A key question on many deals is whether buyers are adequately factoring into their prices the risks of losing tenants and the chances of
leasing vacant space amid the slow recovery of demand for office space.
In the commercial real estate industry, Motionloft's technology has been able to gather data to help
lease vacant spaces quicker and at a higher dollar amount.
Not exact matches
Each time, he took much more care before signing a
lease: «If I find a
vacant space I like, I spend a couple of days in the neighborhood, talking to proprietors of nearby businesses.
After shrinking the size of some of its stores, Kohl's plans to
lease out the newly
vacant space in its «right - sized» locations,...
The first floor
space, which was considered as a general store, is still
vacant, but he's so confident it will be filled, he's holding off
leasing it as offices so that a new store will come to attract residents again to the town center.
The South Buffalo Democrat says while the former courthouse is
vacant, the GSA is wasting money locally
leasing space in private buildings for U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the U.S. Trustees, the Federal Defender and U.S. Tax Court.
Market
vacant space to prospective tenants through the use of a
leasing agent or by advertising or other means
Key Highlights: • Instrumental as an apartment and commercial
leasing agent duties included, posting ads, showing
vacant and occupied apartments and commercial
spaces for rent, approval and signing paperwork.
His latest health club leasee is No Body Denied, which filled 21,500 square feet of
space left
vacant by Office Depot in the 75,000 - square - foot Echo Plaza in South Plainfield, N.J.. Most fitness centers require an expensive buildout, so a 10 - year
lease is needed, Harding says.
«Landlords are really concerned about tenant stability and the time it might potentially take to
lease up
vacant space in their assets,» says David Bowden, Canadian president at Colliers International.
Mark Trepp of Cushman & Wakefield says, «I think this kind of contemporary approach to marketing a commercial
space will help properties
lease faster, which will mean less
vacant space, and ultimately, more consistent revenue.
«All of those factors will be part of how you underwrite the deal and then you look at your 10 - year growth hold and combine it with the risk, and given the pressure on the economy, your likelihood of
leasing up
vacant space needs to be more conservative in your underwriting than it was in the past three years,» says Daniel Taub, COO and senior vice president of acquisitions with DLC Management Corp., a Tarrytown, N.Y. - based owner and manager of shopping centers.
«But some property values haven't rebounded to pre-recessionary levels because they have
vacant space or they're
leasing at lower rates.»
This can devalue the rest of the building's available
space, such as
leasing half of a floor with a better view, or leaving small
spaces vacant.
«A portion of the loan proceeds will be used to fund the costs associated with the
lease up of the remaining
vacant space at the center which should be accelerated with the addition of 99 cents Only Store, which has signed a
lease to occupy half of the former Albertson's
space,» according to Karlin Real Estate Managing Director Larry Grantham.
If the market is soft, which means that there is lots of
vacant space compared to the
space demanded, then rents will be lower and the time needed to
lease the
vacant units will be longer.
Warehouse acquisition: In a two - step transaction, First Industrial Realty Trust acquired a
vacant, 407,000 - square - foot warehouse in Bedford Park, and signed a 10 - year
lease for 65 percent of the
space with Olympic Oil Ltd., said A. Scott McGregor, senior investment officer with the real estate investment trust.
Another broker called him with 8,000 square feet of
vacant space for
lease.
Excess
Space, with offices in Lake Success, N.Y., and Huntington Beach, Calif., specializes in selling or leasing underused, excess and vacant retail space and has worked with everyone from Fred Meyer and Winn - Dixie to Staples and Bor
Space, with offices in Lake Success, N.Y., and Huntington Beach, Calif., specializes in selling or
leasing underused, excess and
vacant retail
space and has worked with everyone from Fred Meyer and Winn - Dixie to Staples and Bor
space and has worked with everyone from Fred Meyer and Winn - Dixie to Staples and Borders.
«Since 1995,» says Berkes, «We have dealt with 1.4 million square feet of
space left
vacant by bankrupt retailers and we have
leased 95 percent of that
space at cash - rent - increases of 27 percent.
The only thing the landlords may know, for example, is they have
vacant space and they expect to get a certain amount per square foot when
leasing.
Local politicians who decry the tax dollars spent on the project recently claimed that its
vacant space is not being
leased to retailers, as promised, but is earmarked for government offices.
He would like to get the
vacant space market ready but to do the tenant improvements and pay a
leasing commission will cost him more money than he has in his savings.
The
space remains
vacant because he tries to do the
leasing himself to avoid paying a
leasing commission.
Phillips Edison plans to enhance the center's value through addressing deferred maintenance,
leasing currently
vacant space, and re-merchandising the tenant mix.
The property's two tenants hold long - term
leases, while an additional 8,000 sq. ft. of the
space remains
vacant.
That had seemingly led the retailer to sign
leases wherever
vacant space was readily available, rather than picking sites that matched its target demographics and waiting until desirable
spaces opened up, Montgomery notes.
A variety of real estate fields employ
leasing consultants, or salespeople, to promote properties and rent
vacant space, such as office buildings, warehouses, apartments and houses.
While Target lawyers have said the property sale process sparked «robust» interest, industry insiders say a generally tepid response from retailers for Target
leases, along with other chains» store closings, underscore the struggle among many landlords to fill
vacant mall
space.