NAI History

NAI Global History

In 1978 Gerald Finn created a vision for a national brokerage network and founded New America Network, Inc. By 1984 the network had reached 100 affiliate members across the country with several large corporate accounts to boast. In 1990 the company was doing $10 billion in annual sales and in 1996 launched a global expansion initiative. New America Network, Inc. then became NAI (New America International) and adopted a corporate brand strategy for its members. 30 years later, NAI Global is an industry leader in commercial real estate with many awards and accolades in technology and brokerage services. In 2006, NAI offices around the world completed more than 36,000 transactions worth over $40 billion. They also managed over 200 million square feet of commercial space. In 2006-2007, NAI Global received top industry rankings:

  • Ranked #2 brokerage network by Commercial Property News

  • Ranked #5 brokerage by National Real Estate Investor

  • Ranked #6 Lipsey's Top 25 Real Estate Brands

NAI Global is based in Princeton, New Jersey. A dedicated 70-person staff, strategically positioned around the world, provides technology, marketing and corporate services support to its network of real estate offices.




NAI Utah History

With 6 offices in Utah and an affiliate of NAI Global, NAI Utah is part of a global real estate service network comprising 325 offices in 55 countries.

In 1998, NAI Utah Commercial Real Estate was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah to take better care of local and regional clients. Before NAI Utah existed, full-service brokerages did a good job of taking care of just the brokerage. Money was not being put back into company operations in turn limiting the services to the agents and brokers. Without in-house services the agents were unable to properly service their clients. Several brokers had a different vision of how a commercial real estate brokerage should create value-added services for their clients, and thus NAI Utah was created.

There was an opportunity to provide better market data, better technology, better efficiencies, more long-term relationships and being able to handle corporate business in multiple areas as opposed to just the local marketplace. NAI Utah wanted to be able to provide services for clients that had needs locally, nationally and internationally. NAI Global provided a platform for all of these opportunities not yet available to the market, and within 5 years of its inception NAI Utah was a top industry leader in Utah. In 2007, NAI Utah received top industry rankings:

  • Ranked #2 commercial real estate brokerage by Utah Business Magazine

  • Ranked #1 Property Management firm by the Enterprise Newspaper

Today NAI Utah continues to provide exceptional service to help their clients strategically optimize their real estate assets. With over 100 professional brokers and more than 80 staff members, NAI Utah is everywhere to assist with your real estate needs while creating and preserving real estate values.


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