Commercial
Office, retail, industrial, medical office and self-storage in Greater Houston.
The Houston Office Market: Why Owner-Users Have an Opening
Houston’s office market has bifurcated between top-tier space and older commodity buildings. Here’s why that creates an opportunity for professional firms to buy their own building.
Using an SBA 504 Loan to Buy an Office Building in Houston
How owner-occupied businesses use SBA 504 and 7(a) financing to buy office, medical and industrial buildings in Houston: occupancy rules, down payments, structure and process.
Office-to-Residential Conversions in Houston: Opportunity or Mirage?
With elevated office vacancy, conversions to apartments and other uses get a lot of attention. What makes a Houston office building a good, or poor, conversion candidate.
Leasing Office Space in Houston: A Tenant’s Guide to Better Terms
How Houston office tenants should approach space search, RFPs, tenant improvement allowances, free rent, operating expenses and renewal leverage in a tenant-friendly market.
Investing in NNN Lease Properties in Houston: What Passive Investors Miss
Single-tenant triple-net properties are popular with 1031 buyers. How to evaluate tenant credit, lease terms, landlord responsibilities, location and residual value in Houston.
Buying a Strip Center in Houston: How to Underwrite Neighborhood Retail
How to evaluate multi-tenant strip centers in Houston: rent roll quality, tenant mix, CAM recovery, mark-to-market, lease rollover, location and capital needs.
Pad Sites and Ground Leases in Houston: A Guide for Owners and Operators
How pad sites and ground leases work for QSR, coffee, fuel, medical and service users in Houston: site selection, lease structures, valuation and what landowners should negotiate.
Houston Retail Follows Rooftops: The Growth Corridors to Watch
Why retail demand in Houston tracks residential growth along the Grand Parkway, 290, I-69 and I-10 West, and how investors and operators can position ahead of it.
Buying a Self-Storage Facility in Houston: An Owner-Operator’s Due Diligence Checklist
What to verify before buying self-storage in Houston and Texas: occupancy, street vs. in-place rates, delinquency, management software data, lien history, supply and physical condition.
How Self-Storage Is Valued: NOI, Cap Rates and the Street-Rate Gap
A practical explanation of self-storage valuation for Houston and Texas owners: NOI, expense ratios, cap rates, management fees, upside from rate management and what buyers actually pay for.
Texas Self-Storage Lien Law: Chapter 59 Basics for Owners and Buyers
An overview of how Texas Property Code Chapter 59 governs self-storage liens, notices and sales, and why a facility’s lien process matters to buyers and lenders.
Developing Self-Storage in Houston: Feasibility Before You Buy the Land
How to evaluate a Houston-area self-storage development site: trade-area supply and demand, site requirements, deed restrictions, detention, construction costs and lease-up.
Converting Retail, Office and Industrial Buildings to Self-Storage
When adaptive reuse of an existing building into climate-controlled self-storage makes sense in Houston: structure, access, code, deed restrictions and economics.
Houston Industrial Real Estate: A Guide to the Major Submarkets
An overview of Houston’s industrial submarkets: Northwest, North, Southeast/Port Houston, Southwest, Ship Channel, Katy and Baytown, and what kinds of users and investors each attracts.
Industrial Outdoor Storage (IOS) in Houston: A Niche Worth Understanding
What industrial outdoor storage is, why it has become an investment niche in Houston’s port and energy economy, and how to evaluate surfacing, drainage, use rights and tenants.
Small-Bay and Flex Industrial: Houston’s Overlooked Workhorse Asset
Why small-bay and flex industrial properties appeal to Houston investors (diversified tenants, steady demand, limited new supply) and how to underwrite them.
Buying a Warehouse for Your Business in Houston: An Owner-User Guide
How Houston contractors, distributors and manufacturers should evaluate buying an industrial building: space needs, building specs, financing, location and diligence.
Investing in Medical Office Buildings in Houston
Why medical office buildings attract investors in Houston, how to underwrite healthcare tenants, build-outs and hospital proximity, and the risks specific to MOBs.
Should Your Medical or Dental Practice Buy Its Building?
A lease-versus-buy framework for Houston physicians, dentists and specialty practices: equity, control, financing, partner structures, build-out costs and exit planning.
From the Texas Medical Center to the Suburbs: Where Houston Medical Real Estate Is Growing
How the Texas Medical Center and expanding suburban hospital campuses in Katy, Cypress, Sugar Land, The Woodlands and Pearland shape demand for medical office and healthcare real estate.
Leasing Medical Office Space in Houston: A Guide for Providers
How Houston physicians, dentists and specialists should approach medical office leases: site selection, TI allowances, infrastructure, compliance-sensitive terms and renewal strategy.
Preparing to Sell Commercial Property in Houston: A Seller’s Checklist
How Houston owners of office, retail, industrial, self-storage and medical property can prepare for a sale: financial packages, leases, physical condition, title, taxes and timing.
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