Following on the theme of my last blog, I wanted to expound on the idea that time is the most important thing a tenant broker has control over.  I mentioned that only chasing clients with either set lease expirations or who are running out of space is a great way to ensure you don’t...
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For those of you running around with Alpharetta deals right now, this is going to be good news for you. The two buildings at Parkway 400 are back on the leasing market. To clarify, those buildings are right across the street from what will be the new Avalon development.
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In the past 6 months, some great signs have happened for the office market in the Central Perimeter submarket of Atlanta.
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These days it seems that you can hardly go to a commercial real estate seminar, continuing education class, or even have lunch with someone without the topic of social media coming up.  It can be a little much sometimes.  Every day more and more brokers are finishing their LinkedIn profiles, joining twitter (usually just...
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I’ve been asked this question by enough clients, that it is time to put it out on the internet.  So, here is a rough breakdown on the cost per cube to move from one office suite to another. $125.00 per cube to break down $50.00 per cube to move $250.00 per cube to set back...
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I will never forget one of the best pieces of advice I received from an industry veteran I sat down with while going through the job interview process just more than 2 years ago.  He told me (I’m paraphrasing here), “Don’t get into the industry if you think you are going to fail or...
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When I started in commercial real estate, I spent the majority of my time trying to convince business owners and decision makers to hire our firm to represent them in their search for office space.  Unfortunately for me and other individuals getting started in the business, the reality quickly sets in that about 95%...
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An interesting questions came up over coffee with a friendly competitor of mine a couple of days ago.  What’s a Tenant’s Obligation to a Landlord that has given a Tenant some sort of rent relieve over the past couple of years to help their business survive during the downturn?  Hmmmmm…..  The right answer, in my...
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It may be premature, but I believe that I may be part of a new trend for commercial real estate here in Atlanta.  What’s the trend you might ask.  Well, recently I left a large commercial real estate firm here in Atlanta to be part owner of a smaller firm.  Or put into different...
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Good question and one that I’ve been asking myself as well for the last several months.  So much so, that I even went through an exercise that can be found in the book, The Blue Ocean Strategy. So, what did I discover?  I discovered that if you look at who commercial real estate firms...
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