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Trendspotting: 4 Must-Watch Trends in Commercial Real Estate

Do you think you know what’s coming around the corner in Commercial Real Estate? The Urban Land Institute or ULI just released its Emerging Trends Report for 2017. These are the biggest trends to hit the real estate market and promise to impact the way agents do business in the next twelve months. Some of these trends have been forming for a while and will become more pronounced in the years to come, while others are relatively new to the real estate space. Regardless of your role in the real estate…

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Selecting the Best Office Location for Your Business

A lot of our clients wonder what the most important items are in terms of searching for office space; is it location, price, workers needs or a combination of all three? We asked our Office Brokerage Group to give us some tips! No matter what city you are in, the location of your company is vital to your business from a variety of standpoints.  For starters, it’s the first impression you can give off without anyone knowing what you actually do.  More than ever, location greatly influences the ability for…

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NNN, Gross, Full Service – What Does it All Mean??

Not sure of the difference between all the lease types out there? To answer some questions, we taped into a 29-year veteran of leasing industrial properties, Curt Berlin, SIOR to help sort out the confusion! “I have been leasing industrial buildings for almost 29 years, and some things never go away. The confusion of who is responsible for paying operating expenses in leased space is one of these ‘things.’ This issue is addressed in the lease which sets forth the tenant/landlord responsibilities. The number and types of leases out there almost…

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Jim Merkle Receives Max Holzer Lifetime Achievement Award from CCIIR

COLUMBUS, OH – 2/9/2017 – Jim Merkle received the Max Holzer Lifetime Achievement Award from the Columbus Commercial Industrial Investment Realtors (CCIIR) group during their February meeting. This is the fifth time the award has been handed out since its inception in 1974. The organization was formed to help distinguish commercial agents from residential agents. The award is given out to honor distinguished members of the industry. “There is no one who has been more vital to the commercial real estate industry than Jim Merkle,” current CCIIR President Matt Osowski,…

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Columbus Realtors Commits $300,000 to South Side

The Columbus Realtors Foundation recently announced a $300,000 gift to fund the South Side Renaissance, a South Side housing development owned by Community Development for all People. With this donation, the area will expand the affordable housing developments over the next three years through acquisition and renovation of 45 vacant and blighted homes. Doing so will create a model and base for long-term homeownership and lift up the area as a whole. Additionally, a number of the homes included will be used to house expectant mothers and families with infants…

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