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News, insights, and success stories from Southeast Michigan's commercial real estate market.
From Sad to Satisfying: Turning the Story Around
It was a sad story that was getting sadder. The owner of a 30,000-square-foot office building in Brighton died suddenly. His family members, thrust into unex…
If It’s Not Effective, It’s Not Marketing
Cold calls, emails, direct mail, social media messages—marketing is central to commercial real estate success, and never have there been more marketing platf…
The Commercial Real Estate Transaction: A Play in Three Acts
Interesting characters, conflict, surprises both happy and discouraging, unexpected endings—commercial real estate transactions have all the elements that ma…
Choose an Expert to Get the Job Done
To the owner, it seemed a straightforward assignment: Find a local Realtor to sell a 12,300-square-foot, vacant retail building with excellent visibility and…
Old Industrial Window
The evolution of industry happening all over the Detroit area has opened up new uses for old industrial properties. But it’s a window that may soon close. Ol…
Who Do You Trust?
Imagine you’re an investment property owner who hasn’t sold a property in 40 years. You know the time has come to sell. How do you choose a Realtor? Whom can…
Church and State
Eric Szerlag and Bill McLeod of the Thomas Duke Company go the extra mile whether or not a transaction demands it. Because that’s who they are, that’s what t…
Timing is Everything – and It Takes Planning
“Buy low, sell high.” Of course. It sounds simple. But market prices rise and fall over time, and a business ready to change locations usually needs to act i…
Not Your Average Commercial Real Estate Firm
When our client brought a 21,575 square-foot medical office building in Clinton Township to us for property management services, he was clear that he wasn’t …
Assisting Transitions in Farmington
After 40 successful years on Orchard Lake Road, the family owners of Dan’s Subs were ready for a new chapter. They wanted to sell the building—but without th…
A True Story of Value Add and its Rewards Part 3: The Deal.
Once we had created tremendous new value and interest in a once-obsolete building, it was time to close the big deal for our client. With his insider knowled…
Service From A to S
Sound, successful real estate service requires a whole alphabet of expertise. Start with Acquisition expertise. Thanks to the Thomas Duke Company’s many rela…