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News, insights, and success stories from Southeast Michigan's commercial real estate market.
Vision and Diligence Overcome a Low Cap Rate
The owner of the property knew it had problems. He had tried to sell the two-building apartment complex himself but failed to generate offers over $4 million…
Short Timeframe, Quick Results
“We need to find a building in Plymouth for a Charter school and open in 6 months”. That was the assignment given by the Ivywood Academy in March of 2019. A …
Double The Closings Double the Fun.
We did it again! Two buildings closed simultaneously in a quick close cash deal. The properties located at 31324 and 31330 Schoolcraft Rd in Livonia Michigan…
Never Back Down From A Challenge
You’ll never find anything where I want to be.” The man calling was a frustrated funeral home director who wanted to build a new facility in western Livonia,…
Win-Win Begins with a Big View
From inside a problem it can be tough to see the way out. For that, you need the help of someone with a bigger perspective. A new client came to us weary of …
New VP with Expanded Territory
The Thomas Duke Company is pleased to announce Eric Szerlag as the newest Vice President of the company. With over a decade of experience in commercial real …
2018 MIDWEST REAL ESTATE NEWS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE – Mark W. Szerlag
Always Be Closing. Szerlag has spent his entire career with the Thomas Duke Company and year after year he has been a top producer in his market. With more t…
Race to the Finish Line
Remove a deed restriction, add a deed restriction, and close the deal in two weeks. Those were just some of the circumstances facing Thomas Duke Brokers Fran…
In Multi-Family Its Win-Win
The multi-family market is the setting for a lot of today’s win-win success stories. Take this recent sale of a 38-unit multi-family property completed by Ad…
Tried-and-True+New = Success
At the Thomas Duke Company, we know that the best commercial real estate service adds the best of the new to the tried-and-true. A client asked broker Bill M…
Negative + Creative = Positive
The elderly owners of a South Lyon shopping center came to the Thomas Duke Company ready to retire from the work of managing multi-tenant investment property…
Cap Rates Explained
Why Do Cap Rates Matter? At the Thomas Duke Company, we strive to provide each client with the best information available as we guide a transaction from star…