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News, insights, and success stories from Southeast Michigan's commercial real estate market.
Satisfaction — More than a Transaction
The sale of 7120 Haggerty Road in Canton is so much more than another successful transaction in the books. It’s the deep satisfaction of helping a client mak…
The Engine is Integrity
“Integrity” might be the best word to describe the sale of 218 Main Street in Plymouth. Integrity of two kinds. First, with the sale we helped preserve the h…
Overcoming Obstacles
The South Fountain View Office Center on Inkster Road in Southfield sold on March 14th, 2024, for $7,455,000.00, which translates to a 7.9% cap rate and appr…
The Art of Relationship-Driven Real Estate
In 2003, I called a potential client and asked him to meet me at a 5-unit strip center in Farmington Hills. For years I’d been proposing property purchases t…
In a Challenging Market, Creativity is King
In a market of rising interest rates and the uncertainty that it brings, the Thomas Duke Company’s Jordan Schafer and Dave Tesch successfully brokered the sa…
Continued Success in the Restaurant Market
Andrew Goble and Eric Szerlag of the Thomas Duke Company are pleased to announce the successful sale of a prominent property located at 32704 Grand River in …
Trading Stress for the Best
A longtime insurance business in the South Lyon community was ready for a move to Brighton. The business had grown enough that purchasing a building, rather …
Best Year Yet
Really. Despite swings in the stock market, rising interest rates, inflation, supply-chain bottlenecks, and the lingering effects of the pandemic, the Wester…
A Shifting Market – Dearborn Market Update
It has been a robust year for commercial property sales in the Dearborn/Dearborn Heights area. In the past 6 months, 54 buildings have sold with an average …
Your Best-Case Scenario
When the owner of Summit Auto Sales in Pontiac was ready to retire, he knew he owned a valuable piece of real estate. He didn’t realize just how valuable unt…
Persistence Pays Off
The Thomas Duke Company is pleased to announce the sale of the Novi Office Centre in Novi, Michigan. The property is irreplaceably located, on Novi Rd, just …
Strip Mall Success in an Age of E-Commerce
Stroll through the K&S Mall in Royal Oak and you’ll find customers ordering lunch at Penn’s Thai Kitchen and browsing the local businesses. Today it’s a humm…