Commercial Brokers - Top 28 | Fact Finder

Commercial Brokers - Top 28

Ranked by licensed Minnesota brokers | List information taken from the 2009-2010 Business Information Guide
Source: Company representatives and Web sites. If you were not contacted for this list but would like to be in the future, please contact research@tcbmag.com.
*See note at bottom of list.

Rank	Company	Licensed Minnesota brokers	Top local executive	Employees in MN / worldwide	Brokerage services provided
1	CB Richard Ellis 4400 West 78th Street, Suite 200 Bloomington, MN 55435 952-924-4600 \| cbre.com/minneapolis	136	Whitney Peyton	580 / 30,000	Brokerage services for office, industrial, and retail properties; investment; global corporate services; property and project management; capital markets; private client groups; property acquisition, disposition, and leasing
2	Welsh Companies 4350 Baker Road, Suite 400 Minnetonka, MN 55343 952-897-7700 \| welshco.com	79	William Wardwell	289 / 325	Office, retail, industrial, health care, and multi-family projects; land brokerage, investment sales, corporate real estate services, tenant representation
3	NorthMarq 3500 American Boulevard West Minneapolis, MN 55431 952-831-1000 \| northmarq.com	72	Mike Ohmes	472 / 736	Consulting, property leasing and sales, tenant representation, buyer representation, investment sales, land brokerage
4	Colliers Turley Martin Tucker 200 South Sixth Street, Suite 1400 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-341-4444 \| ctmt.com	31	None (in transition)	99 / 12,750	Appraisal and consultation; brokerage for office, industrial, retail, hospitality, and multi-family projects; investment sales; property and facilities management; corporate solutions
5	Cushman & Wakefield 11095 Viking Drive, Suite 240 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 952-465-3300 \| cushwake.com	30	Clinton Miller	150 / 15,000	Transaction services, capital markets, client solutions, consulting services
6	Sunbelt Business Brokers 3212 Rice Street St. Paul, MN 55126 651-484-2677 \| sunbeltmidwest.com	29	Chris Jones	32 / 1,400	Confidential sales of small and mid-sized businesses and related commercial real estate and leases
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7	Marcus & Millichap 8300 Norman Center Drive, Suite 810 Bloomington, MN 55437 952-852-9700 \| marcusmillichap.com	27	Solomon Poretsky	29 / 4,000	Investment real estate brokerage including multi-family, retail, office, single-tenant net leased, hospitality, self-storage, senior housing, and land
8	Coldwell Banker Commercial Griffin Companies 615 First Avenue Northeast, Suite 500 Minneapolis, MN 55413 612-338-2828 \| cbcgriffin.com	23	William Ostlund	35 / 35	Acquisitions, consulting, dispositions, investment, leasing, owner representation, tenant representation
9	Grubb & Ellis\|Northco Real Estate Services 5353 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 650 Minneapolis, MN 55416 952-820-1600 \| northco.com	22	Frank Jermusek	37 / Not provided	Consulting, leasing, sales, tenant representation, property management, investment
10	Calhoun Companies 4940 Viking Drive, Suite 450 Edina, MN 55435 952-831-3300 \| calhouncompanies.com	20	Gary Johnson	30 / 30	Business brokerage
11	Wellington Management, Inc. 1625 Energy Park Drive, Suite 100 St. Paul, MN 55108 651-292-9844 \| wellingtonmgt.com	16	Stephen B. Wellington, Jr.	28 / 28	Leasing services for businesses of all sizes; brokers exclusively for buildings that it manages
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12	CresaPartners 80 South Eighth Street, Suite 850 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-337-8498 \| cresapartners.com	15	William Tobin	19 / 725	Transaction and project management, relocation planning and management, strategic planning, site selection and incentives, subleases, dispositions, lease administration, capital markets, facilities consulting
13	Cambridge Commercial Realty 4940 Viking Drive, Suite 535 Minneapolis, MN 55435 952-933-0042 \| cambridge-commercial.com	14	Richard Grones	3 / 3	Tenant representation, seller and lessor representation, market analysis, hospitality development, land sales, disposition services, office and warehouse leasing, investment sales
