3rd Party Logistics Companies - Do they pay brokers? (xpost /r/TenantRep)
I've got a client who is expanding into a new market and is looking for warehouse space/operations and transportation services. I know these companies exist, but I am not sure if they pay brokers commissions. My primary practice is office space and companies like Regus (shared office space) pay brokers, but I have never worked with 3PL companies for warehouse space/operations before.

Anyone have experience with this?
[{"id": "chb3jl8", "text": "Freight brokers usually lease space by number of pallets.  I don't think they pay real estate agents.  I would try to refer the client to some 3PLs and hope to get their business in the future when they want to manage their own inventory.  This is just from some minor research for a client I had a couple years ago.  The client ended up renewing their contract and not expanding, so we didn't go very far through the process.", "replies": [{"id": "chb7alu", "text": "Thats what I figured, unfortunately. Client owns the majority of their RE, but wanted to explore different markets. I guess I'll have to wait until they test the new market and decide to start their own operation out there.\n\nAnyone else have experience?", "replies": [{"id": "chbflt1", "text": "I actually run a shipping, warehousing, and well operations business.  Not huge, but 200,000 sqft, 10 trucks, 40 trailers or so.  \n\n\nIf we were to expand into a new market the only time I would use an agent would be to buy a place.  Typically, I'd have to find a 3PL in that market, work out a deal with them based on the space &amp; services I would need.\n\nFind a few places in the new market for him, and hopefully he continues to use you if he wants to rent the space himself and provide the services from his company.  In that way, he would use you as a broker to find the facility for him, but not the services.", "replies": [{"id": "chbse32", "text": "Right...full disclosure...my \"client\" is my old man's company. He's just trying to throw me a bone. This is outside of my core practice, clearly, so I was looking to see if anyone has ever been paid a referral fee. A couple guys at my firm said that they have been paid referrals, but wanted to get some other experiences.", "replies": [{"id": "chbt2i2", "text": "Good deal.  Ive yet to pay a referral fee, but it isnt unheard of.\n\n\nBut... hopefully he buys and then can use you!\n\nP.S.  Need any space/help in central pa ;)", "replies": [{"id": "chc1c41", "text": "That depends...need any help/space in Chicago? Kidding aside, I work for a top 5 firm, so we have offices everywhere and are required to use colleagues when possible for obvious reasons.", "replies": [{"id": "chc2ile", "text": "Yeah.  Im mostly just posturing, our space is actually all rented, Id have to buy another building to rent at this point! ", "replies": [], "depth": 7}], "depth": 6}], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]