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News, insights, and success stories from Southeast Michigan's commercial real estate market.
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…
Now Hiring: Administrative Assistant/Marketing Coordinator
Job Description: Commercial Real Estate firm seeks an energetic individual to join a high-volume sales team as a sales support team member. This position is …
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 …
Resources Beyond Real Estate
Here’s what we know: Battered by COVID-19, the economy has now begun to recover. But, as industry authorities and trade publications agree, the recovery will…
How About Some Good News?
When will there be a vaccine for COVID-19? How quickly will the unemployment rate drop? What will rent collections look like? Three critical questions the pa…
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 …