- 608-445-2370
- anne@bulldogcommercialrealestate.com
- 1609 Landmark DrCottage Grove, WI 53527
Buy, sell, lease, and invest in commercial real estate across Madison and Dane County. Bulldog Commercial Real Estate specializes in office, industrial, retail, multifamily, and commercial land transactions with local market expertise you can trust.
Commercial real estate in Madison doesn’t behave like one market. A 4,000-square-foot office suite off University Research Park, a distribution building on the American Center side of I-90/94, and a retail bay on Junction Road are three different transactions with three different buyer pools, three different timelines and three different sets of zoning questions.
Bulldog Commercial Real Estate is a locally owned brokerage based in Cottage Grove, working across Madison and Dane County. We represent business owners buying their first building, investors trading into and out of income property, landlords filling space, and tenants who need the right square footage in the right corridor at the right rate.
Below is what we do, where we work, and how the Madison submarkets actually differ. If you’d rather just talk it through, call us at (608) 445-2370.
What We Do
01 — Acquisition
Data-driven acquisition support for office, industrial, retail, and multi-family properties in the Madison market. We handle site selection, due diligence, negotiation, and closing — helping you secure the right asset at the right price.
02 — Disposition
Pricing strategy, confidential or full-market exposure, and a disposition process built around your timeline rather than ours. We'll tell you what your building is worth before you list it, including when the answer is "hold."
03 — Leasing
Tenant rep for businesses that need space, landlord rep for owners who need it filled. Market rent analysis, lease structure, renewal and expansion planning.
04 — Valuation
A confidential, no-obligation opinion of value based on comparable sales, current lease comps and the specifics of your asset.
Each of these becomes its own page — the reason the homepage currently ranks 24–39 for everything is that it's trying to carry all five at once.
Downtown Capitol Square suites, University Research Park, the Beltline corridor and suburban campuses in Middleton and Fitchburg. Medical office is its own animal — different buildout costs, different tenant covenants.
Distribution, manufacturing, flex and cold storage along I-90/94, the American Center corridor, and the industrial parks in Cottage Grove, Sun Prairie and DeForest. Clear height, dock configuration and power service drive value here more than square footage does.
Junction Road and West Towne, East Washington Avenue, the traditional shopping streets on Monroe, Willy and Atwood, and the newer suburban centers. Traffic counts and co-tenancy matter more than the storefront itself.
Commercial and industrial land across Dane County, including sites in the municipal growth corridors where zoning and annexation are still in play.
Duplexes through mid-size apartment buildings, plus mixed-use. Underwriting, rent roll review and hold-versus-sell analysis.
Our sister brokerage covers residential across the same twelve Dane County communities. Relocating a business and a household at once is one team, not two.
The Map
Dane County commercial demand organizes along corridors, not city limits. Where a building sits on this line tells you more about its tenant pool than its address does.
Capitol Square, State Street and the East Washington redevelopment corridor. Older converted stock alongside newer mixed-use.
The research park and the Beltline out to Junction Road, serving UW Health, Exact Sciences and the biotech cluster.
American Center and the industrial product running toward Sun Prairie and Cottage Grove. Where warehouse demand concentrates.
Its own municipality, its own zoning, its own permitting timeline. Strong suburban office and a west-side retail base.
Epic's footprint shapes office, service retail and supporting housing south and west of the Beltline.
More affordable industrial and flex, faster municipal approvals than the City of Madison in most cases, and room to build.
Track Record
Anne Baranski, Bulldog Commercial Real Estate Owner
Why Bulldog Commercial
Zoning in Madison alone runs from CC and CC-T commercial districts to TE and SE employment districts to IL and IG industrial — and a use that's permitted by right in one is a conditional use in the next. We check this before you make an offer, not during due diligence.
We can't list inventory publicly the way a national platform can, and we don't pretend otherwise. What we do have is direct relationships with Dane County owners, and a real share of what we transact never gets posted anywhere.
No regional office setting our priorities. We answer to the client in front of us, and the person you meet is the person who works your deal start to finish.
Our sister brokerage, Forever Home Real Estate, covers residential across the same twelve Dane County communities. If you're relocating a business and a household at once, that's one team.
Serving business owners, investors, and developers throughout the Madison metro area and greater Dane County, Wisconsin.
Downtown & Metro
East Side Growth Corridor
West Side Oasis
Epic Health Corridor
Growing Industry
Quiet, fast-growing
North Side Corridor
Growing South Side
Northwest Oasis
Sourthern Dane County
Lake Wabesa Local
Historic Growing Community
A vetted network of professionals supporting every phase of your commercial transaction in the Madison market.
Get your financing conversation started before you tour anything. Commercial lending in this market runs on different timelines than residential, and the pre-approval that makes you credible to a seller takes longer to assemble.
Price against actual recent comps, not against what the building was worth in 2022. Overpriced commercial sits, and sitting costs you carry, taxes and negotiating position all at once.
The rate is the smaller half of the negotiation. Escalations, TI allowance, CAM structure and renewal options are where the real money is.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about buying, selling, and leasing commercial property in the Madison, Wisconsin market.
Rates vary widely by property type and submarket. Downtown and west-side office carry the highest rates in the county; industrial in the eastern corridor runs lower per square foot but is quoted differently, usually triple net with CAM and taxes on top of base rent. The number that matters is the effective rate over the full term, not the headline asking rate. We’ll run that math for any space you’re considering.
You’re not required to have one. But in most Dane County lease transactions the landlord is already paying a commission that gets split whether or not you bring representation — meaning tenant rep typically costs you nothing directly. Without it, you’re negotiating lease terms against someone who does this professionally and you’re not.
Different contracts, different timelines, different diligence. Wisconsin residential offers run on the WB-11; commercial transactions use different forms and carry contingencies residential deals rarely see — environmental assessment, zoning verification, estoppel certificates, lease audits. Financing is underwritten on the property’s income rather than your personal credit, and closing timelines run longer.
The greater Madison area and all of Dane County, including Cottage Grove, Sun Prairie, Middleton, Verona, Fitchburg, Monona, DeForest, Waunakee, Oregon and Stoughton. We also work with clients on commercial transactions in surrounding Wisconsin counties.
Timelines vary based on property type, condition, pricing and market conditions. Well-priced commercial properties in high-demand areas of Dane County may sell in 60 to 120 days, while specialized or larger assets can take longer. We build a marketing and disposition strategy around your timeline.
Whether you're buying your first building, filling vacant space, or deciding whether to hold or sell an income property — send us what you're working on and we'll get back to you the same day.
