a network of professionals who want to see you win,” adds Amber.

Looking Ahead

For Amber and Tony, SVN has been more than a stepping stone – it has been a true launchpad. Amber continues to grow in her leadership role while mentoring the next generation of operations professionals. Tony is expanding his reach nationally, building partnerships that drive real value. Both are examples of what’s possible in the right environment.

“I feel proud every time I get to collaborate on a deal, support another office, or just help someone grow,” Amber says. “Those moments add up – they’re what makes this network special.” 

Tony puts it simply: “People with high integrity want to work here. It makes recruiting easier, retention stronger, and the work more meaningful.”

Ready to grow your career with a network that invests in your success? Explore what’s next at svn.com/careers.

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About SVN® 

SVN® is the leading franchisor of commercial real estate Advisors in America and a globally recognized organization, united by a shared vision of creating significant value for clients, colleagues, and communities. As an entrepreneurial, Employee-Owned, Public Benefit Corporation, SVN supports thousands of commercial real estate entrepreneurs across more than 200 offices in three countries. With over 2,000 Advisors and staff worldwide, SVN stands out for its commitment to transparency, innovation, and inclusivity, which enables its Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of clients.

SVN’s unique Shared Value Network® is one of the many ways our Advisors create exceptional value. All SVN offices are independently owned and operated.

That was the inflection point for Greg Johnson in Denton, Texas, and Travis Taylor in San Antonio. Each had built respected, high-performing brokerages over the years. But to compete at the next level, they needed broader reach, enhanced tools, and stronger support – without compromising the culture, identity, and autonomy that made their businesses successful in the first place.

Facing the Crossroads

After two decades of running his own firm, Greg Johnson kept hearing the same thing from prospective clients: “We love your work, but we need a national brand.” It was never a question of capability – it was about perception and scale. “I wasn’t looking to sell,” Greg said. “I wanted to grow. But I didn’t want to hand over what I had spent 20 years building.”

Travis Taylor had a similar experience. Leading a team in the San Antonio market, he saw the opportunity to compete at a higher level – without giving up control. “Franchising allowed us to stay local and independent while gaining national presence and support,” he said. “It gave us more tools and more reach, but we kept our identity.”

Making the Move

One of the most common concerns among brokerage owners exploring franchise models is the potential loss of control. What stood out to both Greg and Travis was SVN’s business model: collaboration without control. No pressure to stop doing things your way.

“I was surprised at how much autonomy we retained,” Travis noted. “We still do what’s best for our clients and team, but now we’re backed by a national platform.”

For Greg, keeping his name – now operating as SVN | Verus Commercial – was a big deal. “I spent 20 years building that brand. SVN respected that. They helped amplify it.”

A Platform Built for Growth

Joining SVN meant access to a full suite of resources that helped both teams move faster and smarter – especially on the training and technology front. Greg described the onboarding process as eye-opening: “There were tools I didn’t even know existed. Now my team isn’t guessing what to use, we already have what works.”

The network itself also opened new doors. “If you hit a wall in your own market or expertise, someone in the SVN network has the answer,” said Travis. “It’s a true culture of collaboration, which is rare in this industry.”

A Culture That Fits

For both Greg and Travis, the decision ultimately came down to alignment – not just in tools or brand reach, but in values. “We’ve always had a family feel in our office,” Greg said. “That mattered to me. With SVN, we found that same spirit, but on a national level.”

Travis agreed: “The collaboration is not forced. It’s just how people operate here. That mindset makes a difference in how we work… and how we grow.”

Looking Ahead

For brokerage owners thinking about how to grow without giving up what matters most – your people, your brand, and the way you do business – Greg and Travis are proof that it’s possible.

“Looking back, I wish I had made the move sooner,” Greg said. “We’re still who we’ve always been, but stronger.”
If you’re exploring your next chapter, see how SVN can help you scale on your terms at svn.com/franchise.

About SVN®

SVN® is the leading franchisor of commercial real estate Advisors in America and a globally recognized organization, united by a shared vision of creating significant value for clients, colleagues, and communities. As an entrepreneurial, Employee-Owned, Public Benefit Corporation, SVN supports thousands of commercial real estate entrepreneurs across more than 200 offices in three countries. With over 2,000 Advisors and staff worldwide, SVN stands out for its commitment to transparency, innovation, and inclusivity, which enables its Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of clients.

SVN’s unique Shared Value Network® is one of the many ways our Advisors create exceptional value. All SVN offices are independently owned and operated.

If you’re a successful CRE entrepreneur interested in applying to become part of this Top 10 firm, visit www.svn.com/franchise.

SVN | Second Story Real Estate Management became part of the SVN network in 2022 and quickly established itself as a forward-thinking, full-service real estate firm offering commercial sales, leasing, property management, and tenant advising. With over 50 team members, the firm is expanding its footprint into the Atlanta metro market, where six employees will be based in the new office located in Alpharetta, Georgia. 

Tiffanie Robinson, CEO and Managing Director, will continue leading strategic operations across both offices, with Bob Johnson, Senior Vice President of Brokerage, heading the Atlanta brokerage team. Johnson brings four decades of experience and over $3 billion in completed transactions. He is joined by Tanya Jesunas, Director of Brokerage Operations, who brings 13 years of experience in investment sales and office leadership. Hunter Myers, Senior Brokerage Director and a top-producing advisor, also joins the team, specializing in retail leasing and investment sales. 

“SVN’s collaborative approach to sales and focus on outstanding service was always a good fit for Second Story,” said Robinson. “As we look toward the Atlanta market, we know that the national and international tools, networking, and cross-promotion are essential for our success. These benefits, along with our local ties and networks, position the SVN | Second Story Atlanta office for success.”

“SVN | Second Story’s growth into Atlanta is a testament to their leadership and alignment with SVN’s collaborative, client-first values,” said Lukas Krause, CEO of SVN International.

Explore the full press release and learn more about the SVN | Second Story Real Estate Management team here. 

For more information, visit: https://secondstory.properties

About SVN^®

SVN® is the leading franchisor of commercial real estate Advisors in America and a globally recognized organization, united by a shared vision of creating significant value for clients, colleagues, and communities. As an entrepreneurial, Employee-Owned, Public Benefit Corporation, SVN supports thousands of commercial real estate entrepreneurs across more than 200 offices in three countries. With over 2,000 Advisors and staff worldwide, SVN stands out for its commitment to transparency, innovation, and inclusivity, which enables its Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of clients.

SVN’s unique Shared Value Network® is one of the many ways our Advisors create exceptional value. All SVN offices are independently owned and operated.

If you’re a successful CRE entrepreneur interested in applying to become part of this Top 10 firm, visit www.svn.com/franchise. 

SVN | Palmetto, a full-service brokerage and property management firm, has made significant strides in its mission to lead the commercial real estate (CRE) industry by embracing innovation and collaboration. With a dedicated team of 14 employees, including the six-person retail team Reedy River Retail, as well as industrial and multifamily specialists, the firm offers a comprehensive suite of services across various sectors of commercial real estate. The firm’s leadership team—Stephen Ahnrud, Lars Gruenefeld, Dustin Tenney, and Daniel Holloway—bring extensive experience and a shared vision of continued excellence, ensuring the firm’s ongoing success in the commercial real estate market.

