The Lee Advantage
Lee & Associates was founded on the belief that our clients’ interests are best served by sales agents who have an ownership stake in the company. Each Lee & Associates office is owned by its veteran brokers — the same people who sit across the table from you.
That structure changes the work. Decisions are made locally, by the advisors accountable for the outcome, and cooperation between offices is peer-to-peer rather than a contest for internal credit.
Research with a long memory
Our commitment to the latest in-depth market research is matched by a long historical perspective and real forecasting acumen. We can tell you what a submarket is doing this quarter — and what it has done through every cycle since 1979.
Every category of commercial real estate
Lee & Associates specializes in every category of commercial real estate, from big-box distribution centers and corporate campuses to land, retail, office, research and development, and small manufacturing facilities.
- Big-box distribution
- Corporate campuses
- Land
- Retail
- Office
- R&D and small manufacturing
Northern Nevada, end to end
One office, one team, across the whole region — from the distribution corridors along I-80 to the ranchland and rail spurs south of the Truckee Meadows. The same advisors who know the submarket know the building.
The vision that held up.
Four moments that explain how a single Orange County office became a national platform — without giving up the structure that started it.
1979 · Bill Lee envisions a broker-owned business
A company where clients’ interests are met with peer-to-peer cooperation, unbridled by internal competition — creating the operating philosophy known as The Lee Advantage.
The profit-sharing concept stands the test of time
Decade after decade, the model held — making Lee & Associates one of the largest and fastest-growing full-service commercial real estate organizations in North America.
From one dominant market to a national platform
Founded in the Orange County market it dominates, Lee & Associates is now an industry leader with 38 full-service offices nationwide — including Reno, serving Northern Nevada.
Today · Ownership and market knowledge, applied to every deal
The unique ownership structure and superior market knowledge of our brokers enable top performance for every client and every transaction — the same standard the firm was built on.