Ownership Advisory
Commercial Real Estate Advisory in Salt Lake City
Recapitalization, debt restructuring, and disposition strategy for institutional and private ownership. We have advised on more than 500,000 SF, including a two-park portfolio recapitalization for a national real estate private equity firm.
- more than 500,000 SF
- SF under ownership-level advisory
- 5
- Engagements named below
- 193,000 SF
- Two-park portfolio recapitalization
Figures as of July 2026. These appear in no transaction count on this site.
A recapitalization changes who holds the equity without selling the building.
The work
What ownership hires us for
A recapitalization changes who holds the equity without selling the building. A debt restructuring changes the terms of the loan against it. Both turn on the same question a leasing assignment turns on, which is what the rent roll will actually do over the next three years, and that is the part we get hired for.
These are consulting engagements separate from any listing. On each one CRE Specialists was paid a fee to advise, and where we also lease the property that listing is separate and its leases are counted in our transaction record, not here.
Examples
The engagements
Broadbent Business Park at 126,000 SF and Redwood Business Park at 67,000 SF together are the 193,000 SF two-park portfolio a national real estate private equity firm brought us in to advise on, with no other brokers involved.
The ones we can name beyond that are a 120,000 SF retail neighborhood center, a 37,781 SF hospitality and retail property, and a 24,000 SF office building, all disposition strategy for private ownership. A land parcel in Murray was advisory as well and carries no building square footage.
A national real estate private equity firm is as specific as this page gets.
Kept separate
Why this is not in our transaction count
Advisory engagements are excluded from every transaction count on this site. No property traded and no lease was signed, so they carry their own figure under their own label.
Engagements we can name
| Engagement | SF | Scope | Client |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadbent Business Park | 126,000 | Recapitalization | A national real estate private equity firm |
| Redwood Business Park | 67,000 | Recapitalization | A national real estate private equity firm |
| 4850 W 3500 S | 120,000 | Retail neighborhood center, disposition strategy | Private ownership |
| 2080 W North Temple | 37,781 | Hospitality and retail, disposition strategy | Private ownership |
| 5121 S Murray Blvd | 24,000 | Office, advisory only | Private ownership |
Advisory engagements beyond those named here are still being itemized from the firm files, and some of them sit under ownership we have not asked for permission to name, so the published figure runs ahead of what this table can show.
We do not name advisory clients without written permission, and we have not asked for it.
Questions
What Ownership Asks
What does a recapitalization advisory engagement involve?
Underwriting the rent roll and the rollover, pricing the asset under several ownership structures, and modeling what the equity looks like after the transaction. No property changes hands and no lease is signed, which is why this work sits outside our transaction count.
Do you have to list the property to advise on it?
No. Advisory and listing are separate engagements and one does not require the other. On the engagements above CRE Specialists was paid a fee to advise, and where we also lease the property that listing is separate work, counted in our transaction record rather than here.
Who to call
Who to call about ownership advisory
Two people run this work and both cells are below. An advisory conversation starts with the person who would do it rather than with an intake form.
Derek Klopfer
Managing Director
Industrial and flex first, and everything else. Ownership advisory.
C: 801-897-9264
O: 801-876-6070
derek@cresutah.com
Colter Smith
Senior Specialist
Industrial and flex, with some office and retail
C: 801-755-8794
O: 801-876-6070
colter@cresutah.com
Send the portfolio and the question
Send what you are holding and what you are trying to solve, and you will get a straight read on whether we can help.
