Premis transcends transaction management, by coordinating and integrating all aspects of almost any real estate process, Signature officials.

Services include financial portfolio assessment, due diligence expertise, project planning, management and budgeting, coordination of service delivery and utilities expense audits.

"Our vision is to bring all necessary parties together promoting results based on a well designed strategy," says John Gordy, executive director, Premis Solutions. "By managing service delivery, we help ensure consistency throughout the transaction and across all aspects of the client's overall real estate strategy."

Premis' in-house people handle financial analysis, project management and human resources and architectural evaluation. Premis partners, experts in niche specialties, provide ancillary services, Signature officials say.

Premis is an acronym for Professional Real Estate Management/Integrated Strategies.Signature has offices in Southfield, Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, Michigan, as well as Toledo, Ohio, with transactions totaling over 19 million sf in 2001.