Services

Agency Leasing Services

Driving optimised leasing investments

Our Agency Leasing advisors go beyond filling spaces with tenants.

Our Agency Leasing advisors provide smart strategies and expert support to turn acquisitions into successful investments across Portugal’s real estate market. We maximise asset awareness, stabilise occupancy, and achieve optimal rents by combining leasing, research, and creative expertise. With deep market knowledge and insights into Portuguese property dynamics, we deliver tailored solutions for all property types.

What Sets Us Apart

Optimising Lease Potential

We analyse investment goals, tenant mix, and financing to create leasing strategies tailored to local market conditions. By considering regional dynamics from Lisbon to Porto, we ensure our approach aligns with regulatory requirements, such as energy performance certificate obligations.

In-Depth Market Awareness

Our teams use creative marketing, technology, and personal engagement to maximise property visibility. We tailor our execution to local preferences, using both traditional business networks and digital platforms to connect with the right tenants in Greater Lisbon, Greater Porto, and beyond.

Flawless Execution

Informed by a deep understanding of business culture, our tenant analysis and canvassing programmes are precise and effective. We track market trends driven by economic growth, including nearshoring, tourism, and technology sector expansion, to anticipate demand across property types.

Support for Sustainability Goals

We implement green leases and efficiency clauses aligned with Portugal’s environmental regulations. By ensuring compliance with mandatory energy certificate requirements, we help clients achieve sustainability goals that enhance long-term asset value and boost tenant satisfaction.

Services

Integrated Services

Asset Services

Our Asset Services team enhances property value with smart, sustainable solutions. We focus on improving the user experience through strategic placemaking, implementing programs that boost tenant satisfaction and retention while maximizing the value of your real estate investment.

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Project & Development Services

We align with client goals to shape the built environment. Our Project & Development Services support the full lifecycle of property transformation, from concept to completion, ensuring assets are positioned to meet both current market demands and future opportunities.

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Rethinking Properties

We unlock the potential of underperforming commercial properties. Through expert portfolio assessment and data-driven recommendations, our repositioning strategies bring obsolete assets up the value curve to align with new economic, environmental, and workplace demands.

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Specialisation

Industry Specialisations

Office

Our specialists understand unique office dynamics, from Lisbon’s central business districts to Porto’s expanding corporate zones. We navigate complex lease terms and leverage deep relationships with multinational and technology firms to secure optimal tenants within Portugal’s growing economy.

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Industrial & Logistics

The country’s position as a European gateway drives demand for logistics space. We secure tenants for warehouses and distribution centres in prime markets like Greater Lisbon and Greater Porto, specialising in facilities that support nearshoring, e-commerce, and advanced manufacturing.

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Retail

The Portuguese retail landscape is transforming. We provide a comprehensive market view and innovative solutions for retail property owners, helping them translate emerging consumer trends into profitable leasing strategies for shopping centers, high streets, and other retail formats.

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Team

Paulo Sarmento

Head of Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal

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Research

Research

Market Focus

Analysis of the key market segments, highlighting the main trends shaping the commercial real estate sector and our outlook for the year ahead, providing clear insights to support informed decision making.

Ana Gomes • 04/03/2026

Research

Purpose Built Student Accommodation in Portugal

PBSA is becoming a more and more consolidated asset class in Portugal. Since 2017, when the first modern schemes began to be developed, the market’s fundamental principles have shifted.

Ana Gomes • 26/08/2025

Research

EMEA Data Centre Update H1 2025

Between the first half of 2024 and the first half of 2025, the EMEA data center markets experienced strong growth, with operational capacity increasing by 21%, reaching 10.3 GW.

Miguel Sena • 15/07/2025

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What Occupiers Want: Global Survey Results 2025

In partnership with CoreNet Global, Cushman & Wakefield presents the 2025 edition of What Occupiers Want—our biennial global survey that captures key priorities and perspectives into the shifting dynamics of decision-making, investment, workplace trends and portfolio strategies of occupiers worldwide.

Despina Katsikakis • 17/06/2025

Research

Waypoint: Global Industrial Dynamics 2025

Waypoint: Global Industrial Dynamics 2025 is a brand-new global report, offering you a panoramic view of the industrial real estate market

06/06/2025

Insights

Lisbon and Porto High Street Retail Report 2025

Cushman & Wakefield's new High Street Retail report shows that 2024 marked a period of growth for high street in Lisbon and Porto, reinforcing a trend that had been in place since 2022.

06/06/2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

We provide comprehensive leasing services, including tenant identification, lease negotiation, and ongoing asset optimisation. Our team understands local regulations such as NRAU lease terms and energy certificate requirements, ensuring compliance while maximising rental income and occupancy rates across all property types.

We leverage deep market knowledge and extensive networks to identify qualified tenants suited to your property's location and specifications. Our approach includes targeted marketing campaigns, relationship-based outreach to multinational corporations and local businesses, and strategic positioning that highlights your property's advantages within competitive commercial real estate environments.

Key considerations include understanding NRAU regulations that prevent lease termination during the first five years, ensuring energy performance certificate compliance, and positioning properties to attract growing technology and professional services sectors. We help landlords navigate notice period requirements, optimise lease terms within the 1–30 year framework, and implement competitive amenities that appeal to modern tenants.

Our strategies focus on comprehensive market analysis, competitive positioning, and tenant retention programmes. We implement data-driven approaches that consider local economic factors, sector-specific demand trends, and regulatory requirements to optimise both occupancy rates and rental yields while reducing vacancy periods and tenant turnover.

Green leasing incorporates sustainability clauses that align with environmental regulations and energy performance requirements. Since energy certificates became mandatory in 2013, we help implement lease terms that promote energy efficiency, environmental compliance, and sustainable practices. These strategies enhance long-term asset value while meeting tenant demands for environmentally responsible workspace solutions.

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