Raleigh-Durham Commercial Real Estate Experts
Raleigh-Durham’s premier corporate real estate advisor, helping tenants and users of commercial real estate achieve the most advantageous and cost-effective outcome for their purchase or leasing of space.
Our team of Raleigh-Durham corporate real estate advisors are dedicated experts working together to produce strategic real estate solutions that help our clients succeed. Whether you’re looking for office, life science lab, industrial, manufacturing facilities or more, Hughes Marino can assist in finding the most favorable lease, purchase or construction build site for your needs. Our extensive list of services includes tenant and occupier representation, program, project & construction management, lease administration, lease audit, planning and design, owner user services, capital markets, corporate real estate finance and everything else you might need for your company’s
real estate.


Raleigh-Durham Tenant Representation
As Raleigh-Durham’s premier commercial real estate firm specializing in representing tenants, we’ve helped some of the nation’s most admired companies grow their businesses with creative and strategic real estate solutions, and we can put our experience to work for you.

Tenant
& Buyer
Services
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.
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Program, Project & Construction Management
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.
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Portfolio Lease Admininistration &
Advisory Services
We can help save businesses time and money by identifying errors, inadequacies and overcharges in their leases.
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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.
A Different Kind of Commercial Real Estate Company

What's New in Raleigh-Durham

Optimizing Your Logistics: In-House Warehousing or 3PL—Which Path is Right for You?
By Hughes Marino on March 26, 2025
We work with business leaders every week that are navigating the critical inflection point of scaling their logistics operations. Whether it's an e-commerce brand looking to optimize fulfillment, a manufacturer expanding distribution or a retailer managing inventory across multiple markets, one of the biggest decisions they face is whether to lease/buy and operate their own warehouse, or outsource warehousing and fulfillment operations to a third-party logistics (“3PL”) provider. This strategic decision affects capital outlay, cash flow and cost control, flexibility, long-term business growth and risk. Here we break down the advantages and trade-offs of each option, giving you the insights needed to make an informed choice that aligns with your business objectives.
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The Office Market Begins Searching for a Bottom
By Hughes Marino on March 11, 2025
After three years of spiking office space availability rates, 2024 was the first year where the U.S. office market began searching for a bottom. Most metro markets did not see office availability rates materially rise or fall over the last year, which is good news for owners, suggesting that the markets might be stabilizing. There were some notable exceptions moving in opposite directions. Boston’s availability rate increased by almost two percentage points and Austin increased by just over one percent. On the other side, Houston and New York City saw almost a two percent decrease in availability rates, while San Jose and Atlanta each saw a full percentage point decrease. The following chart shows availability rates by metro area from Q1 2024 compared to Q1 2025.
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Testimonials
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.
COO, Feeding America
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, Houston, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco. 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.
Former Managing Partner, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins (now Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd)
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.
CFO, GreatCall
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.
CFO, Agena Bioscience, Inc.
The style of Hughes Marino mirrors the style of the lawyers here at Cooley – they have excellent business judgment and they focus on the business goals of their clients. We have worked with Hughes Marino frequently with our own clients and have always been impressed with their skills and assertiveness. Their market knowledge is encyclopedic.
Partner, Cooley LLP



Hughes Marino supports the Greater Raleigh-Durham 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 Raleigh-Durham a great place to live and work.
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