“We’re excited to be expanding our footprint across the Carolinas and Georgia,” said Lars Gruenefeld, Executive Managing Director of SVN | Palmetto. “Our team is deeply committed to delivering exceptional results for clients, and the SVN brand provides the ideal platform for us to scale our operations, enhance our service offerings, and continue building our reputation as a trusted partner in commercial real estate.”

SVN | Palmetto was previously a franchise under SVN | BlackStream, and has now acquired its territory to strengthen its presence and contribute to the growing SVN network. The firm prides itself on its family-like culture, which fosters collaboration across its team, and remains dedicated to bringing innovative solutions and transparency to its clients.

“SVN’s cooperative culture, emphasis on technological innovation, and commitment to leading the CRE industry make this an exciting time for our firm,” said Stephen Ahnrud, Managing Director of SVN | Palmetto. “We plan to grow our presence in the Upstate and across the state of South Carolina, with a specific goal to make our Charlotte office a dominant force in the future. Achieving our goals will keep us as one of the top 10 offices within the SVN network.”

“We are thrilled to see SVN | Palmetto’s growth and are confident that their dedication to innovation and client-focused services will continue to make a major impact across the region,” said Lukas Krause, CEO of SVN International Corp. “Their commitment to collaboration and fostering a strong culture aligns perfectly with the core values of SVN, and we look forward to supporting them as they expand their reach and serve clients at the highest level.”

For more information, visit www.svnpalmettocre.com.

About SVN^®

SVN® is the leading franchisor of commercial real estate Advisors in America and a globally recognized organization, united by a shared vision of creating significant value for clients, colleagues, and communities. As an entrepreneurial, Employee-Owned, Public Benefit Corporation, SVN supports thousands of commercial real estate entrepreneurs across more than 200 offices in six countries. With over 2,000 Advisors and staff worldwide, SVN stands out for its commitment to transparency, innovation, and inclusivity, which enables its Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of clients.

SVN’s unique Shared Value Network® is one of the many ways our Advisors create exceptional value. All SVN offices are independently owned and operated.

If you’re a successful CRE entrepreneur interested in applying to become part of this Top 10 firm, visit www.svn.com/franchise. 

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Before joining SVN in 2022, Brian spent nearly 20 years as Director of Finance and Dispositions at a public mall REIT, where he sourced, negotiated, and closed over $1 billion in loans and property sales. He was responsible for underwriting financials for various retail properties, including malls, power centers, and strip centers, and managed the full sales process. Since joining SVN, Brian has handled major transactions, including the sale of a 950,000-square-foot enclosed mall, a 150,000-square-foot power center, and several multi-tenant retail centers.

Brian is committed to supporting his fellow brokers in the retail real estate sector by sharing his expertise, connecting them with industry contacts, and offering creative solutions to complex transactions. “My goal is to help other brokers in the SVN family by sharing my knowledge and assisting with problem-solving. Fostering a collaborative environment within SVN strengthens our brand and benefits everyone,” he adds.

About SVN^®

The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

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John Bunch is a Senior Advisor at SVN | Stone Commercial Real Estate, bringing nearly 9 years of experience in industrial real estate. Known for his relentless work ethic, John believes that at the heart of sales is a genuine desire to help others. Over the years, John has built a reputation for delivering results and adding value for his clients. 

“My goal is simple: to equip brokers with confidence, best practices, and strengthen the relationships we have with one another. At the end of the day, the business is only as successful as the relationships it is built upon,” says John. John is also focused on leveraging national and global market data in the industrial sector, recognizing the value of insights from across the country. By engaging in collaboration, John aims to continue building on SVN’s foundation of success, community, and cooperation.

About SVN^®

The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

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Established in 2018, SVN | Hanna Solutions Commercial Real Estate has built a reputation for excellence with expertise in retail, industrial, office, multifamily, and land transactions, with a focus on leveraging market data to deliver strategic results for clients. 

The firm, led by Managing Director Mark Hanna, CCIM, brings a wealth of knowledge and a growing, experienced team of five commercial advisors to the SVN network. Hanna was recently selected as a speaker for TedxMcAllen, where he presented on the topic Educational Experiences Drive Economic Development. 

“SVN’s reputation as a globally recognized commercial real estate brand, combined with its collaborative culture and innovative approach, made it the ideal choice for our firm. Their commitment to transparency, shared value, and leveraging cutting-edge technology aligns perfectly with our vision for growth and delivering exceptional client results,” said Hanna. “Becoming an SVN franchise partner allows us to tap into a vast network of advisors, expand our resources, and elevate our service offerings while staying rooted in our dedication to the South Texas market.”

SVN | Hanna Solutions Commercial Real Estate aims to leverage SVN’s national network and expert-led advisor training to enhance client service and foster growth. The team is particularly excited about SVN’s National Product Councils, the nationwide commission-sharing platform.

SVN CEO Lukas Krause stated, “As the SVN brand continues to expand globally, we are proud to partner with market leaders who share our commitment to a collaborative, open, and transparent approach to commercial real estate. SVN | Hanna Solutions Commercial Real Estate has made a strong impact in the South Texas area, and their addition to our network strengthens our presence.”

For more information, visit www.svnhannasolutionscre.com.

About SVN^®

SVN® is the leading franchisor of commercial real estate Advisors in America and a globally recognized organization, united by a shared vision of creating significant value for clients, colleagues, and communities. As an entrepreneurial, Employee-Owned, Public Benefit Corporation, SVN supports thousands of commercial real estate entrepreneurs across more than 200 offices in six countries. With over 2,000 Advisors and staff worldwide, SVN stands out for its commitment to transparency, innovation, and inclusivity, which enables its Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of clients.

SVN’s unique Shared Value Network® is one of the many ways our Advisors create exceptional value. All SVN offices are independently owned and operated.

If you’re a successful CRE entrepreneur interested in applying to become part of this Top 10 firm, visit www.svn.com/franchise. 

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Torey Riso is an Executive Managing Director of SVN | Senior Living Advisors (SVN | SLA) with over 30 years of business and legal experience, including almost 20 years serving equity investors and debt providers, as well as owners, operators, and managers of seniors housing and care assets. He’s held C-suite and other significant leadership roles with Huron Consulting Group (Managing Director and Leader of the Healthcare Real Estate Group), Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors (CEO and President), Care Investment Trust (CEO and President – NYSE), and CIT Group (SVP and Chief Counsel Corporate Finance – NYSE). In addition, he was a transactional lawyer in private practice working with clients on mergers & acquisitions and finance transactions (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe’s – Global Finance Group). Torey is a licensed attorney and real estate broker in the state of New York, and is registered with FINRA with Series 7, Series 79 and Series 63 designations. His past professional associations include Co-chair National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Spring Conference; Planning Committees for both Spring and Fall Conferences, and Executive Board Member, American Senior Housing Association.

Torey was thrilled to join the SVN | Senior Living Advisors team in early 2024 as an Executive Managing Director and co-leader (with Tony Yousif) of the platform, which is dedicated exclusively to real estate advisory, valuation, investment sales, and related capital markets services for clients in the Seniors Housing and Care sector. In addition to traditional investment sales, the team has particular expertise advising clients with distressed/defaulted debt and/or otherwise underperforming assets, which includes active adult, senior apartment, independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing facilities as individual assets or portfolios/campuses. The team has broad experience coming from diverse industry backgrounds, including appraisal, legal, accounting, brokerage and investment sales, debt and equity capital markets, asset management, and facility operations.

