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Low interest rates heighten appeal of buying a building for your business

POSTED: Monday, July 12, 2010 at 05:00 PM PT
BY: IBR Contributor
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Danny Lawson
Dolan Newswire
With interest rates down to a level not seen in years, businesses interested in financing or refinancing an owner-occupied facility may be able to save thousands of dollars a year on their largest fixed cost.
Owner-occupied professional offices, medical buildings, and retail/industrial warehouses are typical examples of properties that will benefit the most [...]

A10 Capital opens Midwest office

POSTED: Monday, July 12, 2010 at 04:51 PM PT
BY: IBR Staff
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A10 Capital, a Boise-based commercial real estate financing firm, has opened a new Midwest division in Chicago.
Greg Cazel has been named an executive vice president and will oversee the Chicago office.
According to REJournal.com, the firm announced a $100 million capital fund in March that will be used to target financing opportunities that would otherwise struggle [...]

Dealing with ‘downtime’ in the commercial real estate market

POSTED: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 07:01 AM PT
BY: IBR Contributor
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I could spend the next few hundred words discussing the current economy, but that horse is dead, and has been beaten beyond recognition. Since the economy is not within our control, let’s discuss what can actually be done today to help preserve value and property viability, like tenant retention.
In terms of cash flow, tenant retention [...]

Tomlinson real estate group recognized

POSTED: Monday, June 28, 2010 at 03:23 PM PT
BY: IBR Staff
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Tomlinson Real Estate Group has just been recognized as being among the top 40 largest real estate brokerages in the country by two separate publications. The 2010 REAL Trends 500 annual report, recognized Tomlinson Real Estate Group in three categories. The company was ranked #35 for closed sales transactions; #42 for closed sales volume, and [...]

An overlooked art to due diligence in commercial real estate

POSTED: Friday, May 21, 2010 at 03:34 PM PT
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Owen Rouse Jr.
Title and survey? Check.
Environmental report? Check. Reconciled operating statements, 12 months trailing? Check. Rent roll, certified by the seller? Check.
All of these items and many others are part of necessary due diligence associated with buying a property. Much of the drill is scripted and overseen by the legal talent on either side [...]

Boise-area tenant market not expected to improve soon (access required)

POSTED: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 09:53 AM PT
BY: Dani Grigg
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Business is not expected to improve for Boise-area landlords in the coming year, according to a new First Quarter Outlook report from Boise-based commercial real estate firm Colliers Idaho.
The most commercial real estate agents are hoping for in 2010 is some stabilization in lease and vacancy rates.
Office
In the office market, vacancy settled down for the [...]

Commentary: F is for financing – among other things

POSTED: Monday, April 19, 2010 at 03:26 PM PT
BY: IBR Contributor
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Commercial real estate pros are no strangers to “the F word” these days.
For developers and investors, “the F word” is “financing.” (What? Were you thinking of a different word?)
Financing is the magic word for just about everyone in the business: developers hoping to build again, investors looking to buy property, or owners who [...]

Developers Diversified to use offering to pay debt

POSTED: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 12:07 PM PT
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Developers Diversified Realty Corp., a real estate investment trust, said it plans to use about $300 million from a public offering of senior notes to repay debt.
The shopping center owner said in a release the underwritten public offering of 7.5 percent senior unsecured notes due April 2017 is set to close on April 19.
The company [...]

Shadow vacancy lurks behind the numbers (access required)

POSTED: Monday, April 12, 2010 at 08:41 AM PT
BY: Dani Grigg
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Office vacancy statistics have not been telling the happiest story in the last few years.
Since 2007, the percentage of empty office space in the Boise area has climbed from about 10.5 percent to about 15.5 percent (according to statistics from Thornton Oliver Keller), driving rents down and putting some building owners in tough [...]

Idaho construction jobs hold steady in February

POSTED: Monday, April 5, 2010 at 04:31 PM PT
BY: IBR Staff
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The bad news is that the construction industry didn’t add any jobs in Idaho in February, but the good news is that it didn’t lose any, either.
Idaho is one of 15 states that didn’t lose construction jobs between January and February 2010, according to numbers from the Associated General Contractors of America. New [...]

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