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News, insights, and success stories from Southeast Michigan's commercial real estate market.
“Timing is Everything”
For decades, the 15 acres on Mill Street in Plymouth housed the Bathey Company, a manufacturer of automotive parts. When Bathey closed its doors in the late …
Service Multiplied.
At the Thomas Duke Company, we’ve always put excellent service at the top of our company’s goals. During the 2019 holiday season, we found a new way to expre…
Know Your Market.
Frank knows a good deal when he sees one, and that was the case when the Bread Basket Deli building in Livonia hit the market. What seemed to many as an aver…
Look How You’ve Grown!
We have all heard that before! At our recent holiday party, the Thomas A. Duke Property Management Team took a few minutes to look ourselves over. We have g…
Maple Manor Apartments Sold in Walled Lake.
Yes, apartment sales are hot right now. But that doesn’t mean multi-family properties sell themselves. They need smart marketing to realize their full sale p…
When it Takes Something More
In this tight market, finding the right property requires more than a state-of-the-art database. That “something more” is the specialty of Thomas Duke Compan…
Making Matches Others Can’t
In real estate as in love, well-made matches are grounded in good listening. A property owner in Fenton came to us with a simple question: My tenant wants to…
Surprising Speed
In today’s market, some sales are moving so fast that even an experienced broker like Dave Tesch is surprised. The owner of two brick, ranch-style apartment …
Helping the Aerospace Industry Take Off in Ann Arbor
Six hundred miles away in metro-Washington, DC, R2 Space, Inc. needed a Michigan broker to find the company a new corporate headquarters in Ann Arbor. The wo…
Listening Gets it Right
After 30 years on the same site in Wixom, Form Tech Concrete Forms was bursting at the seams. In their 10,000-square-foot facility, company growth was imposs…
The New Rules of Retail
It’s no secret that retailers have begun to rethink their business model and shrink their footprint. Following suit; property owners have adjusted accordingl…
NOT ALL VACANT LAND IS CREATED EQUAL.
Though the market for land zoned for residential development in Novi is strong, particular parcels often present complications. That’s when brokers skilled i…