It could be said that Foremark’s founder and CEO, Clark Knippers, grew up in the restaurant business.

He had a front row seat when his father and restaurant icon Norman Brinker joined forces together in 1967 to grow Steak and Ale from a local brand with only a handful of locations to one of the most successful restaurant concepts of all time with hundreds of locations throughout the United States.

Armed with a familial connection to the restaurant industry, education, knowledge and experience running Brinker International Real Estate and Construction division, Clark founded Foremark Real Estate Services in 1997, with the mission of providing restaurant companies without the deep resources of a large company best-in-class services to help their brands expand and grow.

Our Values

Foremark operates on firm, non-negotiable principles. We take responsibility for what we say and do and seek to build relationships with those who do the same.

We respect our client companies.
We respect their performance objectives, operating philosophy, leadership and long-term goals. We recognize each of our clients operates a unique business with its own unique measures. Without exception, we embrace their philosophies to ensure our decisions are best suited for their business.

We insist on open thinking.
We trust the companies we work with to be honest and forthright. Complete confidence is necessary for us to act as a trusted advisor.

Our Leadership

We do what is right.

We endeavor to accomplish our clients’ immediate and long-term business objectives by basing decisions on sound, prudent criteria.

We endeavor to be the very best we can be at providing services that contribute to our clients’ long-term success and profitability. We maintain that as certain as market dynamics, real estate laws, lending rates, consumer behavior and competitive landscapes are sure to change, we must remain steadfastly committed to continuously improving our knowledge and methodology.