February 21st, 2012 | Category News

Insight from the West Florida Retailer Convention

Francis Rentz, CCIM, attended the West Florida ICSC conference and saw Kiernan “KC” Conway, the Executive Managing Director of Real Estate Analytics Valuation and Advisory Services speak.  KC had some intriguing insights about the current state of the economy and some predictions for the next 36 months.

• The best indicator of where the US [...]

March 29th, 2011 | Category Articles, News

Office space demand is paving way for higher lease rates in Tallahassee

Some 3 msf of Tallahassee office space is leased by the state of Florida.

The Tallahassee office market consists of approximately 6.8 msf of private sector office space (buildings 20,000sf or greater), 3 msf of which is leased by the state of Florida. The state owns and occupies an additional 5 msf [...]

February 16th, 2011 | Category Articles, News

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

I recently read an article by Ken Ashley that I thought was very ‘spot on’. I thought I would share…

Should I Stay or Should I Go? By Ken Ashley, CCIM (Via The Commercial Tenant Resource.)

No, we are not talking about your sweetheart on this Valentines day. Instead we are covering that [...]

January 24th, 2011 | Category News

Landlord Strategies for Handling Rent Relief Requests

The ongoing recession has had a profound impact on commercial real estate throughout the United States: More and more landlords and tenants are struggling to survive. As a result, most property managers have noticed a significant uptick in the number of tenant negotiations they are working on at the properties they manage. While [...]

December 31st, 2010 | Category News

Tax Law Changes may help Commercial Real Estate

On Dec. 17, President Obama signed an $859 billion tax cut and stimulus package that should strengthen commercial real estate and spur economic recovery. The legislation includes two tax extensions that will significantly influence the commercial real estate sector: the continuation of the 15 percent tax rate on capital gains through 2012, [...]