One of the rewarding side benefits of being in the commercial real estate business is seeing your clients become success stories and their property become improved for the betterment of the community. Just such an example is the dramatic transformation of an out-of-favor building into the West Indies Home Collection on the North Trail. Calling…
Every year the leading national commercial real estate data research firm CoStar culls through its vast data and selects the top commercial real estate deal makers and awards them with their coveted “Power Broker” designation. They again selected Dougall McCorkle, along with a very select few other professionals, as being the Southwest Florida’s best for…
The office market, particularly the higher quality Class A office market, in Southwest Florida finally started to come alive in 2013 with a net absorption of 142,595 square feet in Southwest Florida. Collier County was the outright leader of the tri-county area, taking a commanding 85% of that total. The lesser quality Class B and…
In this installment of Unique Commercial, we showcase projects that ended up being abandoned due to poor conception. New South China Mall – Dongguan, China Ryugyong Hotel – Pyongyang, North Korea Wonderland – Chenzhuang, China Sitges Terramar – Catalonia, Spain Ciudad Real International Airport – Ciudad Real, Spain Sanzhi Pod…
When marketing a property, real estate agents will often use shorthand phrases to indicate the general characteristics of their properties. When discussing retail properties, for instance, the phrase “power center” might pop up; even though there can be a large degree of variation within the power center category, you will at least get a general…
As we leave a strong commercial real estate climate of 2013 behind us, 2014 should be even stronger so long as we remain free of any major geo-events that may throw us off the course of continued prosperity. We were fortunate that 2013 was relatively devoid of any derailments, although the ineptness of Washington in…
Most of us spend 40 hours a week in an office environment and some us are lucky to have the essential amenities. In part two of our new series we compiled some of the most unique office spaces with the coolest office features. Hoonigan Racing Division – Utah, United States http://goodwilldenver.org/chelsea-loans Oakley – California, United States YouTube –…