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Has Your Company Found Itself with Extra Space?Do you remember the childhood nursery rhyme, “The Old Woman in the Shoe?” She had so many children, and so little space, she didn’t know what to do. But eventually, her kids left the nest and she was left with all kinds ... Read More
March 20, 2017Lynn Drake
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Easily Avoidable Mistakes that are too CommonWe love our tenants, but we see them make a great deal of unavoidable mistakes. The number one mistake we see tenants make? They don’t start the negotiations until it’s too late. We often find that tenants aren’t even aware that negotiation is a ... Read More
March 10, 2017Lynn Drake

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Are you Wondering the Same Thing About Empty Commercial Space?If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been asked this question, I’d be rich by now. Time after time, people ask me: why won’t the landlord reduce the rent of an empty building? It would stand to reason that ... Read More
February 28, 2017Lynn Drake

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Check out the Tremendous Savings that Compass Commercial was able to Facilitate for a ClientSales Organization Case Study: A sales organization had been in their building for 3 years and originally had 3,342 s.f. when they moved into the building in 2012. By 2014, they had out grown their space, so ... Read More
February 23, 2017Lynn Drake

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Sometimes, Break-ups are Hard, but NecessarySometimes a business owner will move into a building and it just doesn’t work out. It could be that the landlord acts like Scrooge from ‘The Christmas Carol’, pinching pennies and trying to charge the tenants for expenses that aren’t allowed under the lease. ... Read More
February 14, 2017Lynn Drake

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February 10, 2017Lynn Drake

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Detroit's Market Rates are Always Changing, Let us Help Navigate YouIn the last month or so we have been talking with tenants in the Central Business District of Detroit, who got sticker shock when their lease came up for renewal. In one case, free parking was eliminated in a ... Read More
February 6, 2017Lynn Drake

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January 31, 2017Lynn Drake

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Commercial Real Estate is like the Wild West - You Need Compass on Your SideDual agent sounds like something out of a science fiction book, doesn’t it? In the real estate world, it means an agent who represents both the buyer and the seller at once.  How is that possible, ... Read More
January 26, 2017Lynn Drake

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