Commercial Real Estate Insights

Lemon Avenue project to begin next week

The city is undertaking a seven-month effort to redesign a downtown street and park. Construction on a Lemon Avenue streetscape project is set to begin Monday, a process expected to continue through December as the city invests $3.5 million into redesigning the...

EPOCH, a New Condo Building, Breaks Ground in Downtown Sarasota

Seaward Development broke ground on EPOCH, a boutique condominium community of 23 residences located between South Palm and Gulfstream avenues in downtown Sarasota. Seaward Development principals Patrick DiPinto and David Hargreaves held an official groundbreaking...

Opportunity Zones VS 1031 Exchanges

The new program offers another route to postpone or eliminate taxable gains. While the tax benefits of Section 1031 exchanges in commercial real estate are well-known to most real estate professionals, the new qualified opportunity zone program now offers another...

6 Commercial Lease Clauses to Avoid

When you enter into a commercial lease negotiation, you do so in good faith and want to believe that the landlord is presenting you with a fair agreement. Unfortunately, there is always a chance that the landlord has included clauses that weigh heavily in their favor...

What to Know About The Lease Extension Clause

When you're signing a commercial lease, the extension clause may not seem as important as some other details like the rent and CAM, but it's a mistake not to carefully read the extension clause. Because tenants tend to receive the most benefits from this portion of...

Steady Course; Office investors work to place ‘dry powder.’

The good times have been rolling along in the office investment sales market. An ample supply of equity and debt has fueled a steady level of sales activity over the past year, and many expect that momentum to continue in the first half of 2019. “Even though we might...