Doug serves as Managing Partner and co-founder of Fortis Net Lease. His passion for the commercial real sector started in college while attending the University of Michigan and upon graduation, Doug started his career at a nationally-recognized, publicly traded real estate investment firm. When first starting out, he solely focused on building local relationships with merchant developers and quickly became one of the top agents in the firm’s Detroit office. After building long-standing relationships, Doug turned to the national net lease market as his sole focus. He specializes in the sale of shopping centers, single tenant retail, office, industrial and medical assets throughout the United

As a Senior Director at Fortis Net Lease, I specialize in the disposition and acquisition of net lease real estate. With laser focus on my clients, I aim to make every client feel as if there is no one else. I have concentrated on Net Lease retail, both single, and multi-tenant.Prior to joining the Fortis family, I was a successful banker, working at national and super regional banks. Through the commitment, 100% availability and full service experience I offered my clients, I became one of Michigan’s top loan originators. This financial experience has been instrumental in my success in CRE. I understand both the lending and real estate markets, which allows me to assist clients throughout t

One of the first things I learned in my professional career, which is arguably one of the most important life lessons of all, is to do what you say you are going to do. If you follow through with the commitments you make to your family, friends and clients then success with all is virtually guaranteed. Today, as the oldest of four brothers, the father of four wonderful children and as one of the founders of Fortis Net Lease, this very simple life lesson guides everything I do. Having earned numerous, national sales awards in my earliest years at the largest investment brokerage house in the nation I was blessed with an unexpected level of success. The lessons I learned from those early da