Guidance Corporate Realty Advisors

Norm DeHart has extensive commercial real estate experience, representing corporate clients on lease, purchase and development consulting projects. A geologist by training, he worked for 13 years with a multi-national oil & gas services firm where he managed teams of up to 700 people and annual budgets approaching $40 million.

In the past 14 years, Norm has represented corporate clients on lease and purchase transactions approaching $75 million in value. He has successfully advised a wide range of corporate clients, including Fortune 500 companies such as ADT and Kerr McGee. Norm brings extensive experience in business management to the task of Tenant and Buyer Representation, giving him a strong understanding of the pressures facing his clients to deliver positive results.

In addition to being the Managing Broker of Guidance, Norm is president of Lease Review, Inc., a company specializing in lease audits and other cost reduction services. Norm started his company Lease Review, Inc. after recognizing that many tenants didn't have the time or resources to properly review their lease billings. "I hate waste and I enjoy helping clients run their businesses more efficiently," says Norm. Norm believes that Guidance’s focus on tenant representation fits perfectly with Lease Review's goal of helping tenants control costs. With his extensive experience in lease auditing, Norm brings a fresh perspective to the lease negotiation process. Whenever possible, he tries to protect his clients against unpleasant surprises by negotiating "tenant friendly" leases.

Norm describes his business philosophy, "At Guidance Corporate Realty Advisors, we try to operate as if we were an extension of our client's real estate department. To do this, we work hard to understand our client's business so that we can offer real estate solutions that are creative, add
value and increase productivity. We view our work with our clients as a partnership and hope to build long-term relationships."

"When we get in trouble,
we just call 1-800-NORM!" --- Jay Kirksey, ADT Security Services

That’s how one client, with numerous national locations, described his relationship with Norm DeHart. This company was in the midst of a merger with a larger national firm. A variety of activities were happening quickly, including new locations to open, old offices to close, other leases to renew on short notice and another office to relocate. In addition, the company decided to relocate its 100,000 square foot Denver headquarters while subleasing its existing facility!