Lease the right space - or own it.
I'm Omar Kinnebrew, a licensed commercial real estate adviser at T. Dallas Smith & Company. I help Atlanta business owners two ways: find and negotiate the right space to lease, or stop renting and buy a building of their own - often with as little as 10% down. Whichever fits, we start with the numbers.
Lease a Space Own Your BuildingLease it, or own it
Most business owners come to me needing space. The first question I ask is whether you should be renting it at all - because for a lot of established owners, buying is closer than they think. We start with the math, then go the direction that fits.
Lease a Space
Full tenant representation and retail leasing - site selection, cost-of-tenancy analysis, and lease negotiation with your interests first. At no cost to you: landlords pay the commission; I represent you.
Leasing →Own Your Building
Stop paying your landlord's mortgage. Owner-user buyer representation and SBA 504 guidance - buy your own space, often with about 10% down.
Buying →Invest in Retail
For buyers and sellers of retail investment property - strip centers, single-tenant net lease, and value-add - with underwriting and valuation you can trust.
Investment sales →Advisory, not transactional
The name isn't about clothes - it's about how the work gets done. Before real estate, I built a business on precise fit and personal service, and I brought that standard with me: measure carefully, advise plainly, and never hand a client something off the rack.
- Business-first site selection. Demographics, traffic patterns, and co-tenancy analyzed against your actual customer.
- Full cost-of-tenancy view. Base rent is the beginning - CAM, taxes, insurance, TI, and escalations all get modeled before you sign.
- Negotiation with leverage. Backed by T. Dallas Smith & Company, the largest African American-owned commercial real estate firm in the country.
Measure carefully. Advise plainly. Never off the rack.
Leasing · Buying · Investment sales
Where I work
Cobb County Retail
My home market. Smyrna, Marietta, Vinings, Austell, Kennesaw - I track the shopping centers, the ownership, and the deals that never hit a listing site. Cobb County retail leasing →
Greater Atlanta
From West End to Buckhead, intown corridors to the northern suburbs - retail leasing and investment opportunities across the metro. Retail investment sales →
Backed by T. Dallas Smith & Company
I'm an independent adviser, but you're never getting a one-man shop. Founded in 2006, T. Dallas Smith & Company is the largest African American-owned commercial real estate firm in the country, having led transactions totaling more than $15 billion in aggregate value across over 7 million square feet of leasing and acquisitions nationwide.
Their "Client First" principle is the reason I landed there: the firm is built to represent the party it's working for - tenant, buyer, or seller - and to put that client's interests first on every deal.
Same standard, two paths
Every engagement starts the same way - a free consultation and a clear look at the numbers - then follows the track that fits your business.
If you're leasing
1. The fitting. A free consultation to learn your business and build a written requirement.
2. The search. The full market against that requirement - listed, off-market, and pre-market space, with real occupancy costs.
3. The negotiation. Parallel LOIs for leverage, then the lease itself - rent, allowances, protections, exit rights.
4. The follow-through. Diligence, permitting, and build-out until you're open. In most lease deals, the landlord pays my fee - how that works.
If you're buying
1. The math. A buy-versus-lease comparison against your current rent, so the decision is grounded first.
2. The financing. Early introductions to SBA lenders to size up 504 or 7(a) - often around 10% down.
3. The search & underwriting. On- and off-market buildings that fit, with price and occupancy cost modeled against your current rent.
4. The close. Offer, inspections, appraisal, and the lender timeline, managed through to funding and keys. More on buying.
Lease, or own? Let's find out.
Tell me about your business, what you pay now, and your timeline. The consultation is free, and you'll leave knowing whether leasing or buying makes more sense for you.
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