The Company

Why Choose FM Stone Commercial [-]

Why should you choose FM Stone? Because choosing the FM Stone team – and not an individual – is the right choice! When a client asks the question “What can you provide to maximize the value of my real estate?” the FM Stone team gives the best answers. And FM Stone delivers!

The FM Stone team has depth and breadth. When you hire FM Stone – not one broker – you get team members who average twelve years of commercial real estate experience each and are dedicated to functioning as a team to provide backup and synergy for the benefit of the client.

The FM Stone team is highly educated, with impressive real world business successes and credentials. The team knows the local/regional market intimately; the majority of our commercial real estate experience is in Northern Indiana. We’ve earned more accolades and industry designations than any other local firm. We’ve adopted “cutting edge” technology enabling us to deliver services on many levels. Our ranges of professional commercial real estate services are unsurpassed in Northern Indiana.

We manage the real estate process with a focus on creating value for our clients. Value-added is more than a phrase; we help clients make wise decisions by being fully informed. When clients make wise decisions they maximize their real estate value – whether they are selling, buying, leasing or investing.

You have a choice when selecting a commercial real estate firm. You can have a “tour director” or a proactive, team oriented firm that provides value-added service and advice. Compare FM Stone to any other commercial real estate brokerage firm and you’ll find FM Stone comes out on top in these areas:

• Reputation
• Background
• Teamwork
• Depth
• Local Knowledge
• Attention to Detail
• Technological Sophistication
• Value-Added Reporting
• Synergy of Competence

Work with the best – call FM Stone Commercial!

Experienced Commercial Real Estate Team [-]

Our team of 14 licensed professionals have over 120 years of combined commercial experience in the markets of...

• Industrial
• Office
• Retail
• General Commercial
• Land

...and delivering services of...

• Brokerage
• Investment
• Development
• Management
• Consulting

…to our valued clients.

Our team has completed over one thousand transactions, valued in excess of one billion dollars. We currently manage 750,000 square feet of commercial properties and have developed 500,000 square feet, valued at $100 million, which include:

• Build-to-Suit
• Additions
• Remodeling
• Office
• Flex Space
• Industrial Development

…in Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties.

Our brokers average twelve years of commercial real estate experience each, with five brokers having over twenty years experience. Most commercial real estate transactions are complex, requiring teamwork and a combination of skills solo brokers can’t provide.

The FM Stone team continually consults each other, using team members as backup, thereby combining our formidable talents and experience to solve problems for clients.

FM Stone is a member of the CORE Network, a National commercial real estate network made up of experienced affiliates with offices in over 100 cities. This network enables us to provide better and more efficient service to multi-site corporations headquartered in Michiana. The core of teamwork is “synergy of competence,” which we use locally and nationally to maximize client value.

Wealth of Business Experience and Training [-]

The FM Stone team is experienced, highly educated and possesses broad business expertise. Our real estate professionals have college degrees and advanced training in a variety of fields applicable to real estate, including – business administration, marketing, engineering and law.

Team members have completed dozens of advanced commercial real estate courses involving meticulous training in real estate investment analysis, income property brokerage and in-depth studies of commercial banking and real estate lending.

The prior business position’s of FM Stone team members reads like a Who’s Who of business. Before dedicating their careers to commercial real estate, team members held positions such as:

• Executive V. P. of a major NYSE listed corporation
• President of a major Fortune 500 subsidiary
• Division Manager of a Fortune 500 firm
• Executive V. P.-Commercial Lending of a regional bank
• Director of Technical Development of a metals producer
• Attorney at Law
• President of a business brokerage firm
• President of a national alumimum fabricator

This experience helps us to understand and service our client’s requirements.

Prestigious Commercial Real Estate Honors [-]

FM Stone team members are recognized by their peers as the most honored commercial real estate professionals in Northern Indiana. Peer recognition on any level is achieved by attaining prestigious professional designations. These designations are earned by completing advanced education, demonstrating long term, continuous service in the commercial real estate field and maintaining a significant record as measured by dollar volume of transactions completed.

Four FM Stone team members have been awarded the SIOR designation (Specialist in Industrial and Office Real Estate), considered to be the highest accolade in our industry. Granted by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, SIOR’s are known as the “Professional Broker’s Professional.”

Four team members have obtained the prestigious CCIM designation (Certified Commercial Investment Member) known as the “Ph.D of Commercial Real Estate.” This designation is awarded by the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute.

Two members have been awarded the CEA designation (Certified Exchange Advisor), issued by the American Institute of Real Estate Exchangers, and are experts in tax-deferred real estate exchanges.

Two other members are licensed as Indiana General Certified Appraisers.

In addition, FM Stone team members have earned the following designations:

• Certified Property Manager (CPM)
• Certified Shopping Center Manager (CSM)
• Certified Environmental Risk Manager (CER)
• Counselors of Real Estate (CRE)

FM Stone team members are recognized by their Indiana peers as leaders in the industry and their communities. Team members have served the community as:

• President of the Indiana Commercial Board of Realtors
• President of the South Bend – Mishawaka Board of Realtors
• President of the Elkhart Board of Realtors
• Chairman of the Institute of Real Estate Management
• Chairman of the Building and Office Managers Association
• Chairman of the Michiana Area Council of Governments (MAGOG)
• Chairman of the Elkhart County Board of Zoning Appeals
• Member of Elkhart County Council
• Awarded Realtor of the Year in Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties

These positions and awards require holding these individuals up to extensive scrutiny of honesty and ethics. Our members prove, time and again, the core of our mission statement, to deliver services with competency, honor and integrity.