This month’s newsletter has just been released! Check out the latest tips for tenants and users of commercial real estate space.
In this issue
- Condominiums For Business Owners
- Consider Who Might Be The Buyer When You Want To Sell
- The Appropriate Management Plan
- Space Sharing Executive Suites
- Quick Profits When A New Hospital Is Built
- Are These Items In Your Leases
Like apartment dwellers who are finding that it is less expensive to buy than to rent, business and professional firms are moving toward buying offices rather than leasing. While buying or constructing an entire building is an option for major corporations or for smaller firms outside metropolitan areas, owning commercial space generally means being part of a
condominium structure…..(more)
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 areas, warehouses, resort rentals and many others. Each of these takes a different type of management……..(more)
Real estate investments can be set up to generate one or more types of returns: Cash flow to owners (yield or return on investment). Appreciation of owner’s capital (capital appreciation).
Shelter of cash flow and/or other income from taxation (tax benefits). Preservation of capital (safety). Once the owner specifies the type(s) of return desired, the mix of returns, and expected timing, the property manager can develop an appropriate management plan……(more)
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 for leased office space. Managers are more willing to grant favorable lease terms to operators of
shared space. The operator sometimes receives a monthly management fee for operating the shared space plus a portion of rent revenues over a certain amount…..(more)
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 involved early (during the planning stages) before or while the hospital is built. In one location in the Southeast, as a new hospital went up, the area around it began to pop its economic seams. Among the new activities that created an abnormal demand on land located near the hospital were: ……(more)
The following is a useful list of items that should be clarified between the parties in the lease of a commercial building……(more)
