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Thomas Duke Company Secures Acquisition of Premier Grosse Pointe Property
Brokerage Property Management Success Story February 5, 2025

Thomas Duke Company Secures Acquisition of Premier Grosse Pointe Property

On behalf of our client, we’re excited to announce the successful acquisition of Kercheval Place, a premier mixed-use property situated in the vibrant center…

Maximizing Value Through Property Management & Smart Brokerage: A Medical Office Success Story
Brokerage Property Management Success Story January 21, 2025

Maximizing Value Through Property Management & Smart Brokerage: A Medical Office Success Story

Every property has a story, and this two-tenant medical office building is no exception. Thanks to a long-standing, trusting relationship between the owner a…

Client Success Story: Financial Services of America (FSA)
Property Management Success Story November 29, 2024

Client Success Story: Financial Services of America (FSA)

Finding the Perfect Space for Growth in Just 65 Days At Thomas Duke, we believe finding the right space is about more than securing a building—it’s about cre…

Welcome Back To Work – What We Are Doing To Help
Property Management March 19, 2021

Welcome Back To Work – What We Are Doing To Help

At Thomas Duke Company, we are confident that when you are able to return to your office, you can do so safely. We have been hard at work keeping our buildin…

Property Management January 5, 2021

The Signs are All There!

After a tough 2020, the new year began with good news: vaccine distribution is well underway and Dr. Fauci assures us that by summer we’ll be living under “a…

How We Streamline Work Orders
Property Management January 22, 2020

How We Streamline Work Orders

All While Increasing Tenant Awareness of Progress! With millions of square feet of properties under our management, we have a lot of work to organize, and a …

Look How You’ve Grown!
Property Management December 17, 2019

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…

Not Your Average Commercial Real Estate Firm
Brokerage Property Management January 17, 2019

Not Your Average Commercial Real Estate Firm

When our client brought a 21,575 square-foot medical office building in Clinton Township to us for property management services, he was clear that he wasn’t …

A True Story of Value Add and its Rewards Part 3: The Deal.
Property Management April 26, 2018

A True Story of Value Add and its Rewards Part 3: The Deal.

Once we had created tremendous new value and interest in a once-obsolete building, it was time to close the big deal for our client. With his insider knowled…

A True Story of Value Add and its Rewards Part 2 – Repositioning
Property Management April 17, 2018

A True Story of Value Add and its Rewards Part 2 – Repositioning

With the acquisition complete, it was time for the Thomas Duke Company to add value. Imagine what we started with: heavily partitioned offices with tiny, dar…

A True Story of Value Add and its Rewards
Property Management April 11, 2018

A True Story of Value Add and its Rewards

Transformation is rarely quick and easy. The process is full of challenges and risks. But with perseverance—and, in this case, expert help—the end result mor…

Property Management July 25, 2016

Stockbridge Enterprises Chooses the Thomas A. Duke Company

After years of trying to manage them alone, the ownership of Stockbridge Enterprises decided it was time to seek out leasing and property management professi…