FIND US AT THE INTERSECTION OF PEOPLE AND PLACES
We’re a boutique commercial real estate firm specializing in science-based, tech-focused spaces across Middle Tennessee.
Covalent connects investors, innovators, and organizations with lab-ready, R&D, and mixed-use properties designed for growth.
With deep expertise in leasing, investment strategy, and property and asset management, we pair data-driven insight with real-world understanding—helping clients secure not just properties, but possibilities.
Let’s build your next important place.
Introducing Nashville's Newest (and Best) Science and Real Estate Scoop
Nashville isn’t just growing—it’s innovating. From breakthroughs at Oak Ridge and Vanderbilt to startups reshaping our skyline, our newsletter delivers the stories where science, technology, and real estate meet.
✅ Local innovation headlines
✅ Real estate insights for movers, investors, and business leaders
✅ Smart, snappy coverage to keep you in the know
HERE’S WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER
Manage your commercial properties efficiently
With over $20 million of property in our portfolio, we know what it takes to operate your property. We also specialize in science & tech properties.
Build wealth with investment properties
Manage assets or property within an estate trust
Trusts, large and small, come with special challenges. Our experience makes us the right choice to help you build and manage them successfully.
Maximize profit through marketing and advertising
Find a strategic location for your business or portfolio
Our team will leave no stone unturned finding your next best move. In fact, they’re probably already searching listings for you. Like, right now.
List and sell your property for a great price
Don’t leave money on the table. From signage to marketing copy, we’ll help you squeeze every penny out of your commercial disposition.
The data behind Tennessee’s next wave of innovation is here.
Covalent’s Nashville Life Sciences Market Report pulls back the curtain on one of the fastest-moving innovation ecosystems in the country. From lab-ready development trends to real estate demand signals and the rise of R&D infrastructure across Middle Tennessee, this report breaks down what’s shaping the market—and where the opportunities are emerging next.
Designed for investors, developers, founders, and anyone tracking the future of science and technology in the region, it’s the kind of insight that turns noise into direction and ideas into action.
If you want to understand where Nashville’s innovation economy is headed, start here.
We’re going to love working with you.
Eric Elmquist, Founder, Principal
Builder of Relationships & Property Values
Marc Acton, VP of Marketing
Crafter of Stories and Strategies
A long-time observer of Nashville’s growth engine, he brings a marketer’s instinct, a strategist’s brain, and a storyteller’s timing to everything Covalent touches. He sees real estate as more than buildings. It’s momentum. It’s identity. It’s the connective tissue between people, capital, and opportunity. And for our clients, that perspective isn’t just helpful—it’s transformative, as he shapes the narrative that gets you exactly whereyou want to go.
Jenny Buskirk, Controller
Counter of Beans and Blessings
Jenny lives in the numbers, but she brings a steady, people-centered approach to every decision. You might find her modeling cashflow, or translating complex financials into plain English. And with deep experience across corporate finance and public accounting, she’s a wiz at it. Finally, just as impressively, she makes even the toughest financial conversations feel easy.
Lab Space and Buildouts
Real Estate Investment
Commercial Properties
Covalent Properties
134 2nd Ave N, Suite 104
Franklin,TN 37064
615.236.9099
At the intersection of people and places.