14	Transwestern 730 Second Avenue South, Suite 400 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-343-4200 \| transwestern.net	13	Michael Salmen	35 / 1,500	Tenant advising, agency leasing and sales, investment services, property and facility management, construction services, market research services
15	Kraus-Anderson Realty Company 4210 West Old Shakopee Road Bloomington, MN 55437 952-881-8166 \| kraus-anderson.com	11	Daniel Engelsma	53 / 59	Landlord and tenant representation
16	Restaurant Brokers of Minnesota 6010 Highway 7 St. Louis Park, MN 55416 952-929-9273 \| restaurantsforsale.com	11	DJ Sikka	1 / 1	Hospitality brokerage, consulting, valuation, leasing
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17	UGL Equis Corporation 800 LaSalle Avenue, Suite 1050 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-605-4060 \| ugl-equis.com	11	Mark Evenson	12 / 600	Transaction management, strategic advising, project management, facility management, portfolio management, data management
18	Jones Lang LaSalle 45 South Seventh Street, Suite 3051 Minneapolis, MN 55416 612-217-5127 \| joneslanglasalle.com	10	Chris Rohrer	200 / 36,200	Tenant representation, capital markets, investments, project management, facilities management, lease administration
19	Park Midwest Commercial Real Estate 8085 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 100 Minneapolis, MN 55426 763-847-6600 \| parkmidwest.com	10	Doug Sailor	14 / 14	Commercial property management, retail leasing and brokerage
20	Upland Real Estate Group, Inc. 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1418 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-332-6600 \| upland.com	10	Keith Sturm	11 / 11	Net-lease sales, tenant representation, project leasing, land sales, landlord representation, user property sales, investment property sales, alternative real estate investments, IRS Section 1031 expertise
21	The C. Chase Company 5353 Gamble Drive, Suite 310 St. Louis Park, MN 55416 952-525-1000 \| cchaseco.com	9	Sherman Malkerson	9 / 9	Professional services for the planning and implementation of real estate strategies
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22	Paramount Real Estate Corporation 3601 Minnesota Drive, Suite 925 Bloomington, MN 55435 952-854-8290 \| paramountre.com	9	Fred Hedberg	12 / 12	Landlord and seller representation, tenant and buyer representation, consulting for property and asset management, project management, real estate development
23	Schafer Richardson, Inc. 615 First Avenue Northeast, Suite 500 Minneapolis, MN 55413 612-371-3000 \| sr-re.com	9	Cynthia Hable	21 / 21	Landlord representation, tenant representation
24	Hempel 527 Marquette Avenue, Suite 500 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-355-2600 \| hempelproperties.com	8	Jon Hempel	21 / Not provided	Owner representation
25	Hoyt Properties, Inc. 275 Market Street, Suite 439 Minneapolis, MN 55405 612-338-7787 \| hoytproperties.com	7	Steve Nelson	15 / 15	Landlord and tenant representation, acquisitions and dispositions
26	Suntide Commercial Realty, Inc. 2550 University Avenue West, Suite 416-S St. Paul, MN 55114 651-603-0321 \| suntide.com	7	Stephen Dombrovski	18 / 18	Tenant representation, sales and leasing, property disposition, property management
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27	TaTonka Real Estate Advisors 150 South Fifth Street, Suite 1400 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-466-7300 \| tatonkare.com	7	Steve Chirhart, J. Craig Kirkpatrick	8 / 8	Tenant representation, buyer representation consulting, subleasing, asset disposition
28	Weatherhill Commercial 6000 Main Street Rockford, MN 55373 763-477-3300 \| weatherhillcommercial.com	7	Erik Sorenson	Not provided / Not provided	Commercial and investment real estate brokerage for acquisition, disposition, and leasing

Note: Two firms that appeared on last year's list—Frauenshuh, Inc. and Landcor, Inc.—would not provide ranking criteria to be considered for this year's list.
• The number of licensed Minnesota brokers is as of May 26, 2009.