Company Vision and Values

The company’s sixty-plus year history reflects our willingness and ability to approach each new project with an open mind and resourcefulness in finding solutions.

To be effective as your real estate source, W.L. Bates Company, Inc. needs to thoroughly understand your business, including your real estate operations. We start at the earliest stages of a relationship, long before any contractual agreement. In addition to your current business operations, we seek to comprehend your corporate culture, your market area, your customers, your geographical situation, your competitive environment, your business objectives and challenges, and your future goals. In short, we know your industry as well as your position in it and your competition. We also get to know your people, what drives them, and the scope of your real estate holdings. With this information and our long experience, we position ourselves to make informed recommendations and implement specific real estate strategies.

We believe in building a brokerage team and customizing information and services for each individual client’s needs. Every real estate broker, agent, and staff at W.L. Bates Company, Inc. is a team member and contributes to the success of the company. This team will handle all phases of the real estate transaction from understanding the business requirement of an initial request to the final negotiation and execution of the document. For single or multiple facilities, regardless of the size or location, our Team handles every detail: We research market costs, identify potential sites or buyers and evaluate alternative offerings. Once your decision has been made, we negotiate the business terms and help facilitate the execution of final contracts –all with an eye to your best interests.

When the best strategy for a property is disposition or subleasing, W.L. Bates Company, Inc. takes the extra steps of aggressively and systematically marketing the property for you. Your Team begins by evaluating your real estate disposition options. Then, armed with our research and information, our Team puts together a plan for selling owned property, sub-leasing surplus leased facilities or negotiating a lease buy-out. With years of experience and contacts in markets around the country, our Team is both highly efficient and effective in the disposition process.

W.L. Bates Company, Inc. will develop marketing materials, including flyers, signage, and/or direct mail materials, for the property and/or sublease space and distribute them to the local and regional brokerage communities and other prospects. In addition, W.L. Bates Company, Inc. will contact brokerage firms, and targeted tenants or buyers in the marketplace by phone. W.L. Bates Company, Inc., also lists properties on specialized websites for commercial properties. Listings include information such as property and financing details, photos and area maps.

Communicating throughout the transaction process is essential in developing and sustaining a successful relationship. W.L. Bates Company, Inc. maximizes communication with clients in two ways. First, we schedule regular informal status reports on all aspects of the transaction. Finally, in addition to regular formal updates we notify you of any relevant updates or status changes. Our Team members are continuously available to answer any questions or concerns.