Occupancy strategy, not a brokerage transaction.
As office valuations continue to decline across many major markets nationwide, businesses and institutions now have a unique opportunity to secure high-quality space and strategic real estate assets at pricing levels not seen in years.
Reduced demand, elevated vacancies, distressed office assets, and changing workplace dynamics have created a favorable environment for tenants and occupiers to negotiate stronger economics, increased concessions, and strategic acquisition opportunities.
Rather than approaching real estate as a traditional brokerage transaction, CRETA.US advises clients through a broader occupancy and acquisition strategy.
A broader occupancy and acquisition framework.
Long-term cost reduction
Ownership vs. leasing opportunities
Repositioning and adaptive reuse potential
Workforce and operational needs
Flexibility in hybrid workplace environments
Incentives and public–private opportunities
Portfolio optimization across evolving markets
One advisory team, end-to-end.
A six-stage process designed to surface, model, and execute the right opportunity — whether that means lease, purchase, sale-leaseback, or adaptive reuse.
Occupancy & Capital Diagnostic
Headcount, hybrid attendance, balance sheet, and lease obligations modeled into a single occupancy thesis.
Market Survey & Sourcing
On- and off-market opportunities across distressed office, stabilized industrial, retail, and adaptive-reuse candidates.
Lease vs. Purchase Analysis
Side-by-side 10-year NPV, after-tax cash flow, residual value, and balance sheet impact for every viable site.
Repositioning & Reuse Modeling
Adaptive reuse, conversion, and capex scenarios benchmarked against ground-up and lease alternatives.
Negotiation & Structuring
LOI, PSA, seller financing, sale-leaseback, and incentive structuring negotiated tenant-side, conflict-free.
Closing & Post-Close Strategy
Diligence coordination, closing, and a 24-month occupancy, capex, and portfolio optimization roadmap.
Two paths. One model. Zero conflicts.
Every CRETA mandate is modeled both ways. We benchmark the cost, flexibility, and balance-sheet impact of leasing against ownership over a 10-year hold — so the decision is made on math, not on a broker's incentive.
Request a lease vs. purchase model- NPV of occupancy10-yr
- Free rent & TIconcessions
- Operating expensepass-throughs
- Flexibilityrenewal / expansion
- Balance sheetROU asset / liability
- All-in basis$/SF acquired
- Debt serviceafter-tax cost
- Capex & reuserepositioning
- Residual value10-yr exit
- Balance sheetequity & depreciation
Aligned with the occupier — always.
Private Companies
Growth-stage and established occupiers moving from lease to ownership, or restructuring portfolios in a softer market.
Public Institutions
Agencies, universities, and nonprofits leveraging incentives and public–private structures to acquire mission-critical space.
Portfolio Occupiers
Multi-market acquisition and consolidation programs across CRETA coverage states — DC, MD, VA, CA.
We believe the post-Covid market represents one of the most significant tenant and occupier leverage environments in decades. As a 100% tenant-focused advisory firm, our interests remain aligned with the occupier — helping clients secure favorable terms, identify undervalued opportunities, and navigate a rapidly changing commercial real estate landscape with clarity and strategic insight.