Charlotte’s premier corporate real estate advisor, helping banking, finance and corporate tenants across Uptown and the fast-growing South End achieve the most advantageous outcome for their purchase or leasing of space.
Located in the heart of one of the fastest growing cities in the Southeast, our Charlotte team is proud to serve companies across Uptown’s banking core, the South End, Ballantyne and beyond with expert commercial real estate guidance. As trusted tenant and buyer representatives, we help businesses secure the best possible outcomes, whether leasing, purchasing or building office, industrial or manufacturing space. Our integrated services include project and construction management, lease administration and audit, planning and design, owner-user consulting, capital markets and corporate real estate finance—everything our North Carolina clients need to make confident, strategic real estate decisions.
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Charlotte Tenant Representation
As Charlotte’s premier commercial real estate firm specializing in representing tenants, we’ve helped some of the nation’s most admired companies, from Uptown financial firms to South End corporate relocations, grow their businesses with creative and strategic real estate solutions, and we can put our experience to work for you.
Office, life science and industrial tenants and buyers can rest assured knowing that our experienced team has what it takes to reach the most optimal real estate outcome for their business.
Our PM team has nearly 100 years of combined experience orchestrating the design and construction of virtually all types of projects—corporate, residential, nonprofit, education, health services and much more.
Hughes Marino is proud to offer our full suite of services nationwide and around the world.
Why Hughes Marino
Confidential
The details of your real estate transaction are no one else’s business. Confidentiality is a must at every turn, and we’ll make sure it stays that way.
No Conflict
Unlike most brokerage firms, we specialize in helping companies who need commercial real estate to operate their business. Our clients appreciate our one stop, vertically integrated service lines and proprietary product offerings focused on the needs of businesses.
Specialization
Our team is comprised of real estate experts, attorneys, construction managers, architects, designers, financial analysts, lease auditors, lease administrators and operations management to create an outstanding outcome for our clients.
Respected
Our bespoke team is comprised of the most accredited experts in their field, including licensed brokers, MBAs, MSREs, JDs, financial analysts, architects, designers and LEED project managers. And we’re honored to be recognized among some of the nation’s very best companies.
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A Different Kind of Commercial Real Estate Company
Photo credit: APEX Companies By Alex Musetti, Will Tober & Mike Paleo For as long as most of us can remember, the industrial warehouse has followed a reliable formula. Racks, forklifts, aisle ways, and a floor plan built to move product efficiently from dock to shelf and back again. It’s a model that has served companies well, and for good…
At Hughes Marino our eighth core value is to “give generously to others.” Some of the most meaningful expressions of that value take shape outside the office, in the causes that our team members devote themselves to on their own time. Vice President Mack Bonebrake is one such example. Mack volunteers at a high level helping raise awareness about Alport…
A commercial lease agreement is not a standard form; it’s a negotiated contract, and every clause in it was written by someone with an incentive. In most cases, that someone was the landlord’s attorney. The result is a document that, in its default form, systematically transfers risk from the landlord to the tenant: cost exposure, operational restrictions, exit barriers and…
Signing your first commercial office lease is one of the most significant financial commitments your business will make. Most first-time tenants approach this transaction the way they approach renting an apartment: focused on the monthly rent number, moving quickly to get the space they want, and trusting that the paperwork is more or less standard. It is not. Commercial leases…
We believe if you represent both plaintiffs and defendants there’s an automatic conflict, whether it be real or perceived. So it only made sense to choose Hughes Marino, a company that represents tenants only, to handle our lease negotiations in New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Houston. With over 150 lawyers and 275 support staff, we have very specific space and technology requirements and Hughes Marino has the expertise to manage our leasehold improvements. We’ve certainly benefited from their tenant-only focus and full range of services. They are tireless in their efforts.
I have worked with Hughes Marino over several decades and have successfully completed more than a few major projects from start up through expansion phases. The Hughes Marino team has always proved to be professional, detailed, dedicated and most importantly, they get the job done! Their continued follow up, post deal, has always been appreciated as well. I highly recommend them.
Peter Ellman
CEO, Certis Oncology Solutions
As a spin out of a larger company, Agena had less than 12 months to hire an executive management team and build the infrastructure to support a new company with worldwide revenues approaching $50 million. This included IT systems, finance and administrative teams, as well as a new corporate headquarters including R&D and manufacturing. Hughes Marino listened closely and helped guide an efficient and highly effective, accelerated process of selecting and negotiating a new facility in just four months. Hughes Marino’s unique in-house construction management team seamlessly took it from there, delivering an on-time, on-budget tenant buildout from the ground up in just five months. We could not have asked for more, or been more happy with the results.
Terance Kinninger
CFO, Agena Bioscience, Inc.
If you are looking for a professional commercial broker that will always keep your best interest in front and work to ensure that you and your company’s needs are met every step of the way, then you should hire Hughes Marino. They think outside the box, ask detailed questions, and went beyond our expectations. I strongly advise anyone looking for a commercial lease to contact Hughes Marino.
Tim Ney
COO, Feeding America
Hughes Marino has my highest of recommendations. They provided exceptional results, knowledge and professionalism, and delivered far beyond our expectations. Anaptys Bio’s facility needs will be well served for years to come.
Tom Smart
Chairman and CEO, AnaptysBio
We have worked with Hughes Marino since 2007. Since that time they have assisted with over 10 lease negotiations, several build outs and multiple moves. They take the phrase “full-service” to a whole new level as experts in not only getting the deal done but helping the business remain productive during construction associated with moves and expansions. We look forward to continuing to grow with them.
Bill Kuncz
Former CFO & VP of Finance and Administration, GreatCall
Hughes Marino supports the Greater Charlotte community.
We sincerely believe that it is our duty as a local business to give back to the community that nurtures us. That’s why we are proud to support the many nonprofit organizations that make Charlotte a great place to live and work.
