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The “Brady Bunch” of Facilities
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.filmanddigitalmedia.wordpress.com Our week was highlighted by two meetings which were of particular interest – thus my desire to share. Common among both operations with whom we […]
Navigating your Commercial Mortgage Renewal
This post originally appeared on Saskedge Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. You’ve just received a letter with the renewal options your financial institution is offering on your commercial mortgage. How can you assess the competitiveness of the offer before you? The letter arrives at a […]
CRE Mistakes Series: Office Neighbors
This post originally appeared on tBL member Lynn Drake's blog Compass-Commercial Blog | Expert Commercial Leasing Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. “CRE Mistakes Series: Office Neighbors Once upon a time I was the bookkeeper for a company that sold singing telegrams! We had beautiful offices […]
3 BIGGEST Issues Confronting Occupants of Commercial Real Estate
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.blog.thebrokerlist.com As a commercial real estate professional – my travels take me to many cool businesses. You see, close to half of my practice is consumed […]
Real estate as a business investment
This post originally appeared on Saskedge Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. All commercial real estate deals have a factor of uniqueness that sets them apart from other investments. That said, there can be times when commercial real estate is not only a real estate […]
The Impact of Off-Site Improvements on Your Development
This post originally appeared on SimonCRE Insights Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. In one of our recent blogs, we broke down four of the most common off-site improvements that are found in the commercial real estate development world. Access roads, sidewalks, and curbs – this […]
CRE Definition: Lease Expiration
This post originally appeared on tBL member Lynn Drake's blog Compass-Commercial Blog | Expert Commercial Leasing Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. CRE Definitions Series: Lease Expiration Most leases have a start and ending date spelled out in a lease document. The last day of the […]
Five Year-End Considerations for your Commercial Real Estate
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.lawtechnology.com A column like this one would normally be reserved for a period closer to Auld Lang Syne. However, with the dawn of December and Black […]
Catch the First Wave – There may not be Another!
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.barefootsurftravel.com As a market cools – we begin see a lack of activity on listings for sale and lease. Imperative in a transitioning period is pricing. […]
Case Study: Success Story Michgian Womens Foundation
This post originally appeared on tBL member Lynn Drake's blog Compass-Commercial Blog | Expert Commercial Leasing Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Success Story: MWF RelocationTHE CHALLENGE: The Michigan Women’s Foundation had negotiated to buy a building with a developer when the transaction fell through. They […]
Mom & Pop Retailers Make a Comeback in SoCal’s Inland Empire
This post originally appeared on tBL member Progressive REP Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. While reviewing Progressive Real Estate Partner’s leasing activity for the year, I’ve noticed an interesting trend happening in SoCal’s Inland Empire. Year to date a whopping 78% of our leasing transactions have […]
Is NOW the Right Time to Move?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.journal.media In a word – actually two – it depends. Today, I recap a week of meetings, situations, and the counsel we provided to businesses who […]
Breaking Down a Build to Suit Lease
This post originally appeared on SimonCRE Insights Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. A build to suit lease has various definitions. The simplest being any lease that references some construction to meet the tenant’s requirements. But there is much more to it than just that. A […]
If Your Building Sells – What Happens?
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.divestopedia.com This week our team was contacted by an owner. Desired is to sell his building and re-deploy the equity into a college education for his […]
Why Care? Price Transparency and What You Really Need to Know about Different Types Of Leases
If you search the commercial real estate blogosphere, you are bound to come across hundreds of articles defining what is a net lease, a gross lease, full service, modified gross lease etc. Mine is probably going to be the only article that says “Why Care?” I don’t take that answer lightly as it comes with […]
The Downside of a Move out of State
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Image Attribution: www.grafikavision.com Yesterday, I concluded a meeting with a local manufacturing and distribution company. Family owned and operated by two California born and raised principals – the […]
Leasing vs. Buying Medical Office: The Upsides & Downsides
This post originally appeared on Ensemble Real Estate Solutions's Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. By Tracy Altemus, CCIM Executive VP, Healthcare Brokerage Services Agent, Arizona, Nevada & California, Ensemble Real Estate Solutions and Marina Hammersmith, Senior VP, Healthcare Brokerage Services Agent, Arizona, Ensemble Real Estate Solutions […]
10 questions to ask yourself before considering a career in commercial real estate
This post originally appeared on Saskedge Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. You may be in your last year of university and considering your career options or, have just come to the realization that your current professional path is not going to be your lifework. The […]
CRE Definition Series: Tenant Improvements
This post originally appeared on tBL member Lynn Drake's blog Compass-Commercial Blog | Expert Commercial Leasing Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. CRE Definitions Series: Tenant Improvements A list of improvements made to a leased space such as building walls, replacing flooring, ceiling tiles, fixtures etc. […]
You’re on the Hook: The Value of a Phase I Site Assessment
This post originally appeared on SimonCRE Insights Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Simply put, as the owner of a piece of commercial property, if it’s contaminated, you’re on the hook. In other words, by virtue of owning a property at which environmental contamination exists, the […]
If Commercial Was More Like Residential – 7 Ways From Sunday!
This post originally appeared on tBL member Allen C. Buchanan's blog Location Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Photo courtesy of Christine Spasoff, CPM, RPA Commercial real estate professionals differ from our residential colleagues in many ways – which I have enumerated in this space. But, […]
How to Purchase Investment Property without Money
This post originally appeared on tBL Member, Sperry Van Ness Graham Langlois Legendre's SVN GLL News Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Deciding to purchase commercial investment property is a great way to spend your money! There is, however, a damper put on things if you […]
CRE Mistakes Series: Mistakes
This post originally appeared on tBL member Lynn Drake's blog Compass-Commercial Blog | Expert Commercial Leasing Advice and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. CRE Mistakes Series: Retailers not understanding their rent obligations At Compass we get a lot of calls from retailers who leased space without representation. […]
What Commercial Lease Agreement is Right for You? A Landlord’s Perspective
This post originally appeared on Beck Partners' Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. There are many different types of commercial lease agreements for Landlord’s to use. Over my 27 years in the Commercial Real Estate Industry, representing many landlords, I’ve found certain leases work for certain […]
Leasing vs. Buying: The Upsides and Downsides
This post originally appeared on Ensemble Real Estate Solutions's Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. By Tracy Altemus, CCIM Executive VP, Healthcare Brokerage Services Agent, Arizona, Nevada & California, Ensemble Real Estate Solutions and Marina Hammersmith, Senior VP, Healthcare Brokerage Services Agent, Arizona, Ensemble Real Estate Solutions […]
House hacking – part 2
This post originally appeared on tBL member Burt Polson's blog Real Estate in the Napa Valley and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. In part one we discussed my clients, Steve and Cheryl, who doubled their money using the house hacking technique in purchasing, managing, and living in […]
CRE retail idea that failed miserably…or did it
This post originally appeared on Saskedge Blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Have you ever stumbled onto one of those websites that features abandoned spaces? My favourites are old malls. Once so bustling and now so neglected. But what if you were looking at a vacant […]
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