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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We finally come to the end of the wish list, and these last two wishes are long overdue for Atlanta.  They both have to do with road repairs, and if you are from Atlanta, I know you feel my pain. SPEED UP the process to get the northbound exit ramp to I-85 from GA...
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As we venture towards the start of the the New Year (2013), I thought it would be fun to share with you my top 10 wishes for 2013. These wishes are focused on Atlanta primarily, but some reach further than that. So you know the structure, I will be sending out...
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Over the past year, I have spent about 40% of my time helping Patrick Braswell and Scotland Wright on a software company called Ten Eight For those of you who don’t know, it is a company that is focused on eliminating the paper tour book and revolutionizing the way companies evaluate commercial space. A few...
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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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According to Costar.com, First Option Mortgage has expanded its office space at Galleria 400, and signed a lease for 24,875 RSF.  First Option Mortgage has leased space within Galleria 400 for 5 years now, and signed the sublease agreement to meet its expansion needs.  This is good news for Atlanta’s Northwest office market that has seen 90,000...
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One of the biggest questions on the minds of every landlord and tenant is, when will the Office Market turnaround?  For the landlords, the bigger questions is “when can I start to increase rental rates and not give as many concessions as I am right now”?  For the tenants, the question is “how long can...
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