About MN CRE
Real People. Principal Buyers.
MN CRE buys Minnesota commercial real estate directly — as principals, with committed acquisition capital, under our own name, from an office in Saint Paul you can walk into. Part of the Livli family of companies.
Who You're Actually Dealing With
The people reviewing your property are the same people responsible for getting the transaction closed. Commercial sellers get approached constantly — postcards, cold calls, "buyers" who turn out to be wholesalers shopping a contract, and out-of-state funds whose interest evaporates at the first diligence finding. The industry has earned its skepticism. Our answer to that skepticism is structural, not rhetorical: we buy as principals, we operate what we buy, and we're part of a Saint Paul-based family of companies with a physical office, a public team, and a reputation that has to survive every transaction.
The Livli family of companies operates across Minnesota residential and commercial real estate — acquisitions, renovation, and management. MN CRE is the commercial acquisition arm: multifamily, retail, office, industrial, and land. The same team that underwrites your property answers the phone at (651) 212-5438 and reads every email to acquisitions@mncre.com.
Our commitment on every offer is the same: the underwriting is shown, not hidden. You'll see the comparable logic, the capital plan we're pricing, and how we got to the number — and if listing your asset traditionally would serve you better, we'll say exactly that. An informed seller who chooses us anyway is the only kind of counterparty we want.
How We Operate
No last-minute price reductions
We underwrite before we offer, and we don't use diligence as leverage to renegotiate. If a material condition emerges that wasn't disclosed or reasonably knowable at offer, we address it directly and transparently.
Discretion by default
No marketing exposure, no signage, no word to tenants, staff, or the market until you decide. NDAs papered on request.
Straight answers
Including "list it instead" when that's true, and "here's our math" always. Ask us anything on the phone — no scripts.
Our Network
Trusted Relationships at Every Level
Certainty of close is not a promise you can evaluate from a website — it comes from the brokerages, lenders, and counsel who have watched us perform. We've closed alongside the firms below, and we encourage you to ask them about us.
Brokerages We Transact With
- JLL
- CBRE
- Mid-America Real Estate
- Marcus & Millichap
Lending Relationships
- Royal Credit Union
- Bridgewater Bank
- Hiawatha National Bank
- Sunrise Banks
- Livli Group
Legal Counsel
- Nilan Johnson Lewis PA
Capital that's arranged, not hoped for. Some acquisitions we fund directly. Where a transaction uses financing, it's with lenders we've closed with repeatedly and where our credit is already approved — so the money is a scheduling question, not an approval question. That is the difference between a buyer who is financed and a buyer who is contingent.
Check our references. Ask for the broker, the lender, or the seller on any comparable transaction — we'll put you in touch. Sellers who have closed with us are the most useful diligence you can do on a buyer.
Our Office
Saint Paul, Not a P.O. Box
We work from a real office in Saint Paul's West Seventh neighborhood. You're welcome to meet us here — many owners prefer a face-to-face conversation before sharing anything about their property.
MN CRE905 Jefferson Ave, Suite 202
Saint Paul, MN 55102
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A property, a question, or just a number you're curious about — the conversation is confidential and costs nothing.