Commercial Real Estate
What Sets CBS Apart?
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Experience
Our Principal Broker, Chris Bratcher, served as Vice Mayor of Murfreesboro for 24 years. That gives CBS direct working relationships with municipal planners, zoning boards, and economic development offices across the region.
It's not just a credential. It's a practical advantage on complex transactions, rezoning efforts, and development projects.
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Better Service
CBS clients will tell you our service is more comprehensive. We explore creative options to increase what a property can bring.
We proactively contact anyone the property might be a fit for. And we lean on a network built over three decades. Bottom line: We really go to work for you.
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Community Connection
Staying involved in our community gives us the contacts that make deals happen.
We've been heavily involved in politics, planning and zoning, and government affairs committees.
We sponsor numerous local charities and stay connected to business owners.
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Auction Options
Sometimes an auction makes sense. We have relationships with both a local auction house and a worldwide auction house, which keeps us fully involved with potential buyers from start to finish.
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Professional Network
We're proud of the network of top professionals we bring to our clients. Legal advice, tax strategy, creative financing, reliable closing agencies, municipal contacts: we have you covered.
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Assisting With Planning and Zoning
Sometimes a higher sale price means rezoning and working with a developer. We have extensive experience with municipalities, engineers, and utility providers, getting the approvals that make developers willing to pay top dollar.
Our Listings
Commercial Market Indicators
Nashville MSA / Middle Tennessee (plus national CRE indicators)
Public FRED indicators for employment, permits, and national CRE. Local vacancy/rent fields are placeholders for hand entry from free broker reports - not CoStar.
Nashville MSA unemployment
2.9%
Total nonfarm employment
1,200.3k
Building permits (SA)
1,495
US CRE prices (YoY)
+6.6% YoY
US bank CRE loans
$3,127.8B
Nashville nonfarm employment (left) | Nashville unemployment rate (right). Public FRED series only.
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Local vacancy & asking rent (hand-entered)
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- Unemployment Rate in Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN (MSA)
- All Employees: Total Nonfarm in Nashville MSA
- Civilian Labor Force in Nashville MSA
- New Private Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits - Nashville MSA (SA) - Housing permits are a leading construction activity indicator relevant to commercial demand context.
- Commercial Real Estate Prices for United States (percent change from year ago)
- Real Estate Loans: Commercial Real Estate Loans, All Commercial Banks
- Producer Price Index: Construction Materials
- Cushman & Wakefield - Nashville MarketBeat / Research - Intended hand source for Nashville office/industrial/retail vacancy and asking rents (free summary reports).
- Colliers - Nashville Research - Intended hand source for Nashville quarterly vacancy and rent snapshots.
- CBRE - Nashville / Southeast research (free summaries) - Optional supplemental public report for cross-checks. Do not use paywalled CoStar extracts.
Market snapshot (text)
Nashville MSA / Middle Tennessee (plus national CRE indicators). Public FRED indicators. Updated 2026-10-05T14:41:40-05:00.
| Nashville MSA unemployment | 2.9% | 0.0 pts YoY as of 2026-08-01 |
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| Total nonfarm employment | 1,200.3k | +0.7% YoY as of 2026-08-01 |
| Building permits (SA) | 1,495 | +6.0% YoY as of 2026-08-01 |
| US CRE prices (YoY) | +6.6% YoY as of 2026-01-01 |
| US bank CRE loans | $3,127.8B | +3.4% YoY as of 2026-08-01 |
Have a property to sell, lease or rezone?
Let’s talk it through. We’ll give you a straight read on the property, the market, and what the city is likely to say.

