Relocation
Moving a practice is two negotiations, not one: getting out of where you are and getting into where you are going. Both are negotiable.
$0 out of pocket for most practices. The landlord pays our fee.
Send us your lease Call (210) 384-2342Most relocations start because something stopped working: the space is too small, the parking fails at peak, the building changed hands, or the renewal number arrived and it was absurd. Whatever started it, the work is the same. Price the real alternatives, then decide.
The old lease does not end because you found somewhere better. Holdover penalties, restoration obligations, and remaining term can turn a good move into an expensive one. We read the existing lease first, because what it says about your exit determines how much room you have in the new one.
Within the same trade area, most practices keep the large majority of their patients. That is the leverage: a landlord who believes you can move is negotiating against a real alternative, and whether you actually move or use the pricing to fix the renewal, the work pays for itself.
Not asking rates from a listing site. What the space will actually total once operating expenses, build-out, and free rent are accounted for, side by side with staying put.
Remaining term, restoration and surrender obligations, holdover rate, and whether the landlord would take an assignment or sublease instead of a fight.
Overlapping the two leases costs money; a gap costs more. The commencement dates are negotiable on both sides, and they should be negotiated together.
What the new space needs, who pays for it, and how many days you will actually be closed. Closed days are the real cost of a move and they belong in the comparison.
What This Costs Your Practice
It is in the listing agreement before you walk in.
You do not save it. Their broker keeps it.
For most practices, $0 and no invoice from us.
Same fee, two ways to split it. One of them puts a negotiator in your corner. The other does not.
A few situations differ, such as owner-direct, physician-owned and sublease space. We confirm the fee in writing on every building before you tour it. Brokerage fees are negotiable and not set by law.
Common Questions
It depends almost entirely on distance. A move of a few minutes within the same trade area typically retains most of a patient base; crossing a highway or a school district boundary has more effect than the mileage suggests. We look at where your patients actually come from before recommending a radius.
Sometimes, and more often than people assume. Landlords with a waiting list, a buyer, or a redevelopment plan can have their own reasons to want the space back. It costs nothing to have the lease read and the landlord's situation checked.
That is a legitimate and common outcome, and we will tell you honestly when staying is the better deal even though a relocation would pay us more.
For most practices, nothing out of pocket: the landlord at the new building typically pays the leasing fee and our side is paid from it.
Behind The Three Of Us
We are the San Antonio team of Partners Healthcare Services, the healthcare tenant and buyer representation practice of Partners Real Estate. The practice began in 2009 as Crown Tenant Advisors in Atlanta, joined Partners in July 2026, and holds a 5.0 rating across 109 Google reviews. Its brokers are on the ground in Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Indiana, and the healthcare case studies and client quotes on this site are the practice's.
Partners was founded in 1997, reports more than 300 professionals, and has offices in San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta. When your practice grows past San Antonio you keep us as the point of contact: Austin, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth through Partners' own offices, and anywhere else through the best healthcare broker in that market, run by us.
Send us the current lease. We will price what staying and going actually cost, side by side.
Send us your lease Call (210) 384-2342