About
A quieter way to do business.
Founded in San Francisco. Built around the belief that the best work in commercial real estate looks nothing like the industry around it.
Finlay Pacific was founded on a simple frustration: institutional brokerages had grown so large they had forgotten what made the work worth doing.
Our story
We started with a deliberately small client list and a refusal to take on engagements where we couldn't be personally present. Two decades on, that constraint has become the firm's defining feature.
Today, Finlay Pacific represents some of San Francisco's most respected occupiers and owners — funded startups, mature operating companies, and private capital — across leasing, investment, and asset management.
Field notes
Listing of our buildings
650 Fifth Street
San Francisco CA
639 Front Street
San Francisco CA
230 California Street
San Francisco CA
What we believe
Four principles, applied without exception.
Integrity
We say no to deals that don't serve the client. Reputation compounds; commission does not. We have walked away from more business than most firms have won.
Relationships
We measure success in second engagements, third leases, and twenty-year client tenures. Every transaction is the beginning of the next one.
Experience
Three decades across Grubb & Ellis, NAI Global, and GVA Worldwide — applied to every assignment, regardless of size or fee. The senior partner is in the room.
Long view
We optimize for the next decade, not the next quarter. The right answer is often slower, smaller, or more patient than the market expects.
Philosophy
"The institutional brokerages built scale. We built attention.That's the only product we've ever sold."
Community
Rooted in the city
we serve.
Finlay Pacific contributes to the institutions that make San Francisco a place worth working in — from the SF–Marin Food Bank to the Marin County Bicycle Coalition and a youth cycling foundation.
We sit on two non-profit boards and quietly underwrite scholarships at three local high schools. We don't talk about it much. We just think it's part of the rent.
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