Commercial property: sell it, lease it, or find space
Landlord and tenant representation, investment sales, raw land and industrial buildings across DFW.
Our focus is Dallas–Fort Worth. We are licensed across Texas and take work elsewhere in the state where we know the market first hand, including West and Central Texas, where we own property.
Tenant representation
Site selection and lease negotiation for operators who need the right building at the right rate.
Landlord representation
Leasing and repositioning for owners of industrial, flex and small office assets.
Investment sales
Underwriting, disposition and acquisition for private investors and owner-users. Buying or selling income property
Land
Development tracts, ag-exempt acreage and assemblages along the I-35 corridor.
We are not marketing a property at the moment. Tell us what you are looking for and we will bring what fits, listed or not — much of what we do never reaches a listing site.
Selling or leasing your building
If you own a commercial property around Lewisville, Flower Mound or Denton and want to sell it or lease space in it, we list it on Crexi, LoopNet and the NTREIS MLS. We prepare the offering memorandum and flyer, and we work the brokers who represent tenants and buyers. You deal with the broker from the first call to the signed lease, with updates on the schedule you choose, weekly by default.
What we list
Self storage, small strip retail centers (including second-generation space, already built out by a previous tenant), industrial and flex buildings, land, and office.
Where
Our focus is Lewisville and Flower Mound along SH 121, up I-35E to Denton, down to Roanoke, Grapevine and Coppell, and the smaller towns in and around Denton and Argyle. We are licensed across Texas and take listings elsewhere where we know the market.
How your property is marketed
- Listed where tenants and buyers look: Crexi, LoopNet and the NTREIS MLS.
- A sign on the property.
- An offering memorandum and a marketing flyer, with photographs. For floor plans we usually work from the as-built plans you already have.
- Direct outreach by email, phone, text and Crexi to the brokers who represent tenants and buyers in the area. Most commercial tenants and buyers come with a broker of their own, and those brokers need to know your space exists and that working with you is straightforward.
How the price or the rent is set
For a sale, the market sets the value. Depending on the property, that means a cap rate applied to its net operating income, a multiple, or comparable sales, whichever fits the building and the buyers most likely to want it.
For a lease, the market sets the rate, quoted as a price per square foot per year. The rate is only part of the deal. Term, annual escalations, tenant improvements, and whether the lease is NNN or gross all change what a lease is worth to you. What you should be willing to accept depends on all of them together, and on how flexible you can be on each.
Commissions
Commissions are negotiable and agreed in writing before we start.
How long it takes
It depends on the market, so we won't quote you an average. What slows a listing most is a rate or price above the market, a location tenants don't want, or too much competing space nearby. We'll tell you plainly if one of those is the problem.
Mistakes that cost owners time or money
- Pricing off what the neighbors are asking, instead of what has actually leased or sold.
- Quoting the face rent and forgetting that free rent and tenant improvements change what the lease is worth.
- Leases, the rent roll, operating statements or CAM reconciliations that aren't together, so a buyer stalls in due diligence.
- Not checking zoning or certificate-of-occupancy requirements for the use the likely tenant has in mind.
- Weak photos, or no sign on the property.
- Negotiating only on the rate, and giving away term or escalations to get it.
Why a small brokerage
You work with the broker from the first call to the signed lease. We keep our list of listings short so each one gets real attention.
Common questions
What do you need to list my building?
The address, the property type and its rough size; current leases and the rent roll if it is leased; the last 12 months of operating statements; and any photographs and as-built plans. None of it has to be tidy to start.
How often will I hear from you while my property is listed?
On the schedule you choose, weekly by default.
Do you represent tenants or landlords?
Both, though never on both sides of the same deal without the written consent Texas requires for intermediary status.
What property types do you handle?
Industrial, flex, small office, investment property, and land, including development tracts and ag-exempt acreage.
Can you help with site selection outside Dallas–Fort Worth?
We are licensed across Texas. DFW is our focus, and we take work elsewhere in the state where we know the market first hand.
Do you provide an offering memorandum?
Yes, for listed property. Ask and we will send it, along with rent roll and operating statements where we have them.