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7 Proven Property Disposition Strategies for Commercial Real Estate
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Effective property disposition as a tenant is critical for maximizing commercial real estate value and mitigating business expenses. Whether you’re looking to optimize your portfolio, raise capital or exit underperforming assets, selecting the right space disposition strategy can significantly impact your bottom line. Property disposition for tenants in commercial real estate refers to the process…
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Commercial lease negotiations can make or break your business’s financial health. Without proper expertise, tenants often fall victim to hidden fees, unfavorable terms and costly oversights that drain resources for years. The average commercial lease contains dozens of complex clauses that can trigger unexpected expenses, from uncapped rent escalations to ambiguous maintenance responsibilities. By partnering […]
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Breaking a commercial lease represents one of the most complex strategic decisions facing businesses today, particularly as 2025 had brought significant legislative changes emphasizing enhanced tenant rights across multiple jurisdictions. Unlike residential leases, commercial lease termination involves intricate legal, financial and operational considerations that can dramatically impact your company’s bottom line and future growth prospects. […]
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Understanding Commercial Subleasing Commercial subleasing is when a tenant (primary tenant aka sublandlord or sublessor) leases all or part of their leased space to another party (subtenant or sublessee), creating a sublease agreement while maintaining responsibility for the original lease. In this arrangement, the primary tenant remains liable to the landlord under the original lease, […]
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By Owen Rice UMC, Inc., is a 100-year-old mechanical contractor specializing in HVAC, plumbing, piping and building automation systems. They provide design, construction, energy consulting and facility performance services to optimize building efficiency and sustainability across commercial, industrial and institutional projects. As the company grew, they needed a newer, higher-performing office environment that better reflected […]
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From 2020-2022, the biotech industry was the standout of the U.S. capital markets, thanks to the vital role the industry played in the Covid-19 pandemic response and the unprecedented […]
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In the last 14 years, we’ve proven that a strong, intentional culture isn’t fluff—it’s fuel. It’s what enables teams to go further, execute faster and deliver under pressure. And in a business environment that’s constantly shifting, culture might be your most underleveraged asset. Executives spend time optimizing strategy, capital and operations, but often overlook the […]
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By Jason Hughes Turning setbacks into strength and the mindset behind lasting success. Every quarter I lead an “All-Team Meeting” for our company, bringing together our nationwide group of professionals. I spend days thinking about what I want to share with everyone, hoping to have a positive impact on as many team members as possible. […]
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By Owen Rice & Riley Hillis We get asked this all the time: With more than one-third of all office space sitting vacant in most cities across the country, how are office buildings managing to stay afloat without going into default? It’s been more than five years since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, and […]
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At Hughes Marino, our award-winning culture and team performance thrives on continuous improvement, knowing that EVERY detail matters. This includes identifying things, both big and small, that may not be running as smoothly as they could be and having the courage to speak up when challenges might arise. As part two of our HM-ism series, we wanted to focus on…
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Commercial real estate is an inefficient marketplace. It is also a bit of a relic, unchanged in the last hundred years and largely dominated by landlords and their brokers, which has resulted in an industry where long-term, loyal, repeat customers are repeatedly expected to pay a premium. I call it a loyalty premium. The mechanism for this is the renewal…