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News, insights, and success stories from Southeast Michigan's commercial real estate market.
Off-Market Success in Troy
Some of the best real estate deals aren’t the ones you see coming. That was exactly the case with a recent off-market transaction in Troy. It wasn’t about li…
A Tailor-Made Investment: The Story Behind 1450 Souter Blvd, Troy
Every real estate deal has complexities, but sometimes its best opportunities are hidden in the unique and complex details. That was exactly the case with 14…
The 165 Park Story: Turning a Family Legacy into a New Opportunity
Every property has its own story, and nearly everyone combines challenges and opportunities. Case in point: The sale of 165 Park Street in Troy. What started…
Turning a Local Landmark into a New Opportunity: The Brose Electric Success Story
This one hit close to home. Literally. I live just a mile and a half from Brose Electric, and for my whole life I’ve known the building, the inventory, the B…
Tax Considerations for Generational Wealth Planning: What Property Owners Need to Know
Hi, I’m Mark Schafer with The Thomas Duke Company. Today, I want to talk about an important topic for property owners: generational wealth planning and the t…
Creative Solutions in a Tight Industrial Market
Hi, I’m Mark Schafer with The Thomas Duke Company, here to give you an update on the industrial real estate market in Southeastern Michigan. If you’ve been p…
Leasing Success: 8 Mile Crossfit
Several years ago, I helped a client and friend purchase a multi-tenant building in Livonia. After the transaction closed, he mentioned that if one of the bu…
Q1 2024 Power Broker Deals Winners
Mark Szerlag and Eric Szerlag win Costar’s Q1 2024 Power Broker Quarterly Deals Award! CoStar Group, Inc., the leading provider of commercial real estate inf…
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…