“As the new Co-chair of the Healthcare Product Council, I am excited to lead efforts to create a platform that will help familiarize all interested SVN colleagues with the fundamental aspects of the Seniors Housing & Care sector. This initiative aims to provide a deeper understanding of the unique dynamics and challenges within this sector, and highlight how it differs from other commercial real estate asset classes. I look forward to collaborating with our team to provide valuable insights and resources that will help further strengthen our collective expertise in this vital area of healthcare real estate” said Riso. 

Riso’s appointment reflects SVN’s commitment to providing industry-leading expertise and services to its clients and colleagues. His extensive background in commercial appraisal, multifamily development & construction management, capital markets advisory, and investment sales makes him a valuable addition to the SVN Healthcare Product Council.

About SVN® Product Councils

SVN Product Councils are specialized groups within the SVN network that focus on specific areas of commercial real estate. These councils give SVN Advisors the opportunity to network and share expertise with SVN colleagues who work within similar property sectors.

About SVN®

The SVN® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

Established in 2011, SVN | Fall Line Commercial Advisors has built a reputation for excellence with its deep market expertise and dedication to client service. The firm, led by Managing Directors Richard Mobley, Franklin Harcourt, and Reynolds Bickerstaff, brings a wealth of knowledge and a dedicated team of six commercial advisors to the SVN network.

“We wanted to be part of a brand with national reach and collaboration across the country to better serve our clients,” said Harcourt. “SVN’s core values align perfectly with our own, and the focus on collaboration and commission sharing were key factors in our decision to join the SVN family.”

SVN | Fall Line Commercial Advisors aims to leverage SVN’s national platform, innovative technology, and collaborative culture to enhance client service and foster growth. The team is particularly excited about SVN’s National Product Councils, the nationwide commission-sharing platform, and the collaborative company culture that spans the United States.

“Our goal is not only to grow our business in Columbus and the surrounding markets but also to continue cultivating and nurturing strong relationships with our clients,” added Harcourt. “We believe SVN’s Shared Value Network®, along with its global platform, is exactly what we need to help us grow and deliver top-tier service.”

For more information, visit www.svnfallline.com.

About SVN^®

The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,200 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

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Krause officially took up his role as CEO on August 19, 2024. However, he is no stranger to SVN, having served on its Board of Directors for years, a role he will continue to fulfill.

“SVN’s unique culture of collaboration made hiring from within a key priority,” said Mark Van Ness, SVN Founder. “Lukas has been an exceptional leader on our Board and is fully aligned with our values. His high-growth orientation, strong operational expertise, and servant-leader approach make him the ideal person to lead our 200+ owner/operators and 2,000-member team, helping them elevate their businesses and enhance client services.”

Krause is renowned for his ability to build world-class operations and expand support capabilities, resulting in industry-leading customer experiences. His track record of transforming companies across various sectors into industry leaders is well-established. Previously, Krause served as CEO of Real Property Management, where he scaled the company to manage over $13B in assets, President of National Corporate Housing, and CEO of SkyRun Vacation Rentals, where his expertise consistently fueled exceptional growth and enhanced client satisfaction.

At SVN, Krause is set to spearhead the company’s dynamic expansion efforts, positioning SVN as the premier top 5 commercial real estate services firm dedicated solely to the needs of clients, owner-operators, and the communities it serves. By focusing exclusively on these key stakeholders, SVN under Krause’s leadership will continue to foster unparalleled growth and innovation, free from the influence of public shareholders or private equity groups. He aims to accelerate SVN’s growth in market share, strengthen capabilities, support the owner-operators, and enhance property management and advisory services. This growth is driven by SVN’s mission to serve the underserved global commercial real estate communities through open collaboration, inclusivity, and innovation.

“Being able to change the face of an industry, in the way that we are doing at SVN, is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” said Krause. “But ambitions like that aside, real estate is a people business, and SVN is a really special group of people. My role, primarily, will be to support collaboration within the system consisting of 2,000+ Advisors and staff, and amplify our capabilities and resources to help them better serve their clients and the commercial real estate industry as a whole.”

About SVN^®
SVN^® is a globally recognized top ten commercial real estate services organization with  a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and communities. SVN^® is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff including more than 200 office owner/operators across the globe. For more information, visit www.svn.com. All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To see if you qualify to become an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

Devin Khoury, Owner, Managing Director, and Broker of SVN | PureWest, brings a wealth of experience and local expertise to the SVN network. The firm is known for its strong presence in the region and dedication to client service.

“SVN is not only a leading national commercial real estate company, but their values and ethos align perfectly with ours, making joining the brand an easy decision,” said Khoury. The weekly SVN Live open marketing call, the commitment to commission sharing, and the values of collaboration, openness, and transparency in the industry were key features that attracted the PureWest team to SVN.

SVN | PureWest aims to leverage SVN’s national platform, innovative technology, and collaborative culture to provide exceptional service to its clients and foster growth.

“Our top priority is to be a valuable contributor to the SVN organization and establish SVN | PureWest as a regional leader,” added Khoury. “We believe that the Shared Value Network®, core competencies, and global platform that SVN delivers are exactly what we need to grow professionally and provide the level of service that our clients deserve.”

About SVN ®

The SVN ® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN ® brand is comprised of over 2,200 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network ® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities. For more information, visit www.svn.com. All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit  http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

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Jess Lawhead, CCIM currently serves as Managing Director of SVN | Northern Commercial, overseeing the office in Carmel, Indiana (Indianapolis MSA). He brings nearly 15 years of experience in commercial real estate and business brokerage. Jess’s expertise lies in disposition, acquisition, valuation, leasing and advisory services for office and flex-industrial assets.

“I am honored to join Justin Horwitz and the current members of the SVN Office Product Council as Co-Chair,” said Lawhead. “I look to assist the council in developing new ways to collaborate throughout the United States and our International markets. SVN Advisors are uniquely equipped to creatively tackle the office product landscape in the coming years through our entrepreneurial Shared Value Network®. Together, as a product council and company, we can achieve more.”

Lawhead’s appointment reflects SVN’s commitment to providing industry-leading expertise and services to its clients and colleagues. His extensive background in commercial real estate advisory, leasing, and investment sales makes him a valuable addition to the SVN Office Product Council.

About SVN^®

The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

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Founded in 2004, SVN | GC Real Estate specializes in multi-housing property management, commercial property management, facilities maintenance, and brokerage advisory services. GC Real Estate has a team of over 115 employees based at properties or their corporate office in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Andy Martin CCIM, CPM is the CEO and Managing Director, and Kate Hanson CCIM is the Primary Broker and Managing Director.

“We believe that the Shared Value Network®, core competencies, and global platform that SVN delivers is exactly what our team needed in order to grow professionally and provide the level of service that our clients deserve,” added Andy Martin.

SVN | GC Real Estate is focused on leveraging SVN’s in-depth education, global footprint, and technology to provide exceptional service to its clients and grow their organization.

“Our top priority is getting the most value for our clients and their investments. We believe national exposure via a top commercial real estate brand that markets to the entire brokerage community is the way to achieve it. SVN allows us to deliver the best value possible no matter the geography or asset class. We now not only reach a business owner in the region but an investor across the nation,” added Andy Martin. 

For more information, visit www.gcremn.com.

About SVN^®

The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,200 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

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Through a strategic model of specialization, each team member focuses on specific areas, ensuring comprehensive service for clients with diverse needs — from complex land development deals to simple retail space requirements. The team prides itself on its extensive knowledge of Denton County, covering aspects such as road expansions, demographic shifts, city leadership, and real market rents and values.

