We’re a commercial real estate brokerage firm that specializes in the buying and selling of investment properties for private investors and institutions across the United States.
That’s what we do. Who we are is much more than that.
SIG - A Look Back
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2020
Best In Class
SIG Named to Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Receive CoStar Power Broker Award for Top Broker and Top Sales Firm
Receive Real Estate Forum Influencers in Net Lease Award
Receive Top Broker Award from Connect Media -
November 2019
RECOGNITION
Liz Sands Named Among Connect Media's 2019 Annual Women in Real Estate
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September 2019
SIG Expands
Tom Gorman, formerly of CBRE comes on board to lead the new SIG Philadelphia office
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March 2019
SIG Expands
Amar Goli, formerly of CBRE comes on board to lead the new SIG Charlotte office
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2018
Best In Class
17 New Brokers Join the Firm
Achieve Glassdoor Rating of 4.8 (out of 5)
Receive CoStar Power Broker Award for Top Sales Firm
SIG Named the Fastest Growing Company in South Carolina
Receive Top Broker Award from National Real Estate Investor (NREI) -
2017
SPECIALIZED GROWTH
Real Estate Forum Names SIG to Its List of Commercial Real Estate’s Fastest-Growing Companies for the 2nd Consecutive Year
Sands Investment Group Receives CoStar Power Broker Award for Top Sales Firm
Sands Investment Group Plans for Major Expansion; Firm to Double Agent Count in 2017
Sands Investment Group Ranked the 2nd Fastest Growing Company in South Carolina -
2016
RECOGNITION
RE Forum names SIG among the fastest growing commercial real estate firms.
CPE chose Chris Sands as one of the top ten 40-and-under stars to watch for in 2016.
SIG celebrates 900 closed transactions -
Jan 2015
National Presence
SIG becomes the nations fastest growing net lease company with 4 offices and 28 agents nationwide. A leader in the net lease space with over 625 transactions and $2.15 billion in sales in 45 states across the country
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July 2014
SIG Expands to Southeast
Andrew Ackerman, formerly of Stan Johnson Company comes on board to lead the new SIG Atlanta office
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April 2014
Ongoing Growth
Max Freedman, one of SIG's original agents, opens the SIG Austin, TX office
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January 2014
Delivering Results
SIG celebrates 500 closed transactions
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April 2013
Eastcoast Hub Est.
Eager to be able to service clients in other parts of the country, Chris and his family move to Charleston, SC and SIG Charleston is formed
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2013
Continued Expansion
Expands to focus on medical-office and industrial sectors
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December 2012
Delivering
$1 billion in closed transactions with an agent count up to 10
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January 2012
Results Speak for Themselves
SIG closes VONS Grocery at 2.5% CAP in Santa Monica, CA, putting the company on the map as a leader in the net lease space
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2011
Cutting Edge Platform
As agents continue to join the team, SIG introduces product-type sub-sector specialization whereby agents become true specialists in their selected product-type, further adding value to SIG's client base
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2010
Steady Growth
SIG closes $100,000,000 in sales and ends the year with 5 agents
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December 2009
SIG Formed
SIG Headquarters opens in Santa Monica, CA with 2 agents
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2009
Breaking away from the Pack
Realizing a unique space for the net lease market on a national scale, breaks away from Marcus & Millichap to form SIG
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2008
Rising in the Ranks
Achieves Vice President of Investments at Marcus & Millichap, ranking among the top 20 brokers in the country
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2006
Gaining Experience
Chris forms Sands Investment Group of Marcus & Millichap - focusing on shopping centers and single tenant net lease properties in California
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2004
Career Beginnings
Chris joins Marcus & Millichap - receives rookie of the year award
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2003
Pro Tennis Retirement
Chris retires from the ATP professional tennis tour