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