June 11th, 2010 | News

As Apartment Cap Rates Fall, Market Heats Up

Source: Multifamily Executive

Multifamily Executive reports: The multifamily acquisition market has been building momentum in the second quarter, with cap rates declining on a national level and the gap between buyers and sellers narrowing. Frenzied bidding has some long-term holders debating their strategy.

Typical sellers in the past two years seemed [...]

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June 2nd, 2010 | News

New Distress Climbs as CMBS Restructurings Shift

New Distress Climbs as CMBS Restructurings Shift – Borrowers are moving current assets into special [...]

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May 17th, 2010 | News

Leon County Courts Annex Renovation

Location: Thomasville Road at Collins Drive Tallahassee, FL

Status: Under Construction

Owner: Leon County Board of County Commissioners

Description:  The 14,000 square foot renovation and addition of a 2 story masonry structure on Thomasville Road

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April 5th, 2010 | News

Tallahassee: Florida's 3rd Lowest Unemployment 8.6%

Being active in the commercial real estate brokerage arena in Northwest Florida, I was thrilled to read the statistics that Tallahassee has the third lowest unemployment rate in Florida.  Click here to read the full story on UrbanTallahassee.com.

Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2010 is 12.2 percent. This represents 1,126,000 jobless out of a [...]

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March 22nd, 2010 | Articles, News

10 Tips for Investing in Commercial Real Estate

Kirk Halpin reiterates the “fundamentals” for investing successfully in commercial real estate. There is nothing new here – just a summary of basic principals that “matter” (or mistakes to avoid), no matter the economic climate. Unfortunately, many and even most, were overlooked during the recent run-up in prices and frenzy buying.  [...]

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February 25th, 2010 | Articles, News

Student Housing Market is a Safe Haven

Being active in the brokerage of student housing in Tallahassee, FL as well around the SE part of the country, I was fascinated by an article written by Jessica Ruderman,  a senior analyst with Real Capital Analytics that appeared in Student Housing Business this past month. Jessica categorically stated, “student [...]

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February 18th, 2010 | Articles

Understanding the Acquisitions Process

One of the most important parts of the commercial real estate life-cycle is the acquisition phase. I believe most reasonable people would admit that the best way to have a successful outcome to any real estate venture is to get off on the right foot to begin with. While it’s certainly possible to “rescue” a [...]

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February 1st, 2010 | Articles, News

North Florida Region’s Retail Commercial Real Estate Doing Just Fine in Difficult Economy

Francis Rentz, CCIM, Managing Co-Director and Senior Advisor of Sperry Van Ness | Southland Commercial, was a featured guest speaker at the recent ICSC North Florida Idea Exchange that was held at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Jacksonville, Florida.  Rentz is an expert in the region and shared his insight and [...]

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January 18th, 2010 | Articles

For Investors looking to profit—the key is Timing, Timing, Timing

If you have, bought, sold, traded or even remotely been around real estate, you know the phrase “Location, Location, Location”. While this old adage couldn’t be more true when it comes to identifying great real estate, I am often asked the question “how do I identify opportunities in this marketplace?”.

For investors looking [...]

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January 5th, 2010 | Articles

Leveraging Process to Your Advantage

Process—even the word itself has come to hold a negative connotation for many. With the plethora of conflicting information that has been written about process management and process engineering, combined with the nightmares we have all experienced as a result of bad process, many executives fear the pain associated with flawed process more than they [...]

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