Commercial Real Estate Testimonials

I have been working with Hughes Marino for almost three decades. As a CFO, trust is critically important in all my business partners. The Hughes Marino team has been my trusted “go-to” team for leasing and leasing related advice during my career in a variety of companies. They have managed projects for me throughout the United States including Florida, North Carolina, Colorado, Ohio as well as California. These projects have run the gamut from multi-year lease negotiations to building out large manufacturing facilities. The team is always available and has provided advice on a broad range of topics even when not specifically engaged financially.

The Hughes Marino team did an excellent job in locating and negotiating office space for us. They worked tirelessly and were client focused. Hughes Marino listened to our needs and represented us in a highly effective and professional manner. I recommend Hughes Marino for any company’s leasing needs.

When we embarked on our office move after 20 years in the same location, Hughes Marino was the perfect partner. The Hughes Marino team was responsive, strategic and creative at all stages of the process. They knew the market cold and they had our back. We couldn’t have asked for a better partner, and the solution we created together achieved all of our business and brand objectives. We trusted Hughes Marino to guide us to the right solution, and we couldn’t be more proud of our location and our space where we are close to so many of our clients.

Hughes Marino has been a value-added partner to Eurofins | EAG Laboratories for nearly ten years now. Significant value has been created through strategic planning, negotiation and execution around lease renewals, minimizing real estate related operating costs, site acquisition for new organic growth and greenfield labs, project management for tenant improvement as well as space planning. The approach is rigorous and disciplined and grounded in local market economics with a full understanding of costs for lease versus buy versus build. The results have had a positive impact on our business by lowering real estate related costs as a percentage of revenue, which is a KPI we track closely in our business, with a portfolio of 15 sites and growing throughout the United States. Whether on the West Coast in Silicon Valley and Southern California, or on the East Coast in Princeton, New Jersey and Raleigh, North Carolina—Hughes Marino has delivered for us on a national level and is a highly-valued partner to our business.

Hughes Marino helped us clarify our requirements and surveyed all of our options. Through their robust process, their team negotiated the building of our choice and preferred location to become the low-cost leader. In addition to covering most of our tenant improvement costs, they were able to negotiate the credit enhancement requirements down to a favorable level. They also negotiated a year of free occupancy so we could move into a portion of the premises now in order to meet our immediate expansion requirements. Hughes Marino provided guidance on the schedules and cost evaluations to refine our tenant improvement scope and will oversee the remodel of the new facility. We could not have pulled it all together without their collaboration and tireless support.

Our partners at Hughes Marino are extremely responsive in identifying options for us in critical markets. They help leverage our position in the market on renewals and really go above and beyond to drive savings.

The Hughes Marino team has been an incredibly effective partner for Redfin. They have a deep understanding of our office needs nationwide, and we have complete trust in their ability to find us the right space and on the right terms. If we’re looking to rent a whole floor somewhere, or just a desk in a coworking space, they treat every transaction with the same impressive amount of care and attention. Their team regularly audits our office portfolio and operating expenses, which on several occasions have yielded surprise savings for Redfin. We’ve over the moon about our relationship with Hughes Marino. They’re a wonderful team.

My working relationship with Hughes Marino has lasted almost three decades, where I was CEO of two companies and now as a board member of others. Hughes Marino supported our executive team with all of our real estate initiatives, from the strategic and conceptual through the execution. This included our multiple headquarters relocations and expansions, and expansions, relocations and lease renewals of our mission critical R&D labs and validated clean room operations. Whether it be a review of our operating expenses or the expansion of our 200,000 SF site, I have implicit trust in their counsel, recommendations and ability to execute on behalf of the companies that I have led and am involved with.  

Hughes Marino has proven to be our trusted partner globally for all of our real estate acquisition, disposition, renewal and lease administration services. Supporting the company in over a dozen projects throughout the United States and Europe, the leadership and support we’ve received around all of our corporate real estate has been exceptional. Their team is proactive, insightful and provides tremendous coaching for our entire senior leadership team. Their advice has always been direct and creative, always with our best interests in mind.

Hughes Marino has consistently been my trusted partner for multiple medical device companies where I have been CFO. Their representation has played a key role in facilitating expansion plans, ensuring timely completion of tasks, and securing favorable financial terms. They’ve assisted us with space planning, selection, design, build-out and lease negotiations. Hughes Marino is undoubtedly the top choice for representing medical device companies.

Our lease, which spanned 20 years, was set to expire in September 2020, prompting us to search for a new location at the onset of the pandemic. The team at Hughes Marino played a crucial role in assisting us in finding an excellent new space, as well as helping us visualize the implementation of various working arrangements, including remote, hybrid and full-time in-office scenarios. Fast forward three years, and we once again collaborated with Hughes Marino to renegotiate our lease, resulting in terms that better align with our evolving needs as the world gradually transitions back to in-person work. Throughout our entire partnership, Hughes Marino has consistently treated us as more than just clients; we truly feel like valued partners. Navigating the complexities of today’s market would have been an insurmountable challenge without their representation, and for that, we consider ourselves extremely fortunate.

The Hughes Marino team has been an invaluable resource in our office relocation. They took the time to understand our interests early in the process, which positioned them to secure the space we wanted at a rate within our budgetary parameters. They’ll be our first call whenever there is a real estate related need.