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Our Expertise

Commercial real estate advisors

Lease, buy, or build, we'll help you make the right real estate decisions.

As an independent commercial real estate consulting firm affiliated with Plante Moran, Plante Moran Cresa serves the unique facility and real estate needs of corporate business, manufacturing, education, municipal, healthcare, senior living, and faith-based clients. Our clients range from multibillion-dollar international companies to local operations with a single office.

Whether you're leasing, buying, or building commercial space, our experienced, multidisciplinary teams will focus solely on reaching your goals. Because we do not represent buildings, landlords, or design and construction vendors, you can be sure we're always 100% on your side, conflict-free and invested in your success.

Best of all, our commercial real estate brokers and construction project managers integrate with your organization in whatever way makes the most sense. We’ll help you successfully navigate a single initiative or act as a fully integrated real estate department for hire.

If you're considering your next commercial lease, building acquisition, or capital project, let’s start a conversation today.

Plante Moran Cresa services & industries

Plante Moran Cresa offers owner’s representation and program management, tenant and buyer representation, and real estate consulting services. We specialize in the following industries:

Corporate Office & Industrial

As you assess your real estate needs, operational changes and evolving trends bring up questions around your overall real estate strategy. Whether you have one location or an international real estate portfolio, our full-service approach can help you with all your real estate needs — lease, buy, or build. Learn more about our owner’s representation and program management, tenant and buyer representation, and real estate consulting services

Government & Infrastructure

Public sector capital programs, infrastructure projects, and real estate transactions are visible and risky. We’ve delivered successful county, city hall, police, fire, court, and library facilities as well as multi-billion-dollar water, sewer, road, and parking deck projects. Let our experienced team assist you with space planning, real estate, project feasibility, and capital program management. Learn more.

Healthcare

Healthcare capital projects are unique, with complex objectives and challenges. We integrate with your staff to bring proven processes, tools, and experience that will deliver successful projects concept through completion. Our dedicated team brings comprehensive expertise to a full range of real estate services: master planning, project feasibility, owner’s representation, construction audits, and tenant/buyer representation. Learn more.

Higher Education

We understand not all facility departments have the resources and capacity to manage every detail of a significant capital project or real estate transaction while remaining focused on a core mission. Acting as your trusted advisor, we assist you with complete building evaluations, short- and long-term facility cost projections, demographics, and real estate transactions for satellite centers. Learn more.

K12 Education

As a trusted advisor to school districts large and small, we deliver accurate enrollment projections, thorough facility assessments, and comprehensive bond planning and owner’s representation services so you can make the best decisions with your budgets, programs, and buildings. Learn more.

Senior Living

Every senior living organization faces unique challenges related to capital planning. Plante Moran Living Forward is a full-service development consultant associated with Plante Moran Cresa providing unbiased advocacy and expertise to senior living operators and owners from a project’s concept to completion. From market studies and facility assessments to capital planning and owner’s representation, our experts can help every step of the way. Learn more.

Our Work

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Aerial photo of the KONG distribution facility in Long Beach, CA

November 23, 2022

Lease, buy, or build? How KONG chose a relocation strategy for its Ohio distribution center

With business booming, The KONG Company faced a common real estate decision: should it lease, buy, or build a larger distribution facility?

Case Study / 1 min read

Novi Community School District high school athletic building and track, as seen from outside

November 18, 2022

Owner’s representative helps Michigan K-12 school district manage over $250 million in bond projects

To keep its mission of “a commitment to excellence,” Novi Community School District used funds from two voter-approved bonds over eight years to make improvements across district facilities and build a new Early Childhood Education Center.

Case Study / 1 min read

November 18, 2022

Municipality redevelops city center through $100 million public-private partnership

The City of Royal Oak engaged Plante Moran Cresa and Plante Moran REIA as a knowledgeable development advisor to help move forward a $100 million public-private partnership (P3) redevelopment of the City Center Complex.

Case Study / 1 min read

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Our Team

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Plante Moran Cresa’s multidisciplinary team of more than 90 real estate professionals is affiliated both with Plante Moran and Cresa, a national tenant representation firm that oversees 50 million square feet of real estate transactions every year. Our team includes architects, engineers, construction experts, project managers, real estate professionals, CPAs, and attorneys.