Leasing Services

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The Leasing Section is the State's agent for lease transactions. The Section provides comprehensive services to State agencies seeking to lease State owned and non-state owned real property. Services include:

• Consult with State agencies to determine space requirements and needs
• Identify State-owned or non-state-owned real property that efficiently and functionally meets state agencies' space needs
• Provide market comparisons and economic analyses
• Recommend sites which best meet an agency's needs economically
• Coordinate space planning
• Negotiate lease terms and conditions to the benefit of the agency and the State
• Draft, process and execute leases
• Monitor construction/remodeling projects
• Provide management/administration of leases to assure compliance with lease terms and conditions
• Resolve lease issues
• Maintain a lease database so there is a centralized inventory of lease data to use as a decision making tool and to provide information to customers, stakeholders and the public

Leasing staff also provide services to lease out temporarily surplus state-owned space to non-state tenants.

For more information about Leasing Services contact:

Susan Estes at 651.201.2541
Email: Susan.Estes@state.mn.us