SVN | Verus Commercial’s decision to join SVN® was driven by the synergy between local knowledge and SVN’s national platform. Johnson highlights SVN’s ability to deliver a level of service that clients deserve, combining local expertise with SVN’s broader national reach. “Our clients in Denton County deserve the resources and capabilities of a large national firm, and we take great pride in being the exclusive provider with a local office in this area,” stated Johnson.

SVN’s technology, national product councils, and commission sharing were identified as the top three benefits that influenced SVN | Verus Commercial’s decision to join the network. The SVN platform provides research and analytical tools, CRM, and marketing technology, empowering the team to better serve their clients.

The entrepreneurial spirit and flexibility embedded in SVN’s culture resonated with Johnson and his team. “SVN puts clients first and fosters cooperation with outside brokers,” said Greg, “which aligns perfectly with Verus Commercial’s ethos.”

SVN | Verus Commercial envisions growth and enhanced service capabilities as it leverages SVN’s national platform and technology. Positioned in one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, the team aims to cater to the evolving needs of owners and tenants across all asset classes and sizes in the expanding North Texas market.

For more information about SVN | Verus Commercial and its services, please visit https://v-re.com/.

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The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,200 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

Concluding our energy series is a look into the mineral that is the driving force behind so much new development throughout the country, lithium. Fueled by government incentives and a strategic move towards energy independence, the commercial real estate landscape in lithium-rich areas of the country is bound to be reshaped. One of the most crucial elements in EV and energy storage batteries, regions harboring substantial reserves are attracting considerable interest and are bound to spur demand for industrial spaces for processing facilities, as well as residential and infrastructural development to support the growing workforce akin to historical resource-based boom towns.

Bringing over two decades of specialized experience in retail real estate, Ms. Karr’s dynamic background reflects a profound knowledge and passion for the clients she represents. Beyond her role at SVN, Leslie Karr extends her influence through private consultation services, guiding developers, family trusts, property owners, and real estate investors on retail development and integration across mixed-use, hospitality, and transportation projects on a national scale. Her specialty lies in site selection for developing and implementing expansion strategies for retail tenants, advocating for developers and owners of high-density, mixed-use properties. She has completed transactions totaling nearly one million square feet in high-profile urban retail developments.

Ms. Karr has exclusively represented national companies, including Viacom and ABN AMRO in the disposition of excess retail property. She has completed more than 500 retail transactions during her career. Having executed over 500 retail transactions throughout her career, her successful leasing assignments include iconic locations such as The John Hancock Center, Citigroup Center/Metra Station, Sears Tower, One Magnificent Mile at 980 North Michigan Avenue, the Gage Building on Michigan Avenue, Block 37, and Deerfield Village Centre, the mixed-use downtown revitalization of an upscale Chicago suburb.

“I am thrilled to take on this role, and my highest goal is to help offer our retail advisors support and insights from landlords and tenants active in the market,” says Leslie Karr. “The Retail Product Council is a premier venue for the creative exchange of ideas that separate SVN Retail advisors from other retail service providers. I am here to help facilitate that effort.”

Prior to SVN | Commercial Advisory Group, Ms. Karr served as Vice President of SVN | Chicago Commercial as well as held positions at Cornerstone Commercial, Newmark Knight Frank, CB Richard Ellis, Northern Realty Group, and MCL Companies. Ms. Karr is an active member of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Chicago Women in Retail Leasing (WIRL), and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Ms. Karr also serves on various civic and charitable boards and holds a Broker’s license in Illinois & Florida.

Join us in welcoming Leslie Karr to her new role as Co-Chair of the SVN Retail Product Council, where her expertise and leadership will undoubtedly contribute to the continued success of SVN.

About SVN^® Product Councils:
SVN Product Councils are specialized groups within the SVN network that focus on specific areas of commercial real estate. These councils serve as dynamic platforms where industry leaders convene to exchange knowledge and collaborate on innovative solutions for their clients.

About SVN^®
The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

An abundance of industrial development is being driven by the burgeoning battery production sector where over the last decade a surge in demand for energy storage solutions has emerged. Beyond EV battery production, these facilities are focusing on battery cells that are meant for storing energy produced by wind, solar, and water. As North America’s battery manufacturing capacity is projected to increase nearly twentyfold by 2030, the ripple effects are palpable in the commercial real estate market, with industrial spaces being rapidly repurposed to accommodate the needs of this high-growth sector. This transformation signifies not just a technological revolution but a pivotal economic shift, as the U.S. positions itself at the forefront of the global energy transition.

In the ever-evolving world of commercial real estate, solar energy is a current stand out. As of 2022, the U.S. boasts over $35B in private solar investments and employs a solar workforce exceeding 260k — five times that of the coal industry. The Solar Energy Industries Assoc. highlights an impressive 24% average annual growth in the past decade, culminating in a staggering 155 GW of installed capacity, sufficient to energize 27 million homes. But it’s not just about sustainability; it’s a beacon of new economic opportunity. With declining installation costs and advancements ranging from high-efficiency cells to innovative solar shingles, the impact on commercial properties and industrial production facilities is undeniable.

By Cameron Williams, Director of Research, SVN International Corp.

Elevated interest rates and a limited inventory of houses are driving Millennials and Gen Z towards the single-family rental (SFR) market in search of budget-friendly initial homes. Currently, SFRs account for more than 50% of the U.S. rental marketplace, and financial experts anticipate this portion will expand in the future.

An analysis of a recent report conducted by Arbor Financial, a multi-family lender, highlights compelling advantages: minimal maintenance costs, steady additional income, and the potential for long-term appreciation. These factors make investments in single-family residences a highly appealing option in times of economic downturn.

Graham’s extensive background spans multiple sectors within the real estate industry, encompassing appraisals, development, and brokerage. His deep understanding of the industry and dedication to client service have earned Graham and his team a reputation for delivering exceptional results.

“At SVN | Clovis Commercial, we specialize exclusively in industrial real estate, and we pride ourselves on offering unparalleled attention to every client,” says Graham. “Our mission is to provide tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of each client we serve.”

Cameron Graham’s decision to join SVN was driven by the cultural alignment he found within the organization. “I met with other Managing Directors and immediately felt a synergy that I wanted to be a part of,” he stated. “There was too much positive energy to ignore the opportunity to become a partner with SVN.”

SVN is renowned for its collaborative network and its commitment to shared value, innovation, and transparency in the commercial real estate industry. SVN | Clovis Commercial will have access to SVN’s National Product Councils, cutting-edge technology, and comprehensive advisor training, further enhancing the services it can offer to clients.

Graham has ambitious plans for the SVN | Clovis Commercial team. “We aim to expand our brokerage to become a full-service agency, covering every asset class in the Central Valley of California,” he said. “This growth will enable us to serve a broader range of clients and make a significant impact on the local real estate landscape and in our communities.”

For more information about SVN Clovis Commercial and its services, please visit www.svnclovis.com.

About SVN^®

The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,200 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.
All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

Corporate Moving Companies, Atlas Van Lines and Hire-A-Helper, have each unveiled comprehensive studies on
corporate relocations, drawing on responses from nearly 600 companies and an in-depth analysis of SEC filings. These
studies illuminate a rising trend of businesses relocating to different cities. Faced with challenges such as workforce
volatility, economic uncertainties, and a fluctuating office real estate market, an increasing number of companies are
opting to ‘reset’ by establishing themselves in new locations across the country.

