by Michael Gerard | May 7, 2014 | Blog
We’ve all worked with or at least heard of a REIT before, but what exactly are these entities, and is it a trendy activity for real estate investors in 2014? First, a REIT is defined as a Real Estate Investment Trust. They were created back around 1960 as a...
by Michael Gerard | May 5, 2014 | Blog
Denver might not be the most talked-about market in the U.S. commercial real estate industry, but there is a lot happening there right now. This was evidenced at the recent Denver State of Market meeting held by Bisnow. Our own Jeff Coyne, a business development...
by Michael Gerard | May 1, 2014 | Blog
We’ve been told for quite a while now that malls are dead, or at least about to vanish. This declaration became popular in the mass media a little over a decade ago when it figured out that people were buying goods online. And editors love to make big pronouncements...
by Michael Gerard | Apr 22, 2014 | Blog
I would like to discuss Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation Vs. Doubletree Partners, L.P., as an example of how survey coverage can get complicated. The action, recently in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Case numbers 12-40692 and 12-407020),...
by Michael Gerard | Apr 16, 2014 | Blog
As a follow up to Min Kwak’s recent blog post about GRS Group’s Global Services Connection, I thought I’d chime on and share some thoughts on the importance of a current Survey. Virtually all properties are subject to easements, building setback...
