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As we start into the new year with tax laws intact from last year including 1031s as we knew them, thank you Joe Manchin, I don’t see any slowing from last quarter.  We need a little slowing to [...]

Thanks to our friends at Peak 1031 Exchange for publishing a short white paper regarding multiple property exchanges such as exchanging several self-managed SFRs into absolute net, single tenant [...]

It’s a bit shocking that out of 227 cities in the ranking that Columbus ranks number 5. Columbus has even ranked ahead of powerhouse American cities such as Austin, Charlotte, and San Diego. The [...]

Investors looking for triple net or absolute net retail investment properties interested in a commercial loan know that the national credit retailers’ credit ratings with S&P and [...]

This will be a short post but wanted to draw attention to Columbus Underground’s Walker Evans with his monthly update of development news for Downtown Columbus, Old Town East, King Lincoln, Short [...]

The Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, Ohio has chosen a winner in the year-old dispute between Tony and Alex Sekulovski’s Blue Horseshoe Ventures’ project named Arcadia and David [...]

An undeveloped block within the Grandview Yard has three new buildings that are currently under construction. The 125-acre project consists of one three-story commercial office building and two [...]

Retail industry publication, Chain Store Age, has selected Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio as the number one retail experience in the United States. This is no surprise to most of us [...]

Convenience Stores – Potential 100 Percent First Year Bonus Depreciation.  Generally single tenant, absolute net. As always, please consult with your tax professional before making any [...]

Santa Monica attracts more multifamily commercial Real Estate to areas north of the Expo Line. Two brand new Santa Monica apartment complexes are slated to be built north of the Expo Line. One [...]

As usual in Columbus, the previously proposed height of 35 stories for the North Market Tower gets clipped to 26+/-, but the floor plates are larger per the latest revisions a few days ago. This [...]

While Columbus, Ohio is certainly a more affordable housing market than some I can think of in the country, it is quickly becoming less so.   To combat the growing problem Columbus Officials [...]

Local news sources reported this morning that the owners of the Columbus Crew have reached a preliminary deal with Franklin County and City of Columbus. Plans are to construct a new stadium [...]

It’s true that Los Angeles is going development crazy, but one particularly hot spot is the commercial development along the Expo Line from Santa Monica through Culver City to Downtown.   Rents [...]

Local Columbus fast casual restauranteur, Sweet Carrot, closed their two newest locations, Dublin and Polaris. I haven’t personally been in the Dublin location, but have Polaris after the [...]

Easton signed another net lease anchor tenant for its 16-acre expansion.  Arhaus Furniture https://www.arhaus.com/, with stores currently at Tuttle and Polaris, has signed a triple net lease for [...]

A local Santa Monica, California hotel developer was fined $15.5 million for what considered a ‘bait and switch’ by a local judge for tearing down two of the very few low cost hotels in Santa [...]

The City of Long beach has preliminarily passed a city ordinance requiring landlords to make a payments of up to $4,500, to help tenants with moving expenses if their rents are increased more [...]

Although, I’m a Columbus commercial real estate agent, Realtor, I’m still very interested in residential activity in our market as I live here too.  The Columbus market continues to be very hot [...]

I saw this piece a couple of days ago in Curbed LA and had to make a few comments.   First, this is just fantastic to see LA’s skyline, which admittedly is not the most exciting in the world [...]