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When One Door Closes, Look for a Better Door
Early last fall, a door slammed hard in the face of two of our clients. Jon Norton had helped the business partners identify an industrial property that fit …
Rooted and Nimble
Rooted relationships, nimble responses—a broker who has both can navigate all the roadblocks that might pop up and keep clients moving smoothly toward their …
When Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Sometimes owners have a strong attachment to their investment property. Maybe it’s been in the family a long time, or they’ve spent years carefully tending i…
Team Trust.
Trusted relationships. At the Thomas Duke Company, we strive for them—and not only with our clients. We’ve found that trust among our team members is equally…
It Pays to Stay Connected
Dave Tesch most often expects one successfully closed deal to lead to and open another—sometimes years later. In 2014, a client asked Dave to help her buy a…
“Timing is Everything”
For decades, the 15 acres on Mill Street in Plymouth housed the Bathey Company, a manufacturer of automotive parts. When Bathey closed its doors in the late …
Service Multiplied.
At the Thomas Duke Company, we’ve always put excellent service at the top of our company’s goals. During the 2019 holiday season, we found a new way to expre…
Know Your Market.
Frank knows a good deal when he sees one, and that was the case when the Bread Basket Deli building in Livonia hit the market. What seemed to many as an aver…
Maple Manor Apartments Sold in Walled Lake.
Yes, apartment sales are hot right now. But that doesn’t mean multi-family properties sell themselves. They need smart marketing to realize their full sale p…
Making Matches Others Can’t
In real estate as in love, well-made matches are grounded in good listening. A property owner in Fenton came to us with a simple question: My tenant wants to…
Helping the Aerospace Industry Take Off in Ann Arbor
Six hundred miles away in metro-Washington, DC, R2 Space, Inc. needed a Michigan broker to find the company a new corporate headquarters in Ann Arbor. The wo…
Listening Gets it Right
After 30 years on the same site in Wixom, Form Tech Concrete Forms was bursting at the seams. In their 10,000-square-foot facility, company growth was imposs…