The shopping mall, once considered the pinnacle of consumerism, has been a much-maligned retail class over the past decade. In a 2017 Credit Suisse report, it was predicted that 1 in 4 malls would be closed by 2022. Ironic that most malls have outlasted that bank. While iconic mall-based retailers like The Sharper Image and KB Toys are long gone, the American mall is far from dead. In a recent study conducted by Coresight Research it was reported that shopping malls, especially high-end malls, are experiencing positive growth across nearly all key performance indicators and that with omni-channel sales strategies on the rise these trends are expected to continue into the future.

Nicolas Boudet’s appointment comes at a pivotal juncture for SVN. As SVN readies itself for an exciting new growth phase, anchored by a vision to establish itself as the premier CRE company globally, Boudet’s inclusion amplifies the strength of the company’s leadership team.

Boudet brings an unparalleled wealth of experience in the restaurant and hospitality sector. Currently serving as the Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of International Dairy Queen® (IDQ), Boudet’s leadership has propelled the growth of the 80+ year old American icon across multiple countries. Prior to IDQ, he spearheaded global growth for Wingstop®, Inc (Nasdaq: WING), where he played an instrumental role in the expansion of the Fast Casual restaurant brand to a global presence. 

“Nicolas’s unique experience in growing franchises both domestically and globally, coupled with his extensive background in food and beverage, hospitality, and commercial real estate, positions him as an invaluable addition to our board,” Xavier Mufraggi, SVN’s CEO, emphasized. “Having known Nicolas for over two decades, his remarkable 15-year journey shaping best-in-class F&B franchises, including Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen, Wingstop, Cinnabon, and Seattle’s Best Coffee, alongside his 8-year expertise in hotel development across the Americas and experience with JLL, I am excited about the insights he will contribute as we drive our ambitious growth plans forward.”

Prior to Wingstop® Inc, Boudet led Focus Brands®’ international business unit of over 5,000+ stores under the brand names Carvel®, Cinnabon®, Schlotzsky’s®, Moe’s Southwest Grill®, Auntie Anne’s®, and more. Nicolas previously served as Taco Bell® Corp’s Chief Development Officer and Franchising for the U.S. business, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., (NYSE: YUM). Nicolas joined Yum! Brands® in 2008 as the Chief Development Officer for the Latin America and the Caribbean business unit, where he grew the unit footprint to 1,800 across 40 countries. Prior to Yum! Nicolas served as Senior Vice President of Real Estate for Club Med®, where he oversaw all development, acquisitions, and asset management activities for the Americas business unit.

Boudet has held several other positions including Vice President Joint Venture Real Estate with Starwood Hotels and Resorts®, and Vice President of Acquisitions and Development with Club Med® Americas from 1999 until 2004. Nicolas started his career with Jones Lang LaSalle® based in London where he worked for several years in Real Estate investment and sales.

Boudet expressed his enthusiasm to join SVN’s Board of Directors during the company’s new growth phase, stating, “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be appointed as a member to the SVN Board of Directors. I look forward to contributing my experience and providing guidance for SVN’s ambitious plans.”

Nicolas Boudet’s arrival underscores SVN’s commitment to expanding its franchise model internationally and its focus on being best-in-class in the hospitality sector. His arrival also complements the recent addition of Brian Pallas to the SVN Board of Directors, emphasizing SVN’s focus on digital innovation and entrepreneurial growth. With these strategic appointments, SVN is poised for an exciting trajectory of success ahead.

“[Boudet]’s wealth of experience in the hospitality industry aligns perfectly with SVN’s dedication to excellence in restaurant, bar, and hotel properties,” highlighted Mufraggi, CEO of SVN. “His strategic insights, coupled with Brian Pallas’s technology and entrepreneurial vision, set the stage for a dynamic partnership that will drive SVN to new heights of success.”

About SVN^®
The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

Brian Pallas is widely recognized as a pioneer in the business world, having founded Opportunity Network in 2014. The platform serves as an exclusive network where reliable CEOs and investors connect through commercial or financial business deals. Under Brian’s stewardship, Opportunity Network has grown to become the world’s largest community of CEOs and investors, boasting an impressive 52,000+ vetted members and facilitating a total transaction flow of approximately $530 billion.

In addition to his accomplishments at Opportunity Network, Pallas co-founded Collective Equity Ownership in 2018, the world’s first diversification fund, providing successful entrepreneurs with diversification and liquidity. In 2021, Brian co-founded Medhelan Capital, a real estate firm operating in Milan, Italy, focused on acquiring and converting office spaces in the city center into residential units.

“SVN is preparing a new chapter in its history of commercial real estate disruption and its dedication to those who choose to be entrepreneurs and independent owners,” said Xavier Mufraggi, CEO of SVN International Corp. “We are thrilled to welcome Brian Pallas to our Board of Directors. I had the privilege of knowing Brian for years. His remarkable achievements and innovative mindset align perfectly with SVN’s vision and core values, and we’re confident his insights will be pivotal in shaping our strategic direction and driving our continued growth and success.” Mufraggi continued, “I can commit that our independent Owners and Advisors will have the opportunity to be primarily connected to outstanding deal opportunities in the future before anyone else. This is one of the series of bold moves to expect from SVN in the future. More incredible leaders will join the SVN Board in the coming months. Stay tuned.”

“I am thrilled to join SVN Board during this pivotal moment of its growth,” said Brian Pallas. “From the very beginning, I was captivated by the company’s entrepreneurial spirit and deeply moved by its unwavering commitment to making a positive impact. Having previously worked alongside Xavier during his leadership at YPO, I have witnessed firsthand the remarkable achievements he is capable of, and I am eager to see the extraordinary accomplishments he will lead at SVN. The Commercial Real Estate industry is on the verge of significant change, and I believe SVN is in an excellent position to rise as a global industry leader, propelled by its outstanding leadership, entrepreneurial culture, and unwavering commitment to its core values.”

Before founding Opportunity Network in 2014, Brian worked at Boston Consulting Group and earned an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is a member of the Expert Network of the World Economic Forum, an organization dedicated to shaping the future of business on a global scale. He has served as a Judge for Forbes 30 under 30.

As SVN continues its commitment to entrepreneurial growth, collaboration, and driving the commercial real estate industry forward, the addition of Brian Pallas to its Board of Directors marks a pivotal moment in the company’s journey. With Pallas’s guidance and expertise, SVN is poised to further accelerate growth for the organization and its 200+ offices, reinforcing its position as a driving force within the industry.

About SVN^®
The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

Led by Managing Directors Scott Warren, CCIM, CIREC, and Angela Martinez, CIREC, SVN | Innovative Commercial Advisors is a rapidly growing firm with a seasoned team that boasts a combined 12 years of experience. The firm specializes in investment, multifamily, office, and industrial properties.

“This was definitely the right move for us,” said Martinez, highlighting the shared values of the SVN brand as a key motivation for joining. Additionally, they highlighted SVN Live‘s unparalleled marketing power and the core tenet of the SVN Difference, where advisors share commissions equally, 50/50, 100% of the time. SVN leverages the entire broker community nationwide to provide an even higher value to our clients. These factors, along with the exceptional training opportunities and access to national Product Councils, solidified their confidence in choosing to partner with SVN as a franchise office.

