The New Century Global Centre or otherwise known as the world’s largest building recently opened in Chengdu, China.  This mega-multi-use facility houses over 18.9 million square feet and features such amenities such as offices, hotels, IMAX theatre, skating rink, indoor beach plus numerous others.  This is truly a marvel for the ages and clearly shows the need for cities to continually up the ante on each other. The previous record hold for world’s largest building was the Dubai International ... read more

The Coldwell Banker Commercial® organization’s parent company Realogy Holdings Corp has recently moved its headquarters from Parsippany, NJ to nearby Madison, NJ.  Realogy has roughly 1,000 employees from several different brands including: Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, CENTURY 21®, Coldwell Banker®, Coldwell Banker Commercial®, The Corcoran Group®, ERA®, Sotheby’s International Realty® and NRT LLC.  Although I wasn’t directly involved with the... read more

The Coldwell Banker Commercial® organization offers these tips in continuation to “Tenant Retention Tips: Part I” to assist in retaining tenants: 1. Communication is Key Make sure you communicate with your tenants on a regular and consistent basis throughout their tenancy.  Let them know if there is a scheduled maintenance such as parking lot cleaning.  Tenants don’t mind being inconvenienced once in awhile as long as they are aware and can make the necessary arrangements. ... read more

Obtaining new tenants can be a costly affair for landlords. If tenants are dissatisfied, given today’s market, they can easily seek new space. It is always the preferred option to retain good tenants – those who pay their rent on time and cause little or no problems. The Coldwell Banker Commercial® organization offers these tips to assist in retaining tenants: 1. Meet Your Tenant Even though the property was bought as an investment, you are still in the people business and going out of your... read more

The smell of warm baked cookies may help you sell your house, but not your commercial property. If you’ve ever sold a house before, you know the importance of preparing the house in the form of staging. Staging can take the focus off of negative aspects.  The same principals used in staging a residential property can also be applied to commercial properties; they just have to be thought of in a different manner. I know what you’re thinking, I’m not selling a house, and I don’t nee... read more