Professional Services

Your Purpose. Our Passion.

Known for going beyond the real estate transaction, we advise companies of all sizes, being mindful of the culture and operations of your business when considering the available options. Our advisors understand the market and look for office properties with the appropriate amenities, collaboration spaces, and ample parking and/or public transportation. We partner with architects, construction firms, and furniture vendors to plan and deliver the office space that will drive your company’s future.

Broad Expertise in Leasing, Disposing, or Acquiring all Property Types

Strong Vendor Partnerships to Assist in Your Renovation or Relocation

Outsource Your Real Estate Department to Focus on Your Business

Industries we Serve

Businesses in the professional services sectors know how important it is to have a personal and professional approach to deciding where to locate – locations that drive culture, creativity, and flexibility. Our clients typically want to be near clients, partners, resources, and have access to a knowledgeable, educated workforce. Forte often works as the outside real estate department for many small to middle-market businesses, and we take pride in developing strategies that meet short- and long-term goals.

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate

While collaboration and innovation are critical for firms in insurance, wealth management, accounting, residential and commercial real estate, privacy, and security are also important drivers that office space needs to support. With considerations for an environment that encourages heads-down individual contribution, client entertaining, and team building, we can offer many years of previous advisory experience in this sector.

Legal and Consulting Firms

When the location needs to elevate your brand to clients and employees, we can offer site search and analysis of available properties that meet your requirements, help you narrow your choices, price out renovation or relocation, and match your purpose to your space. Often requiring more private office with collaboration spaces, firms in this space leverage every inch of space for storage, technology, and conference rooms.

Architecture, Construction, Engineering, and Interior Design

Our team often works with firms that need significant collaboration space but in a creative environment. We can help assess options to extend leases, occupy sublease space, or co-locate near other partners.

Technology and Information Services

Many of these businesses need both office space and significant secure, temperature-controlled storage for equipment. Awareness and forward-thinking is vital when looking for innovative space options that can adapt to new trends that are shaping the industry. We can find space that can help tech firms operate productively.

Marketing, Advertising, and Media

Marketing and media companies know how important it is to have a personal and professional approach to deciding where to locate – locations that drive the culture, creativity, and flexibility. Location drivers may also include adjacency to clients, partners, resources, or amenities that drive businesses fueled by knowledge workers. We’ve advised many firms in finding the best fit for their employees, their clients, and their business.

Ambulatory Surgery Centers

We’ve developed or worked on site selection for more than 15 ambulatory Surgery Centers across the Twin Cities. As one of the few real estate firms to understand the financial and operational implications of ASCs, we’re known for our ability to evaluate multiple locations in different municipalities and find the best fit for each healthcare organization.

Back-office/Administrative

More than 10 years ago, we helped the first healthcare clinical location move its back-office/administrative functions into the clinic’s physical space. And now, as more office and administrative functions are becoming virtual or hybrid, we are helping organizations reevaluate the need for collaboration and innovative space to fuel their growth.

Off-campus primary and sub-specialty care clinics

When the 2010 Affordable Healthcare bill passed, many clinics reviewed their locations and began moving away from the hospital setting, clustering clinical services and treatments closer to patients.

On-campus strategy

We help hospital systems evaluate how to best use their existing footprint and reimagine how the adjacent space can elevate the hospital’s patient experience. In some cases, clinics may consider moving off-campus, which would free up more space for the hospital’s operations.

Strategic land assemblage

As healthcare organizations evaluate their strategic plan, they often consolidate locations into one new space specifically designed for the new clinical uses. However, within the Twin Cities, many cities have limited space for new development. The ability to secure outdated buildings and vacant land requires in-depth CRE market knowledge and strong negotiating skills.

Our Real Estate Services

“From beginning to end, it was a seamless process. From site selection, to lease negotiations, to project management, we couldn’t have asked for a better partner. Our work with Forte resulted in a state-of-the-art headquarters that reflected our company’s updated offering and gives us space to grow. We are fortunate to have had a true partner like Forte to assist in one of our biggest decisions in our 50-year history."