Looking towards the future, SVN | Innovative Commercial Advisors sets its sights on robust growth and strategic expansion. “We look forward to growing the SVN brand throughout upstate NY and Northern PA,” said Warren. By leveraging SVN’s global platform and strong brand reputation as one of the most powerful brokerage firms in the United States, SVN | Innovative Commercial Advisors is poised to expand their team and services in the Binghamton, NY market and beyond.

For more information about SVN | Innovative Commercial Advisors, please visit www.svninnovative.com.

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About SVN^®
The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.
All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

Please note that if you have questions about a particular property, you will need to contact the local office or advisor associated with that property. All SVN® offices are independently owned and operated.

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SVN® International attributes of global coverage and amplified outreach drive success for all. Our model is built on collaboration and transparency, supported by an inclusive culture that promotes properties and shares fees to build connections and create wealth together. This fundamental belief in cooperation over internal competition distinguishes SVN from traditional commercial real estate firms that operate in silos.

The SVN brand was founded in 1987 with a mission to improve the commercial real estate industry for all stakeholders through cooperation and organized competition. Today, SVN stands as a globally recognized establishment united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and communities. When you choose SVN, you mobilize the entire organization of experts and all our trusted relationships to act on your behalf. This shared network is the SVN Difference.

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Our focus on moving the industry forward has attracted a strong team of real estate professionals who share our values and commitment to collaboration. SVN continues to grow as a nationally recognized firm while maintaining the culture and principles that define our approach.

Offices Worldwide across the United States and expanding internationally, providing local expertise with national reach in more locations than any other commercial real estate firm.

National Platform, Local Expertise combines local market knowledge with a connected national platform, expanding reach and creating more opportunities for clients.

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Advisors and Staff who embody our Core Covenants and work together to deliver superior outcomes through the power of collective expertise and relationships.

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SVN is built on a collaborative model designed to maximize value for clients. Through our Shared Value Network®, SVN Advisors openly share data, relationships, and opportunities across markets — expanding exposure and improving outcomes on every assignment.

SVN’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) aligns our team’s interests directly with client success and community benefit, reinforcing the values that have guided SVN since our founding.

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For Tim Spillane, newly appointed president of SVN, his career in commercial real estate has consistently revolved around prioritizing clients and helping them solve their occupancy portfolio challenges. Spillane’s motivation remains unwavering, even as the industry evolves.

“You know, I am a relationship first, transaction second kind of person,” he says. “I think for a lot of people in the real estate community, and especially the brokerage community, it’s all about the transaction. But it’s a small world, things come back to you, and no deal is ever simple. And it’s the relationship, however short or deep it is, that helps us get over the line in a deal.”

Today, he sees the changing role of the office as both a significant challenge and a promising opportunity for the commercial and corporate real estate industry.

The Evolving Landscape of the Industry

“During the pandemic, occupiers of commercial real estate accelerated their work-from-home plans and found out that their businesses could still function quite well,” Spillane says. “But as things progressed, companies in certain markets found themselves grappling with the delicate balance between remote work, office presence, maintaining their corporate culture, and driving business growth.”

Spillane explains that initially, there was a trend towards high-quality office spaces, enticing employees with amenities reminiscent of tech giants like Google. There was an abundance of Class A spaces with sought-after features to cater to this demand. Despite these efforts, office spaces remained underutilized, leaving sublet spaces available. However, Spillane notes that the industry is now witnessing a resurgence in occupancy, which bodes well for its future.

Culture and People: A Foundation for Success

It was the SVN culture that attracted Spillane to his new role at SVN. “SVN is founded on core values that align the success of the company with the success of the communities where we do business,” he says, adding, “This is really important to me. It’s the culture I come from, and it was the deal breaker for my next role. I’m here to understand what SVN is about, embrace that culture, and enhance it.”

Spillane expressed his admiration for companies and individuals who uphold their principles and prioritize doing what is right. “SVN has always stood out as a beacon of integrity, adhering to its principles and standing by them. I believe that SVN has made a profound positive impact within the real estate industry and among the clients it serves.”

Through his interactions with several SVN Managing Directors, Spillane recognizes and attributes the culture at SVN to a collective dedication to mutual support, collaboration, kindness, and generosity. This culture, he says, fosters a genuine sense of community and care within the SVN network.

Nurturing Growth and Collaboration: A Client-Centric Approach

Spillane sees his role as one where he works for SVN clients and colleagues. He adopts an inverted leadership approach, placing his employees and clients at the forefront of his focus. “I work for them,” he says. “This includes choosing the right owners to maintain the culture, selecting the right employees to continue what SVN is about, and then supporting them.”

Tapping into his almost three decades of experience in the CRE industry, Spillane will actively collaborate with SVN Owners and Advisors, serving as a trusted sounding board and helping them win business and grow their brokerages.

“These are folks that are driven to make a tangible impact and grow their own companies. They possess a competitive and optimistic spirit, and I can be a resource to help them achieve their goals,” he says.

Previously, Spillane spent 29 years at Jones Lang LaSalle, most recently leading its corporate accounts business in the Midwest US. In that time, he got to travel to more than 30 countries around the world. That means that today, in his downtime, you won’t find him at the golf course, but instead spending time with his family back home in the Chicago area.

Xavier Mufraggi arrives in the commercial real estate industry, and at the top job at SVN, with an optimistic, opportunity-focused mindset. “Commercial real estate is a great business that is long established, but inevitably is also a market that will be disrupted,” he says. Mufraggi is curious about the impact of bringing hospitality thinking to an industry that is very competitive and highly mature.

Hospitality Thinking

What Mufraggi means is that the way companies work with their customers and employees to create a great experience is the key to navigating a changing market. “If you don’t think long-term with your partners and employees, and create a great experience through excellent customer service and the right digital tools, you risk being disrupted very quickly,” Mufraggi says.

He is enthusiastic about the opportunity this presents for SVN. “SVN is in a strong financial and commercial position,” he says. “We are already known for our customer service and digital tools we provide our network, and we are going to double down on this. We are committed to remaining flexible to ensure that the SVN Difference aligns with the evolving needs of our Managing Directors and Owners in the present, rather than waiting for the future.”

Mufraggi’s unwavering commitment to customer service is evident. He draws on his time at Club Med, where he delivered $1.3 billion in annual revenue in the EMEA region and transformed Club Med North America and the Caribbean into a sustainable and profitable business unit. His most recent role as CEO of YPO, a global leadership community boasting 34,000 members across 150 countries, adds depth to his insights on SVN’s network of Owners, Managing Directors and Advisors.

Collective of Owners

SVN’s collective of Owners and Managing Directors is a competitive differentiator for SVN, and another reason to look to the future with an opportunity-based mindset. “There’s the opportunity for people to really be their own boss in their markets and then help each other to be successful,” Mufraggi says.

“[They] all know exactly what to do and how to do it, but they also realize that to be successful in Chicago, say, it’s good to have somebody who’s going to give you business from Alabama.”

Mufraggi says his first job as CEO will be to listen. “My team won’t do anything without being sure that it is something our Managing Directors and Advisors need right now.” He continues: “Working with Tim [Spillane, SVN’s new president] who has almost 30 years of CRE industry experience, we are in a great place to seize the next few years as a huge opportunity.”

Growing the Network

Another priority for Mufraggi will be growing the SVN network in 40 emerging markets in the US. He is looking for people with an entrepreneurial mindset – either from within the CRE industry today, or from other sectors, and with diverse backgrounds – who want to be their own boss, but also want the advantage of working with the wider network of 2,000+ Advisors to benefit from leads and collaborate on deals.

