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Legal Definition Of A Shopping Center
Legal Definition Of A Shopping Center We have all kinds of shopping centers from the smallest strip center up to the super centers. In a case in a federal bankruptcy court, the court was required to distinguish between a “shopping center” and other types of retail properties. The federal bankruptcy code did not...
The Attraction Of A Flex Building
  The Attraction Of A Flex Building A high percentage of speculative low-rise industrial buildings today are flex buildings. Developers are favorable toward the flex building as it will meet the needs of many modern sophisticated industrial building users. The flex building is a single or multi-tenant building that...
The Type Of Buyer For Commercial Property
The Type Of Buyer For Commercial Property When we represent a seller of a commercial property, we try to determine, as soon as possible in the marketing process, what type of buyer is most likely to be interested in this particular property. We then focus the main appeal on those elements that are most important to...
Exchanges Of Mortgaged Property
Exchanges Of Mortgaged Property In the straight equity for equity exchange of properties that are of like kind and held for investment or business use, there is no income tax liability at all. But there can be a tax liability when the exchange involves mortgaged property unless the right, tax-saving technique is...
Space Sharing Executive Suites
Space Sharing Executive Suites With the revolution in communications, building owners must keep up with the changing needs of the corporate tenant. Often the larger, well-organized businesses do not need the space that was necessary just a few years ago. Electronic communications to and from employees have substituted...
Suburban Office Buildings
Suburban Office Buildings With investment capital becoming available, demand for commercial real estate continues. Suburban office buildings remain many investors primary acquisition target. These investors reason that a suburban office building that can be purchased at a price below replacement cost must be a good...
Who Will Buy When You Want To Sell?
Who Will Buy When You Want To Sell? If you are new to investing in income property, you may have made a choice in advance of the type of investment property that you wish to own. There are many good types of investment properties: apartments, office buildings, shopping centers, high rise parking garages in downtown...
How Will A New Hospital Affect Property Values?
How Will A New Hospital Affect Property Values? What happens to nearby property values when a new hospital is built? Usually the surrounding area feels a ripple effect. Land values increase. Developers are quick to provide new space for offices and stores. The biggest profits are realized by the investors who get...
Matching Tenants To Apartments
Matching Tenants To Apartments Property managers must always think about the type of tenant that is most likely to reside in that particular building. For example, when apartments in a project rent for lower monthly amounts per year, tenants will be concerned primarily with shelter. This means a safe, clean, efficient...
Creating An Apartment Marketing Package
Creating An Apartment Marketing Package When we are marketing your apartment property, we have a two-fold job facing us. First, we must persuade the prospective buyer to go out to see the property, then, second, get him to see it though your eyes, with its full potential fully realized. Creating the well-conceived...