How Do You Get More Commercial Real Estate Property Management Listings?

Commercial property management listings are something that many agencies will look for.  The fact of the matter is that a property management client or appointment will provide significant opportunities in leasing and sales for the agency at some stage in the future.  In the meantime, a commercial property management appointment will provide reasonable fees to…

Highly Organised Retail Shopping Centre Marketing Builds the Tenant Mix
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Highly Organised Retail Shopping Centre Marketing Builds the Tenant Mix

The marketing of a retail shopping centre is critical to helping the overall property performance, and encourage the tenant mix to thrive in sales and customers.  Even in these tougher retail times, a small strip shopping centre should have a marketing plan, albeit simple and basic.  The larger the retail property the more complex the…

Retail Leasing Strategies for Real Estate Agents
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Retail Leasing Strategies for Real Estate Agents

Retail tenants are very different regarding leasing needs and property choices.   They are more demanding and selective compared to office or industrial tenants.  For this reason, we should and do have leasing specialists that relate to retail properties and understand the retail business. Stand-alone retail properties are quite easy to assess and compare to other…

Commercial Property Management Tips to Strengthen Your Agency
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Commercial Property Management Tips to Strengthen Your Agency

In a commercial property market like ours today, property ownership and control become challenging. For this reason, your commercial and retail property managers become a key point of difference in your business.  With the right marketing effort, your property managers can be a business opportunity for you and the brokerage team overall. All too often…

Presenting and Pitching for a Commercial Property Management Appointment
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Presenting and Pitching for a Commercial Property Management Appointment

Commercial property management is a special field in the property industry. The same, if not more, can be said about retail property. The property managers who work on these property types should be well-chosen for their skills and/or training for the needed skills.  Commercial Property Industry Averages? Far too many agencies employ people in property…

How to Do a Commercial Property Income and Expediture Budget for Landlords

How to Do a Commercial Property Income and Expediture Budget for Landlords

If you manage or lease commercial or retail property, the compilation of a budget for the property every 12 months will be a standard and essential process and part of your property management duties.  The budget will allow you to track the income and the expenditure activities within the property for the property owner. You will…

Retail Tenant Performance in Retail Shopping Centres – Tips for Leasing Managers
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Retail Tenant Performance in Retail Shopping Centres – Tips for Leasing Managers

When it comes to a large retail property and its investment performance, it is important to ensure that the tenant mix is stable and well-balanced.  There are many pressures on tenants today, and that is a major threat to retail property performance.  A landlord can have the best retail property in the local area, but…

How to Manage Commercial and Retail Property Today
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How to Manage Commercial and Retail Property Today

When you work as a commercial property manager, it is essential that you really understand the demands of the job and your clients.  Commercial and Retail property management is a specialist task. Shortcuts are not possible if you want to make your mark as a really good investment property manager. The Tasks of Managing Commercial Property…

Skills and Systems Required to Manage Commercial Real Estate
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Skills and Systems Required to Manage Commercial Real Estate

The tasks you undertake vary when you work as a commercial or retail property manager. It could be said that commercial and retail property managers are the busiest in the property industry (ok, so I am probably biased). On that basis, they have to be intelligent, diligent and driven. The top property managers are like that. Property…

Retail Tenant Mix Strategies Today
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Retail Tenant Mix Strategies Today

When it comes to leasing and managing commercial and retail property today, it is wise to adopt a tenant mix strategy that encompasses the landlord’s requirements and the property’s special attributes. The designing of a tenancy mix can be quite a specialised process.  Local market knowledge will assist you greatly in establishing the plan and…