Asset management
Annual business plans, hold/sell analysis and capex strategy for each asset. Owners get a quarterly review with our portfolio team — no boilerplate reports.
Nashville, Tennessee · Since 1985
Buildings that run themselves. Almost.
Commercial property management for office and retail owners across Tennessee.
Portfolio data · September 2026
2.1Msq ft under management
92%average occupancy
41years in Tennessee
312tenant companies
2.1Msq ft under management
92%average occupancy
41years in Tennessee
312tenant companies
2.1M sq ft under management, 92% average occupancy, 41 years in Tennessee, 312 tenant companies
Services for owners
One team for the whole asset — leasing, engineering and the books
We manage eight buildings for family offices, trusts and institutional owners across Tennessee. No handoffs between firms, no gaps in the record.
Leasing & marketing
In-house brokers who only lease our own buildings. We closed 412,000 sf of new and renewal leases across the portfolio in 2025.
Operations & engineering
Full-time chief engineers at every asset over 150,000 sf, preventive-maintenance programs tracked to the work order, and 24/7 on-call response.
Accounting & reporting
CAM reconciliations delivered by March 1, monthly owner reporting by the 10th, and audit-ready books. Owner portal access included.
Capital projects
We scope, bid and supervise renovations ourselves — $38M of capital work completed since 2020, averaging 4% under budget.
Tenant experience
Service requests acknowledged within one business hour and resolved in under 24 hours on average. It is why 78% of expiring tenants renew.
Available spaces
Move-in ready suites across the portfolio
Available now
Cumberland Tower · Downtown Nashville
Suite 1400 — full floor
Full 14th floor with skyline views over the Cumberland, move-in ready.
6,240 sf
To scale
$42/sf/yr
Full service
Available now
Franklin Gateway · Cool Springs, Franklin
Building B, Suite 220
LEED Gold suite at the I-65 / Cool Springs interchange.
3,850 sf
$34/sf/yr
Full service
Available now
Belle Meade Commons · Belle Meade
Suite 12 — corner storefront
Corner storefront on the center's busiest walkway, high visibility.
2,400 sf
$48/sf/yr
NNN
Available now
East Nashville Yards · East Nashville
Loft 3B — timber-frame loft
Timber-frame loft over the central yard in East Nashville.
4,100 sf
$29/sf/yr
Modified gross
Portfolio
Eight buildings, 2.1 million square feet — every ring is live occupancy
Each marker shows a building’s occupancy as of September 2026. The same ring follows each property onto its own page.
Case studies
What changes when an asset is managed closely
Cumberland Tower From 71% to 94% occupancy in eighteen months
When Harpeth Ridge Capital acquired Cumberland Tower in March 2024, two floors had gone dark and the lobby had not been touched since 1998. We re-sequenced the capital plan, rebuilt the elevator lobby, and signed eleven leases in the first year — including a 62,000 sf coworking deal on floors 11–13.
+23 pts
Occupancy gained
+31%
NOI growth
64
Avg. days on market
“Meridian treated a tired Class B asset like it was on their own balance sheet. The turnaround showed up in NOI within two quarters.”
Franklin Gateway LEED Gold and 22% lower utility costs
Our 2023 retrofit replaced chillers, added demand-response controls and recommissioned all three buildings for $4.6M — funded entirely from reserves. Utilities dropped 22% year over year, and two hospital systems renewed early at above-market rates.
22%
Utility savings
$4.6M
Retrofit cost
91%
Renewal rate
“They found $1.1M in operating savings we did not know existed, and the LEED certification has become a recruiting tool for our tenants.”
Belle Meade Commons Fourteen new leases in one leasing season
After the 2024 landscape refresh, we re-merchandised the inline corridors and signed fourteen new tenants in twelve months — a bakery, a wine bar, two boutiques and a pilates studio among them. Center traffic rose 180,000 visits year over year.
14
New leases (2025)
+180k
Visits year over year
+9%
Sales/sf growth
“The center had been coasting. Meridian gave it an identity, and our tenants now plan five-year futures here instead of one-year options.”
For tenants
Service requests, answered like you’re the only tenant
Every request is acknowledged within one business hour and resolved in under 24 hours on average. After hours, the 24/7 service desk picks up on the third ring.
24/7 service desk — (615) 321-4411 For anything urgent: water, power, elevators, access
One-hour acknowledgment Standard during business hours, 7am–6pm Central
Vetted, insured vendors The tradespeople who enter your suite work under our contract
Prefer to start by phone or email? Call the desk above or write to servicedesk@meridiancommercial.com.
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Leadership
The people who walk your building
Four principals, more than a century of combined Tennessee commercial real estate experience — and every one of them knows the chief engineers by name.
Dana Whitfield
Chief Executive Officer
Founded Meridian in 1985 with a single building on Church Street. Forty-one years later she still walks every property twice a month.
Marcus Bell
President, Asset Management
Joined from a Chicago REIT in 2009. Built the quarterly owner-review process and has overseen $38M in capital projects since 2020.
Priya Raghavan
Chief Operating Officer
Runs engineering and operations across all eight assets. Previously chief engineer at two downtown towers; insists on knowing every chiller by name.
Tom Okafor
SVP, Tenant Services
Leads the service-request desk and tenant experience program. One-hour acknowledgment standard started as his pilot at East Nashville Yards in 2018.
Owners & investors
Talk to our team
Tell us about your building or portfolio. We’ll respond within one business day with a straight answer — including whether we’re the right manager for the asset.
Meridian Commercial Properties
121 21st Avenue North, Suite 400
Nashville, TN 37203
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