Charlotte is known as the second largest financial center in the U.S., but is also emerging as a dominant player for manufacturing and energy sectors. The geographic location and highly trained labor force is further incentive to locate in Charlotte. There are 274 Fortune 500 companies with facilities in Charlotte, eight of which are headquartered here, ranking Charlotte sixth nationally for the number of headquartered firms. Also ranking as the sixth largest urban region and the 19th largest US city, the Charlotte commercial real estate market consists of approximately 73,000,000 square feet within 13 primary submarkets.
Our local advisory professionals, with an average of 15 years industry experience, provide clients with extensive market knowledge and successful real estate solutions. Specializing exclusively in Tenant Representation, our goal is to partner with corporations to identify and understand their real estate needs, develop sound strategies while executing to ensure alignment with their business operations.
At every stage, Cresa consults and collaborates with the client's management team, offering solutions to reach strategic objectives and financial targets. Whether dealing with a single complex project, managing a portfolio, evaluating cost components, or restructuring the corporate financial model for real estate, our advisory professionals work to achieve an ideal outcome.
Cresa projects are not complete until our clients experience a seamless transition to new space, facility or campus. Charlotte's Project Management Team has over 25 years of construction management experience, handling every step of the process from design to construction to move-in, on time and within budget. This team provides clients with turnkey oversight of space design, construction, vendor selection and oversight, furniture bid and installation, cabling, and move coordination.
Cresa is an international corporate real estate advisory firm that exclusively represents tenants and specializes in the delivery of fully integrated real estate services, including: Transaction Management, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Workforce and Location Planning, Subleases and Dispositions, Portfolio / Lease Administration, Capital Markets, Sustainability, Industrial / Supply Chain and Facilities Management. With more than 55 offices, Cresa is the largest tenant representation firm in North America. Through its alliance with Savills, one of the world's largest commercial real estate services firms, Cresa covers more than 255 locations in 40 countries.