“I want to create a positive and inclusive environment at SVN where people can be fearless and authentic so they can achieve their purpose and potential,” says Mufraggi. 

In a sense, joining SVN as CEO is almost coming full circle for Mufraggi. His grandfather started MUFRAGGI Matériaux, a construction tools and materials business in France, and, he says, taught him the value of building things. “If you see me with Lego bricks, I’m always building, not just playing,” he says. He cites the building of Playa Esmeralda, a greenfields Club Med property in the Dominican Republic as another example of this and the accomplishment at Club Med he is most proud of. From negotiating and building the road from the airport, to installing utilities and bringing broadband internet to the region, to developing training programs for the local community, the building work opened the area for new opportunities. 

If you have a meeting scheduled with Mufraggi soon, don’t be surprised if he takes you on a virtual walk or is on his speed bike. “We all have Zoom fatigue, and if you want to go deeper with someone, nothing beats a side-by-side discussion.”

Mufraggi and his French-British-American family live in Dallas where he trains for Iron Man competitions, which he says has taught him to pace himself and build resilience. “I prefer to go far rather than fast,” he says. 

Top tip: to get the inside scoop on Mufraggi, watch season 10, episode 7 of Undercover Boss, on Amazon.

Led by Managing Director Noah Ruggieri, CCIM, SEC, CIPS, MBA, SVN | North Star has proudly served the Champaign community for over four decades, specializing in investment grade real estate services, with a focus on multifamily land development, 1031 exchanges, and single-family home portfolio sales (SFR).

Noah Ruggieri expressed enthusiasm about the partnership with SVN, stating, “We are thrilled to expand our presence and team by joining forces with SVN. This collaboration empowers us to have an even greater impact in the communities we serve.”

When asked about the factors that led them to choose SVN as a franchise partner, Ruggieri highlighted the unique culture and integrity of the SVN brand. “What attracted us to SVN was the exceptional culture and integrity of both the people and brand. Additionally, we value the support SVN provides without imposing restrictive controls. This allows us to effectively serve our clients while maintaining our unique local approach.”

Looking ahead, SVN | North Star has ambitious goals to further strengthen their presence in the central Illinois market and give back to their community they proudly serve.

“We are eager to make a positive impact through growth, expansion, and unparalleled service,” said Ruggieri. Our aspiration is not only to expand our market share but also to engage in meaningful initiatives that benefit our community in ways we never thought possible.

For more information about SVN | North Star, please visit www.svnnorthstar.com.

About SVN^®

The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

Led by seasoned Managing Directors Tom Kennedy and Cory DeLong, SVN | Albatross Group brings a wealth of expertise to the table. With a combined experience of 21 years in the commercial real estate industry, Kennedy and DeLong specialize in industrial brokerage and development at both the local and national levels. 

SVN’s unique culture, collaborative network, cutting-edge technology, and comprehensive support were instrumental factors that motivated Kennedy and DeLong to partner with the organization.

“The first thing that attracted us to SVN was the people,” expressed Kennedy. “The network of SVN Managing Directors and Advisors, the collaborative platform, and the company culture from the top down… The SVN culture is unique, and we believe our culture at Albatross Group aligns with the culture and values at SVN — hard work, growth, and doing things the right way.”

By leveraging SVN’s extensive network, advanced technologies, and nationwide opportunities, SVN | Albatross Group Commercial Real Estate Advisors is poised to expand its presence in the Kansas City market. Their goal is to become a leading full-service brokerage firm, delivering exceptional and comprehensive commercial real estate services to their clients.

“SVN provides us a national platform, complementing our expertise and knowledge in the industry,” said DeLong. “Being independently owned and operated allows us ultimate flexibility to service our clients.”

About SVN | Albatross Group Commercial Real Estate Advisors
At SVN | Albatross Group, our mission is to provide exceptional real estate services to our clients, helping them to achieve their business goals and maximize the value of their real estate assets. We strive to create long-lasting relationships with our clients based on trust, integrity, and transparency, and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions that meet their unique needs. Our team of skilled professionals has a deep understanding of the commercial real estate market, and we leverage our expertise to deliver superior results for our clients. Whether you are looking to buy, sell or lease commercial real estate, we are here to help you every step of the way. All SVN® offices are independently owned and operated. For more information, visit https://svnalbatrossgroup.com/.

About SVN^®
The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com. All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

“These two collaborative leaders are uniquely qualified to support SVN’s 200 owners as we accelerate our growth” said Mark Van Ness, SVN Founder. 

Mufraggi joins SVN from YPO where, as CEO, he achieved a new milestone of 34,000 members in 150 countries. Prior to YPO, Mufraggi was president and CEO of Club Med Europe, Middle East and Africa, where he delivered $1.3 billion in annual revenue. Before heading the EMEA region, Mufraggi transformed Club Med North America and the Caribbean into a sustainable and profitable business unit through increased team engagement and digital transformation. 

At SVN, Mufraggi’s focus will be on big picture strategy and the long-term growth of SVN and its network, with a focus on customer service and digital transformation – always aligned to what SVN Managing Directors need to succeed. In addition, Mufraggi will drive expansion into 40 additional US markets, helping CRE professionals to become their own boss and tap into SVN’s collective strength and opportunity. 

“I approach the future of the CRE industry with an opportunity mindset, and it is clear that SVN is well-positioned for the future. We are already strong in customer service and digital, and we will continue to double down on this,” said Mufraggi. “At the heart of all of this is the opportunity for people in our network to be their own boss and win in their markets, and to help each other to be successful.”

Spillane joins SVN after almost three decades at Jones Lang LaSalle, most recently leading its corporate accounts business in the Midwest US. His commercial real estate career spans much of the industry, including running a number of global corporate client accounts, being part of JLL’s tenant representation business, and being a founding member of its Mission Critical Solutions practice.

Spillane is a founding member of Marquette University’s Center for Real Estate.

As president, Spillane’s focus at SVN is on operational growth, specifically through supporting SVN clients and employees to succeed. He’ll spend his time on the ground, and tap into his vast CRE experience to work with SVN Owners and Managing Directors to help them grow their business. 

“SVN has a great reputation in the marketplace for being collaborative, respectful and ethical, as well as aligning its success to that of the communities where it does business. I’m excited to join a company that shares my values and beliefs,” said Spillane. “I’m looking forward to working with our Managing Directors and digging in to help them succeed. I see myself as a resource they can use to grow their business and achieve their goals.”

These appointments bring the SVN Difference to life. A powerhouse duo of Mufraggi and Spillane, collaborating as leaders will take SVN into the future, offering collective strength and accelerated growth to its clients, colleagues and communities.

About SVN^®
The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff with more than 200 SVN business owners across the globe, in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com. 

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

Industrial rent is still experiencing double digit growth nationally and low end vacancy as the demand for space continues into 2023. Certain markets are particularly hot. The Southeast has had several major seaport expansions recently, contributing to an increased need and record expansion along with the Southwest corridor as a potential alternative to comparatively high rents on the Western Coast.

Jill is widely recognized for her exceptional client service and her ability to lead others with creativity and compassion to reach their full potential. Under her leadership, SVN | Second Story Real Estate Management has been recognized as a Co-Star Power Broker award recipient and increased revenues over 41% during the last 12 months.

