Real Estate Transactions

What Real Estate Transactions does

RET – Real Estate Transactions (legal name: RET Intermediação de Negócios Ltda.) is a Brazilian B2B real estate intermediation and advisory firm founded in 2021 and headquartered in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais. The company focuses on large-corporate commercial real estate mandates—principally logistics and industrial warehouses, shopping centers, big-box retail assets, and corporate buildings—via acquisition, sale, lease, sale-leaseback, and built-to-suit structures. RET also operates a logistics real estate development vertical that executes BTS and speculative warehouse projects, bridging advisory and capital deployment.

Co-founders Rafael Selva (CEO) and José Maria Mares Guia (COO) bring combined large-corporate real estate expertise accumulated through prior senior roles at Brasil Brokers (B3: BBRK3) and Primaz Corporate. The firm employs a sales-led, relationship-driven go-to-market targeting four customer segments: large corporate entities, family businesses, business groups, and financial investors.

Revenue is generated entirely from transaction-based success fees on completed mandates; pricing is custom-quoted and not publicly disclosed. The underlying technology stack is non-proprietary—there is no software platform, app, AI/ML layer, or API offering. Documented flagship deals include a R$272.7 million Dafiti distribution center sale to BlueMacaw in Extrema, MG and a R$277.3 million warehouse portfolio acquisition across Ribeirão Preto/SP and Duque de Caxias/RJ, alongside a BTS lease for Arezzo of 60,000 m² in Pernambuco. Geographic activity spans Southeast, Northeast, and South Brazil despite a single office in Nova Lima.

Name

Real Estate Transactions

Legal name

RET Intermediação de Negócios Ltda.

Website

https://retcorporate.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RET – Real Estate Transactions is a Brazilian B2B real estate intermediation firm advising large corporate entities, family businesses, business groups, and financial investors on the acquisition, sale, lease, sale-leaseback, and built-to-suit structuring of logistics warehouses, corporate buildings, shopping centers, and big-box retail assets, with an additional logistics project development vertical.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Purpose & Alternative Asset Brokerage (BPAJABAH)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate advisory
• Logistics warehouse brokerage
• Corporate real estate intermediation
• Built-to-suit development
• Sale leaseback advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Nova Lima

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Intermediation Fees: Transaction-based fees from intermediating large commercial real estate deals including acquisition, sale, and lease advisory services. Revenue generated through success fees on completed transactions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

RET (Real Estate Transactions) is a Brazilian real estate intermediation and advisory firm focused exclusively on large corporate transactions. Its core offering covers advisory and intermediation for the purchase and sale of logistics and industrial warehouses, corporate buildings, shopping centers, and big-box retail assets, complemented by logistics project development in both Built-to-Suit (BTS) and speculative formats. Revenue is generated through transaction-based success fees on completed deals.

Product overview

RET (Real Estate Transactions) operates as a single-service real estate intermediary platform focused on large B2B transactions. The company offers five interconnected service lines: Desenvolvimento de Empreendimentos Logísticos (logistics project development), Edifícios Corporativos (corporate buildings), Galpões e Condomínios Logísticos/Industriais (logistics/industrial warehouses), Shopping Centers, and Big Box (large retail). These services are complemented by real estate development capabilities in both Built-to-Suit and speculative formats, enabling clients to structure solutions aligned with occupation, expansion, and investment needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Desenvolvimento de Empreendimentos Logísticos Real estate development of logistics projects in Built-to-Suit (BTS) format with pre-defined leasing, or in speculative format without pre-contracted leasing, structured for corporate clients' occupation, expansion, and investment needs.
• Edifícios Corporativos Advisory and intermediation services for the purchase and sale of corporate buildings and corporate floors, with or without immediate rental income generation, for large corporate clients.
• Galpões e Condomínios Logísticos/Industriais Advisory and intermediation services for the purchase and sale of logistics and industrial warehouses, whether performing or under development, including structured sale and leaseback operations and BTS project development for corporate clients.
• Shopping Centers Advisory and intermediation services for the purchase and sale of equity stakes in shopping centers, targeting large corporate clients and financial investors.
• Big Box Advisory and intermediation services for the purchase and sale of large retail stores, performing or under development, such as supermarkets, large wholesalers and retailers, including sale and leaseback operations and BTS project development.

Quantifiable outcome

• R$272.7 million logistics warehouse transaction for BlueMacaw/Dafiti
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BlueMacawcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlueMacaw is a real estate investment partner for whom RET served as advisor in the R$272.7 million acquisition of the Triple AAA Distribution Center from Dafiti in Extrema, MG. This was RET's first major transaction upon opening doors.
• BTS PropertiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBTS Properties partnered with RET for the acquisition of 50% of land for developing a logistics condomini anchored by a 60,000 m² BTS lease for Arezzo in Jaboatão dos Guararapes/PE.
• GLP (GLP Régis Condomínio Logístico)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGLP Régis Condomínio Logístico is the property owner where RET brokered a 25,816.05 m² lease for Integralmédica in Itapecerica da Serra/SP.
• LOG Commercial PropertiesminorOthersLOG Commercial Properties and BTS sold the subsidiary containing the Dafiti Distribution Center to BlueMacaw, with RET advising on the transaction.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Brasil Brokers: Brazilian CRE brokerage listed on B3 (BBRK3), and the firm where both RET co-founders previously worked (Brasil Brokers acquired Primaz Corporate in 2007 and employed Selva for 13 years). Operates across residential and commercial brokerage with national coverage.
• BTS Properties: Brazilian BTS logistics developer and RET's joint venture partner on the Arezzo-anchored 60,000 m² BTS in Jaboatão dos Guararapes; competes for BTS mandates and has overlapping client relationships in industrial logistics.

Broad incumbents

• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle): Global commercial real estate services firm with a significant Brazil presence offering brokerage, capital markets, valuation, and advisory services across logistics, office, retail, and industrial—directly competing for Large Corporate mandates.
• CBRE Group: World's largest commercial real estate services firm with Brazilian operations spanning investment sales, leasing, valuation, and capital markets—competing directly for institutional logistics and corporate-building mandates.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global CRE services platform with Brazilian capital-markets and logistics practices that compete for Large Corporate intermediation mandates, sale-leaseback advisory, and BTS development advisory.
• Colliers International: Global CRE advisory with established Brazil operations focused on capital markets, industrial/logistics, and corporate services—competes for similar enterprise mandates to RET.
• GLP (Global Logistic Properties): Global logistics real estate platform with Brazilian warehouse assets including GLP Régis Condomínio Logístico where RET brokered the Integralmédica lease; competes for BTS development and large-scale leasing mandates.

Regional players

• LOG Commercial Properties: Brazilian REIT and logistics/industrial developer listed on B3. Counterparty in the Dafiti/BlueMacaw transaction RET advised on; competes for BTS and sale-leaseback mandates in the same logistics asset class.
• TRX Real Estate: Brazilian CRE manager focused on income-producing commercial properties including logistics and corporate buildings—competes for institutional buyer mandates in the same asset classes RET intermediated.
• São Carlos Empreendimentos: Brazilian real estate company focused on corporate buildings, shopping centers, and income-producing assets; overlaps with RET's corporate buildings and shopping center intermediation lines.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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