Commercial Real Estate Solutions, LLC began when two of Austin’s most successful Tenant Representation firms — Hanly Realty Advisors and Carter King Company joined forces in a partnership backed by nearly 50 years in office and industrial tenant representation. The result? Austin’s largest, most experienced, locally owned tenant representative firm.

At CRESolutions, we refuse to accept traditional landlord listings, thus eliminating the conflicts of interest that prevail in our industry. Through this single-minded commitment to the tenant, we’re able to achieve extraordinary economic results for our clients.

In addition, CRESolutions focuses on maximum responsiveness to our clients through operational flexibility and streamlined processes. Unlike the unwieldy traditional firm burdened with high overhead, we do not have to rush to the next deal to meet our own internal economic needs. Instead, CRESolutions puts your goals and objectives first.

OUR SOLUTIONS
Strategic Planning
By formulating solutions and providing a program for implementation we constantly save clients from 20 to 30% on their real estate cost.
The strategic phase of the real-estate process offers the greatest opportunity to maximize cost savings and generate lasting benefits. At CRESolutions, we develop a tailored approach and complete implementation program that has consistently saved our clients 20-30%.

Leasing
CRESolutions saves you hundreds of man-hours for redeployment into your core business.
By maximizing the effectiveness of leasing transactions, we can help you reduce operating and occupancy expenses, establish a competitive advantage and gain necessary flexibility.

Our team will help you structure a lease that’s built around your business plan, managing costs and negotiating intensively on your behalf to ensure an ideal outcome for your organization.

Whether you are expanding, relocating, consolidating or looking to renew/restructure existing leases, let CRESolutions help you make the most of your real estate.

Renewals/Restructures
CRESolutions solves and prevents business problems caused by Real Estate.
Early renewals and lease restructures serve as great cost-savings vehicles. In fact, nearly one half of our clients engage CRESolutions for our experience and expertise in this area alone. We have extensive experience negotiating substantial, immediate and long-term savings for our clients. Our aggressive pursuit of alternative site solutions usually results in below market rental rates.

Dispositions
Proper planning upfront helps eliminate most of the risks associated with real estate.
For many companies, evolving business goals and changes to the economic landscape can result in surplus space. CRESolutions can help you dispose of that space successfully — achieving maximum expense recovery with minimal disruption.

Our success is based on years of experience, in-depth market knowledge, creative strategies, candid advice and technology applications that simplify the process and speed time to market. In addition, CRESolutions can help you plan future space upfront to help anticipate and eliminate any potential surplus risks.

Principal: Carter King
Co-founder of Commercial Real Estate Solutions LLC, Carter provides leadership and supervision to the company’s brokers and agents. A highly regarded and experienced broker, Carter owned one of the oldest and most respected commercial real estate firms in Austin, representing tenants and purchasers of office space for more than 20 years.

A recognized leader in the real estate community, Carter has served President of the Austin Commercial Real Estate Society (ACRES) as well as President of the Commercial Leasing Brokers Association (CLBA).

Among the clients for whom Carter has employed his remarkable negotiating and problem-solving skills are The Lance Armstrong Foundation; Wright & Greenhill, PC; Armbrust & Brown, PC; Andrews Kurth, LLP; North American Title Company and Mikeska, Monahan & Peckham, CPAs.

Carter holds a Bachelor’s degree in history from Baylor University and a Master’s degree n Theology from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He has served as an officer in the U.S. Navy aboard a destroyer during the Vietnam War, as a member of the faculty of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and as a licensed Real Estate broker.

Princial: John Hanly
Co-founder of Commercial Real Estate Solutions LLC, John Hanly is responsible for the leadership and operations of the Office and Industrial Services groups within the company. John’s 24 years of experience structuring, negotiating and managing complex projects as well as his analytical skills and strategic thinking are essential to the success of the company and its clients. John has achieved outstanding results for such companies as Time Warner, Broadwing Communications, Ambion, KPMG, Owens Corning, Janus, KLA Tencor, Sheinfeld Maley & Kay, Retro Studios and Acclaim Entertainment.

John began his real estate career with Cushman & Wakefield. As Regional Manager, he oversaw business development, strategic priorities, research, landlord brokerage, transaction management, and design and consulting services for Austin, San Antonio and El Paso. After 13 years with Cushman & Wakefield he created his own firm, Hanly Realty Advisors, which grew to be one of the largest and most successful tenant representative firms in the city. In 2002 he and Carter King co-founded Commercial Real Estate Solutions, now the largest local tenant representative firm in Austin.An active member of the Austin community, John has served as president of Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) as well as chairman for the BOMA Southwest Regional Convention. He works with the Austin Area Urban League and has served on the board and executive committee of the American Red Cross. He has received the Resource Development Fundraiser of the Year Award and the Ira W. Stormy & Bettye Davis Humanitarian Award, both given by the American Red Cross. He and his wife Cindy have one daughter.