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FROM NAI GLOBAL PARTNERS According to expert panelists at the recent Nareit REITworld annual conference, 2024 could be a year of opportunity for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). They added a note of caution, however, that there are still headwinds affecting investor perspectives on REITs and capital markets in general. Market upsides Among the upsides […]

Closing on a commercial real estate property can be a slow and complex process, involving tons of paperwork, many conversations and follow-ups, and careful financial analysis. Depending on your financial lender and other partners in the sale, this process can take 2-3 months to complete. But, it can take even longer if you or the […]

One of the biggest factors in managing a successful CRE property is finding the right tenants. Good tenants can supply you with a reliable income from your investment property. Bad tenants can cause major financial and logistic headaches.  It’s about more than just filling a vacancy. Ideally, you want to look for tenants who are […]

Running a profitable and sustainable CRE property requires reliable, high-quality tenants. In order to draw in and retain these tenants, property owners need to identify opportunities for accessible add-on amenities that could boost curb appeal and increase tenant satisfaction. While you may not have to go as far as adding Silicon-valley style game rooms for […]

Michiganders know that weather conditions can change fast, especially during the ups and downs of a long Midwestern winter. If you have not already prepared your property for freezing temperatures, you could be putting yourself at risk for expensive wintertime damage. Let’s dive into the steps for winterizing your property and how to create a […]

In an attempt to give more ongoing foundational information to prospective buyers and tenants, we’re going to continue on with a series of posts defining core terms in commercial real estate. Our “CRE Terms You Need to Know,” officially kicks off here. There are a multitude of metrics that commercial real estate investors use to […]

As we all try to adjust to the ever-changing “new normal,” it seems that some pandemic-era office changes will stick around long after COVID has left headlines. Some of these slow moving culture shifts have been stirred up by the present labor shortage. Working in parallel, the “Great Resignation” has transformed many of these office […]

Thanks to growing vaccination rates and falling case counts nationwide, people are finally daring to dream about life in a post-COVID world. For many business owners, office managers and employees, that means making key decisions about what a transition back to the office looks like. Then COVID-19 pandemic challenged our assumptions about productivity, what we […]

In this unprecedented moment, it’s important that our clients and customers know that we approach the new normal way of doing business with a sense of calm and responsibility—you can count on us. Our sales professionals and property managers are available by phone, email and videoconference and we are able to show space, inspect properties […]

For NAI Mid-Michigan and TMN Commercial, their individual stories began decades ago serving the commercial real estate needs of the Greater Lansing Area. The companies merged in 2013 and rebranded as NAI Mid-Michigan/TMN Commercial. Today all operations are streamlined under NAI Mid-Michigan including the same comprehensive services and organizational structure that began years ago when […]