Building Heritage and Forbes Global Properties
Not every real estate agency can become a member of Forbes Global Properties. Membership is by invitation only, reserved for agencies that have demonstrated a consistent standard of excellence, integrity and deep local market expertise. In 2022, Building Heritage received that invitation for Italy.
This page explains what that membership means, how it came about and what it means in practice for every buyer and seller who works with us.
What Forbes Global
Properties is
Forbes Global Properties is the exclusive real estate partner of Forbes, one of the most recognised and trusted media brands in the world for over a century. It operates as a consortium of elite brokerages, each selected as the leading agency in its local market, present across 30 countries, 650 locations.
The network spans Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania. Member agencies represent the full range of the global luxury real estate market, from the French Riviera to the Hamptons, from Dubai to Hong Kong, from Switzerland to New Zealand. What connects them is not geography but standard: every member has been evaluated against the same criteria of professional excellence, market leadership and client service.
Forbes Global Properties is not a franchise. It is not a referral network. It is a consortium of independent agencies that have earned their place in it.
Why Building Heritage was selected
The selection process for Forbes Global Properties membership is rigorous. It involves an evaluation of market positioning, transaction history, portfolio quality, professional reputation and the agency’s standing within its local market. Agencies are not accepted on the basis of volume. They are accepted on the basis of standard.
Building Heritage was selected to represent Italy because of what we have built over 25 years of operating in the Florentine and Tuscan luxury real estate market: a portfolio that reflects genuine curatorial criteria, a client base built on trust and discretion, and a professional reputation that extends beyond our local market into the international networks where serious buyers and sellers operate.
The invitation to join Forbes Global Properties in 2022 was not the result of an application. It was a recognition of work already done.
What it means for buyers
For buyers working with Building Heritage, Forbes Global Properties membership translates into two concrete advantages.
A consistent standard of presentation. A property listed with us is presented with the same standard of photography, documentation and editorial quality that Forbes Global Properties applies across every market it operates in. This is not a property portal. It is one of the most trusted editorial environments in the world for the audience that matters to our clients.
International advisory connections. Through the Forbes Global Properties network, Building Heritage can connect clients to specialist advisors, partner agencies and market intelligence in any of the 30 countries where the network operates.
What it means for sellers
For clients with international portfolios, or for sellers whose ideal buyer may be based anywhere in the world, this connectivity is a meaningful practical advantage. Selling a property through Building Heritage means selling it with the reach of a global network and the credibility of the Forbes brand behind every presentation.
Access to a global network of qualified buyers. When a property is listed with Building Heritage, it is not only visible to buyers in Italy. It is presented through the Forbes Global Properties platform to a qualified international audience across 30 countries. This reach is particularly significant for properties in the higher price brackets, where the pool of potential buyers is inherently international. It is accessible to buyers in New York, London, Dubai, Singapore and Geneva through relationships and platforms that a local agency working alone cannot replicate.
Editorial visibility on the Forbes platform. Forbes Global Properties properties are featured on Forbes.com, one of the most visited business and lifestyle media platforms in the world, read by millions of high-net-worth individuals, institutional investors and family offices globally.
The Forbes Global Properties network also operates on a principle of peer-to-peer referral among its member agencies. A buyer in the United States working with a Forbes Global Properties member agency in New York who expresses interest in Italian real estate is referred directly to Building Heritage. This internal referral structure creates a consistent pipeline of qualified, pre-introduced international buyers that is entirely distinct from the open market.
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Exclusivity at the heart of the network
Forbes Global Properties describes itself as a consortium where exclusivity is at the heart of everything. That language resonates with how Building Heritage approaches its own work. We do not take every mandate. We do not list every property. We are selective, because selectivity is what makes the portfolio meaningful and the network trustworthy.
Being part of Forbes Global Properties reinforces this positioning. Every member of the network has passed the same standard.
When a Forbes Global Properties member agency refers a client to Building Heritage, they are doing so on the basis of shared professional values, not simply a contractual arrangement.
To explore the Forbes Global Properties network, visit the official platform where Building Heritage properties are featured alongside the work of member agencies across 30 countries.
