Commercial

We all know that the single tenant, triple net, national credit, retail supply has been tight all year with cap rates falling to the 5 to 6% range.  I expect to see the supply side loosen up a [...]

Reis Reports announced that the 126,022 unit Columbus / Central Ohio multifamily market vacancy rate had fallen to 6.1 percent by the end of the second quarter 2012, which is the latest quarter [...]

Single tenant, net leased retail has continued to gain strength as an asset class.  With an economy barely growing, one could wonder why is triple net and absolute net retail as strong as it is?  [...]

Retail Traffic Magazine projects that Boston, Houston and Los Angeles will experience rent increases for class A retail space during 2013. In the United States, it’s projected that Boston, which [...]

Buyer need – Corporate leased triple net c-store such as 7-11, Circle K, Walgreens or CVS with 8 years or more unexpired absolute net lease for 1031 SoCal buyer. Gas or without gas is fine [...]

Commercial real estate prices posted major gains in July across all segments to further support the widely held view that we are at the beginning of a broad based recovery. The two broadest [...]

The recovery is spreading west, which had been a deeply affect region of the country by the residential housing collapsed combined with the deep recession. There has been a few technology and/or [...]

The National Association of Realtors sums it up pretty well in the attached August 2012 Commercial Real Estate Outlook when they opine that the economy has gone on vacation.  That’s pretty [...]

The multifamily segment of commercial real estate continues to strengthen in spite of new supply coming on line according to Randyl Drummer of CoStart news.  Demand still far outstrips demand. [...]

I’m not saying that we’re quite back to pre crash levels of pricing but we’re getting there.  Given the general malaise in the American economy with job growth, GDP growth and most other [...]

Randyl Drummer from CoStar News reported that after months of negotiations the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) agreed on [...]

As prices get stupid for the product of choice –  the triple net or absolute net, S&P BBB or better, single tenant retail, it starts pulling up secondary  and tertiary markets and [...]

I did a short post on the Dublin, Ohio, Bridge Street development a couple of weeks ago.  I’ve since located much more detail regarding the long term development, which is at the link thanks to [...]

I’m going to do a real quick, hopefully brief ‘Cliff Notes’ summary of these two important documents.  This of course applies to not only retail, but any commercial transaction where there is a [...]

7I’ve been writing about this topic for most of the last 18 months.   There is very little supply out there of the triple net or absolute net, single tenant, national credit retail opportunities, [...]

I attended a seminar last week sponsored by the Columbus Board of Realtors with one of our largest regional banks, and I want to disseminate some of what I heard.  Banks once again have [...]

Today, I’m going to take a look at the preferred type of product for most of my buyers, and frankly for most buyers on the market these days, and that is triple net or absolute net, single [...]

Columbus Board of Realtors reported April home sales numbers today and its looking good.  Unsold inventory is down and has been falling for the past 18 months, units sold are up and prices are up [...]

Before I discuss some of the common pitfalls to be aware of by a potential buyer when evaluating a property for purchase, I’ll review the clauses that at least should be included in a commercial [...]

This is part four in my series on 1031 exchanges.  Keep in mind that I’m using the current capital gains rate of 15%.  Depending what happens on November 6th, these number may change … [...]