RIPCO Real Estate

RIPCO Real Estate, LLC is an independent commercial brokerage founded in 1991 with more than 210 professionals across nine offices; the site names offices in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, New Jersey, Long Island, Connecticut, Miami and Tampa. It reports more than 40 million square feet of commercial space leased or sold in the New York metro area and Florida, and more than 50 deals each with retailers such as Target and Best Buy. Besides tenant and landlord representation it offers investment sales, debt and structured finance, property management and development. Its site does not say which office is the headquarters.

The Cannabis Division, co-directed by Colby Piper and Darrin Chandler Jr., works for operators looking for dispensary, cultivation or manufacturing space, and for landlords and sellers weighing a cannabis tenant or buyer. Both directors have more than a decade of real estate experience. The division covers New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Florida itself, and names Zoned Properties, the Scottsdale cannabis real estate firm also listed in this category, as its partner for the rest of the country. Because RIPCO is mainly a retail leasing firm, its strength is storefront sourcing and lease negotiation in dense urban markets.

Operators engage through the cannabis page's contact form or the two directors directly. RIPCO does not publish commission rates. Its property search filters available space by size and type, including street retail, freestanding buildings, industrial and warehouse, though listings are not marked for cannabis eligibility, so zoning and buffer screening happens with the team. The cannabis page does not list closed cannabis deals or name cannabis clients, so buyers should ask for references from recent dispensary leases.