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Surprisingly Smart
One apartment building. Three different investors. All three thought they’d made a smart investment, but each was surprised at how smart! When Dave Tesch sol…
The Breakroom: Offering Fresh Food Convenience To Our Tenants
During the first few months of 2020, we began conceptualizing a new cafe for our Liberty Center building in Troy. Because the previous operator we had wasn’…
Trusting Intuition
Other brokers said the asking price was too high. But intuition told the Thomas Duke Company’s Mark Szerlag and Eric Szerlag that the price at which they lis…
A New Record – Again!
After his recent record-breaking sale, Adam Reid thought surely the price-per-door for a multi-family property in his team’s region couldn’t go any higher. T…
Maybe Not So Crazy
Sell a distressed asset in the middle of a global pandemic. That sounds difficult, if not downright foolish, right? But Andrew Battersby and his client prove…
Third Time’s Not Always a Charm
When the owner of a multi-tenant building in Livonia asked Steve Valli to sell the property, Steve took a deep breath. Twice before he’d been asked to sell t…
Friendships Make Business Better
After more than 45 years in operation, the brothers who owned Fire Systems of Michigan sold the business. The new owner plans to move the business into a lar…
Firing On All Cylinders
In 2011, a long-time client called us with an assignment that would ask us to fire on all cylinders. We were asked to sell a retail development on 8-Mile in …
All in One
Recently a long time client called, wanting our help selling his 84,700 SF office portfolio in Southfield. Constructed in the 1960s, the four buildings each …
A Big Boost
After Andrew Battersby helped a client dispose of an 84,700 SF office park, that client came back. He wanted Andrew to help him purchase a larger asset than …
Every Day, A Choice
At the Thomas Duke Company clients often become the best kind of friends – those who open their lives to us and inspire us. Recently a client I hadn’t spoken…
Not as Simple As It Seems
To passersby, housing developments can seem to spring up quickly, efficiently. Those behind the scenes know that acquiring and developing the land for new ho…