Chris Hatch is the CEO of Forza Commercial & Legend Commercial.

Chris is proud to be a third-generation real estate professional. He started his real estate career learning under the tutelage of his father and grandfather. He became a sales agent in Utah in 2002 and has been a principal broker in Idaho, Montana & Utah since 2010. He has been fortunate to work on thousands of brokerage transactions during his career with a huge emphasis on drive thru fast food.

Forza Management
Chris and his partners created Forza Management in 2014 with the intention of managing his own properties and offering top-notch property management services to clients. Today, Forza manages five million square feet of property spread across the Western U.S.

Legend Commercial
In 2017, the timing was right for Chris and his partners to form Legend Commercial as a new brokerage firm in Salt Lake City. Through mergers and the addition of a number of agents, Legend offers full-service commercial real estate services throughout the Mountain and Desert States with 27 agents and brokers. They represent hundreds of clients looking for expansion opportunities.

Forza Development
After acquiring 50 properties, Chris and his partners created Forza Development in 2020 with the intention of creating a ground-up development team. Forza Development has constructed 75 properties and has a development pipeline of a couple hundred new locations in the works. Chris is on a relentless mission to develop 1,000 drive-thru’s.

The Dirt Dog Podcast
Chris is grateful for the community that helped him learn the commercial real estate business. He wanted to give back to the new people in the industry. He decided the best way for him to do that was through long form podcast interviews with founders, c suite executives and owners of fast growing retail concepts. The Dirt Dog Pod started in 2025.

Chris is an active member of ICSC. He serves as a board member for First Community Bank Utah. He is the secretary for the Anderson Hatch Family Foundation and is passionate about helping troubled youth and helping various charitable organizations throughout the Utah area. He is an avid outdoorsman and loves to boat, fish, ski, and wake surf. Chris and his wife Lindsey are raising their 5 children in SLC.