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News, insights, and success stories from Southeast Michigan's commercial real estate market.

Brokerage September 22, 2014

Worth the Wait

Time and Attention Sell a Medical Office Portfolio for More than the Asking Price Twenty-thousand square feet of well-maintained medical office space near tw…

Brokerage July 1, 2014

Synergy For Success

A successful orthodontist, Dr. Nicole Teifer is a specialized professional. When she wanted to expand Today’s Orthodontics to a second location in Novi, she …

Brokerage July 1, 2014

Challenges Welcome

With 30 years of experience and a history of successful sales of student rental properties, we sometimes think we know all the possible obstacles to closing …

Brokerage October 13, 2013

Rising to the Challenge Gives Westland 146 New Homesites

It’s not often that a real estate transaction has the twists, turns, and suspense of a made-for-TV miniseries. But when that challenge presents itself, the T…

Brokerage September 18, 2013

Transplanting the Local Florist

Family owned since 1898, Keller & Stein Florist is one of the oldest businesses in Canton, Michigan. Five generations of Kellers and Steins have crafted stun…

Brokerage September 4, 2013

Who Else Would I Call?

When the owner of the Pella Windows store on Seven Mile in Livonia needed to sell his building, he called the firm that sold him the building eight years ago…

Brokerage July 5, 2013

TEAM Rehab and The Thomas A. Duke Company: A Beautiful Team

Strategic alliances are an integral part of any company’s success. Ford Motor Company’s alliance with Visteon and General Motors’ with Delphi are shining exa…

Brokerage February 25, 2013

Bank’s Foreclosure Met by Significant Demand

Thanks to our history of success with an area bank in selling improved properties returned to it, that bank came to us with a new assignment: sell 106 fully …

Brokerage February 23, 2013

Toppers Pizza Moves into Michigan

Looking for a dynamic market for its first Michigan store, emerging pizza chain Toppers Pizza chose Ann Arbor, and the businessman awarded that franchise cho…

Brokerage February 6, 2013

Urban Danish Design Plus Downtown Birmingham Allure Equals Success!

Since its construction in 1991, 670 S. Old Woodward has been home to Azar’s Oriental Rugs, a highly successful local business.  After 30 years of serving Bir…

Brokerage October 31, 2012

The Phoenix Rises in Pontiac: An Urban Downtown is Re-tenanted

It’s been plain for all to see that commercial landlords in older urban downtowns have taken a beating over the last several years.  A struggling state econo…

Brokerage October 26, 2012

Dearborn Property Fetches close to $100 per square foot—in under 30 days!

Dearborn Property Fetches close to $100 per square foot—in  under 30 days! The Thomas A. Duke Company has again closed on the sale of a Dearborn property at …