“I’m honored to be appointed to this advisory role with SVN, and I look forward to contributing my expertise and insights to support the organization’s goals. I’m thrilled to work alongside such a talented and dedicated team, and I’m confident together we can elevate our companies to new heights,” said Jill.

SVN Product Councils are strategic groups within SVN that focus on specific areas of commercial real estate, and they serve as a platform for industry leaders to share knowledge and collaborate on innovative solutions. As Chair of the Property Management Product Council, Jill will lead a strategic group within SVN that focuses on the specific needs of commercial real estate property management. Jill eagerly anticipates working together with other SVN offices to share knowledge and develop innovative solutions. A major focus for Jill is to establish an extensive resource library that will enable SVN property managers to access and exchange valuable materials, resources, and best practices.

About SVN^®
The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

Continued uneasiness surrounding demand as well as record setting vacancies have created a downturn in new office development in the beginning of 2023. Despite this, several markets are continuing to build.

With much of the space pre-leased, tenants are still signaling the demand for high quality property outside of central business districts. Life science lab space and class A suburban property are driving new construction in the following markets:

Augie Schmidt of SVN | Saunders Ralston Dantzler in Lakeland, FL has been appointed as SVN’s new Industrial Product Council Co-Chair. Augie will co-lead the Industrial Product Council alongside Curt Arthur of SVN | Commercial Advisors based in Salem, OR. Augie specializes in industrial properties and is skilled at tailoring custom strategic plans to advise his clients through the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of industrial commercial real estate. Previously, Augie was the Director of Research at SVN | Saunders Ralston Dantzler, where he oversaw a team of research analysts that evaluated commercial assets to maximize clients’ returns.

“I’m incredibly excited to work alongside Curt Arthur to help lead one of the most exciting and rapidly growing asset classes in commercial real estate,” said Augie. “When you combine the SVN brand with a strong group of individuals that are committed to excellence and serving their clients at the highest level, it makes for a real opportunity in front of us.”

Juve Pinedo of SVN | Vanguard in Santa Ana, CA has been appointed as the new Product Council Co-Chairperson of SVN’s Land & Development Product Council. Juve brings extensive experience in brokering land zoned for various uses across multiple states. Some of the uses include commercial, residential, industrial, mineral resources, equine and agricultural. Recently, Juve brokered a 825-acre land sale with subsurface mineral resource value and a 1000-acre operating hard rock quarry; one of California’s largest quarries ever to be brokered. Over the last few years Juve has earned and maintained the designation of Certified Land Specialist, the only one in California.

“I will strive to be a valuable resource to new and seasoned SVN Advisors who wish to add or increase Land transactions to their business model,” said Juve.

SVN’s newly appointed Product Council Co-Chairs bring extensive knowledge, experience and expertise to the organization’s Product Council groups. SVN is thrilled to have these new leaders on board and looks forward to the significant contributions they will bring to the SVN network.

About SVN^®
The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.

All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

The firm is led by Managing Director Harry Cohn, who brings over 29 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry to the table. Originally focused on retail properties and tenants, SVN | Cohn Commercial Properties has since broadened their service offerings to cover all types of commercial transactions, including industrial, self-storage, office, and medical buildings.

“We are thrilled to mark our 10th anniversary and look forward to continued growth,” said Cohn. “We have successfully transitioned into a full-service commercial real estate firm and are now looking to expand our team to better serve our clients. “We are looking to expand our team and hire between 5 and 10 new Advisors to help us achieve our goal of becoming a national top producer with SVN.”

The SVN network offers the ability to collaborate with other SVN offices, access to cutting-edge technology, and comprehensive support, which are some of the key benefits that attracted SVN | Cohn Commercial Properties to the network. The firm believes that these resources will help them achieve their growth goals and better serve their clients.

SVN | Cohn Commercial Properties is excited to be part of the SVN network and looks forward to contributing to its continued success.

About SVN | Cohn Commercial Properties

SVN | Cohn Commercial Properties was founded in July 2013 to serve clients’ real estate needs in the Metro Detroit market. As part of the SVN® brand, they are able to represent clients in sales, leasing, and management in over 500 markets. SVN Advisors represent over 6,000 clients worldwide in auction services, corporate real estate, distressed properties, golf & resort, hospitality, industrial, investment services, land, medical, multifamily, office, retail, self-storage, and single tenant investments. All SVN® offices are independently owned and operated. For more information, visit http://www.svn.com or www.svncohncommercial.com.

About SVN^®

The SVN^® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN^® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network^® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities.  For more information, visit www.svn.com.
All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

“Alex is a highly respected industry leader with a deep understanding of the commercial real estate market and a passion for delivering exceptional results for his clients,” said Mark Van Ness, Founder of SVN. “We are thrilled to welcome him to our team and believe his experience, insights and relationships will be invaluable as we continue to expand our global reach and enhance our reputation as the industry’s most trusted provider of commercial real estate services.”

Mr. Ruggieri is a well-known and respected figure in the commercial real estate industry, having spent more than 40 years advising clients on a wide range of transactions, including leasing, sales, and development. He has also been a leader in the promotion of sustainable real estate practices, and has been recognized for his contributions to the industry with numerous awards and honors.

As International Brand Ambassador, Ruggieri’s goals include expanding SVN’s global footprint, building strong relationships with clients and partners around the world, and promoting the company’s innovative services and capabilities. Mr. Ruggieri will also be responsible for representing SVN at key industry events, fostering relationships with clients and partners worldwide, and promoting the SVN brand and its unique services and capabilities.

“I am honored to join SVN as its International Brand Ambassador and look forward to working with the team to build on the company’s reputation for excellence and innovation,” said Mr. Ruggieri. “SVN has a unique approach to commercial real estate that is based on collaboration, transparency, and a commitment to delivering exceptional results for clients. I am excited to help spread the word about this approach and contribute to the company’s continued success.”

For more information about Mr. Ruggieri, visit https://www.alexruggieri.co/.

About SVN^® 
The SVN® organization is a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and our communities. The SVN® brand is comprised of over 2,000 Advisors and staff in more than 200 offices across the globe in six countries. Our brand pillars represent the transparency, innovation, and inclusivity that enables all our Advisors to collaborate with the entire real estate industry on behalf of our clients. SVN’s unique Shared Value Network® is just one of the many ways that SVN Advisors create amazing value with our clients, colleagues, and communities. For more information, visit www.svn.com. All SVN offices are independently owned and operated. To learn more about becoming an SVN commercial real estate business owner, visit http://www.svn.com/franchise/.

SVN is the only commercial real estate firm that markets all of its properties to the entire brokerage and investment community. Participating in approximately $21.1 billion in sales and leasing transactions in 2022, SVN Advisors shared commission fees with cooperating brokers in order to close more deals in less time and at the right value for clients. 

Coming off the pandemic, a scorching hot economy and jobs market placed the power of choice in the hands of job seekers. Reports of a ‘Great Resignation’, and ‘quiet quitting’ were widespread. Now, with conflicting ideas of what office work should look like, the ‘Great Mismatch’ is upon us. Large layoffs continue to dominate headlines and a looming possibility of a recession, the pendulum of power has swung back in favor of employers and the numbers say that they want you in the office.

Despite the highly reported cutbacks many companies are making in the start of 2023, experts agree one area that none of these companies are cutting spending in is data center investment. With more and more cloud computing necessary to maintain the infrastructure of the internet and changing work and digital consumption habits of modern populations, data center construction can’t happen fast enough.

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