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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What does 2010 hold for Commercial Real Estate? The below video is an interview with the CEO of, a competitor, Newmarket Knight Frank. Hear Barry Gosin’s outlook on the commercial real estate industry as a whole. I’ll give my own “expert” prediction for Office Space in Atlanta next week.
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Sam Zell, chairperson of the board for Equity Group Investments, said in an interview that “Commercial Real Estate vacancies will fill at 30% lower rates.” Really? For office space landlords, I hope not… For my office tenant clients, wouldn’t that be nice? Personally, I don’t think that rental rates will drop by 30%. I...
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The commercial real estate firm that I work for, Colliers International, has recently issued its 3rd quarter Atlanta office market report, and the headline reads “Atlanta Office Vacancies Continue Piling up”.  Here are the highlights of the report: - 3rd Quarter wasn’t as bad as 2nd Quarter concerning negative absorption - Occupancy dropped another...
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