Lee & Associates Reputation

I've known a handful of people from that firm in a few markets. I'd say their offices vary greatly based on the individuals there. They compete in that "sub-institutional" middle market space along with NAI, SVN, and Coldwell Banker Commercial. I'd guess mostly private client tenants but I've seen some legit institutional assignments handled by them. I think you would need to review each office individually for a sense of their power. In some markets (smaller) they compete directly with Avison Young and Colliers types, but others with the local, no-name brokers.

In fairness, this concept of "prestige" in brokerages doesn't really translate to higher or lower earnings, that's the nature of commission/fee based brokerages, a true local, "no-name" firm can do serious business and have 7-figure earners within it. In WSO parlance, it can translate to "exit-ops" as the nature of the clients tend to define what will be easy to switch/jump from. That is why everyone desires Eastdil/CBRE/CW/JLL/NKF, they service the big name developers and owners, so you can legit network direclty.