RSS RSS

Category: Uncategorized

Commercial Real Estate Investment Opportunity – Office Building – 11981 SW 144th Ct – Miami, FL 33168

By AZ Advisory Team, February 23, 2010 5:37 pm

Alex Zylberglait of Marcus & Millichap is proud to present 11981 Southwest 144th Court, a two-story Class B office building that was built in 2002 of concrete and stucco. The property has approximately 14,700 rentable square feet and will be delivered vacant. The building features upscale finishes. There is ample on-site parking with 50 parking spaces.

View Presentation
View Executive Summary

The property is directly across from the Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport which is one of the busiest airports in Florida, serving corporate, recreational, flight training, and governmental agency activities.

The Kendall area is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in Miami-Dade County, creating one of the most diverse cultural mixes that Miami has to offer. It is anticipated that the population of the Kendall area will continue to grow at a healthy pace over the next number of years. The property is minutes from the business centers of South Miami-Dade County and close to Southwest 137th Ave, Krome Ave, the Florida Turnpike and the Don Shula Expressway. The property’s location also provides fast and easy access to the Florida Keys as well as recreational and business activities in Miami and Miami Beach.

Contact Alex Zylberglait, CCIM, SIOR
Vice President Investments
Director – National Office and Industrial Properties Group

Alex Zylberglait provides commercial real estate investment advisory as well as research, estate planning, asset allocation, valuation, financing, special assets services, transaction advisory and commercial property acquisition and disposition services.

U.S. Commercial Real Estate Crash Won’t Be a Shock – Rebound Expected Next Year

By AZ Advisory Team, December 17, 2009 2:30 pm

buildings_fisheyeIn a report by Reuters, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said that about the U.S. real estate that: “It is going to be a difficult situation for a period of time but it is not going to be a shock to the system. And there’s a big difference between the two.”

Meanwhile, Wells Fargo Securities said in its 2010 outlook report that  the economy will rebound, but will take a couple of years to return to levels seen a few years ago.

“Housing and commercial real estate are central to the recovery. It has been complicated by the stimulus programs. The future will be determined by the fundamentals, it is not likely to improve until employment and income improve, ” said Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wells Fargo. “We expect a 20 percent rebound in 2010 and 2011,” he said.

Alex Zylberglait provides commercial real estate investment advisory as well as research, estate planning, asset allocation, valuation, financing, special assets services, transaction advisory and commercial property acquisition and disposition services.

US Life Insurers to Suffer Mild Commercial Loans Losses Compared to Banks

By AZ Advisory Team, December 16, 2009 2:37 pm

Moody’s Investor Services, learning from lessons received 20 years ago, predicts in a report that U.S. life insurers will suffer a less due to commercial-mortgage losses compared to banks. The commercial real estate market last went through a crisis 20 years ago which resulted in major losses for the life insurers.

“Life insurers’ portfolios today demonstrate that they have learned from past missteps dealing with commercial real estate,” said Senior Vice President Jeffrey Berg. Right now, the sector has only moderate exposure to commercial loans and these loans were well-diversified across geographies and property types as well as these loans were conservatively underwritten and maturities were well-distributed.

Alex Zylberglait provides commercial real estate investment advisory as well as research, estate planning, asset allocation, valuation, financing, special assets services, transaction advisory and commercial property acquisition and disposition services.

Commercial Real Estate – A Buyer’s Market on the Horizon

By AZ Advisory Team, November 10, 2009 5:09 pm

Commercial Real Estate Investment Advisory: Commercial Real Estate - A Buyer's MarketReal Capital Analytics, Inc. estimates that commercial real estate loans in default, foreclosure, or bankruptcy now total roughly to $130 billion are finding its way out in the market as distressed assets.  Investors will score bargains on office building premium properties. This last quarter of 2009 through 2011 would be the best time for investors to buy at or near cyclical lows. View Alex Zylberglait’s listings – Office and Industrial Buildings in Miami.

Alex Zylberglait provides commercial real estate investment advisory as well as research, estate planning, asset allocation, valuation, financing, special assets services, transaction advisory and commercial property acquisition and disposition services.

Cost Segregation – A Tax Savings Tool

By Alex Zylberglait, October 30, 2009 8:25 am

Commercial Real Estate Investment Advisory: Cost SegregationWe have been talking about Cost Segregation for quite sometime now in my print and e-newsletters – the Real Estate Investment Digest, as well as in one of  my past conference calls.

For those of you who missed it, Cost Segregation is a strategic tax savings’ tool that allows companies and individuals who have constructed, purchased, expanded, or remodeled real estate to increase their cash flow by accelerating depreciation deductions and deferring their federal and state income taxes.

The goal of a Cost Segregation study is to identify, segregate, and reclassify project-related costs that are currently classified as real property to shorter depreciable tax lives for federal and state income tax purposes.  Recent IRS rulings and procedures have allowed taxpayers to change accounting methods to take advantage of these previously understated depreciation expenses–back to 1987.  This is done without amending tax returns.

Cost Segregation started in the 1960’s and has been called component depreciation studies, investment tax credit studies and various other names.  No matter what name you use–Cost Segregation can save you tax dollars and increase your cash flow.  There are over 300 court cases and I.R.S. rulings supporting the benefits of Cost Segregation.  The following is an example.

Hospital Corporation of America v Comm. 109 TC 21 (1997) ruled that certain assets associated with a specific piece of equipment not linked to the normal operation and maintenance of the building qualify for five-year depreciable tax lives instead of 39-year depreciable tax lives.

Essentially, the tax courts and IRS have agreed that the taxpayer can use a Cost Segregation study to segregate the cost of his assets.

Standby as I elaborate on what Cost Segregation can does.  At the end of this series, I would recommend companies specializing in this field.

Alex Zylberglait provides commercial real estate investment advisory as well as research, estate planning, asset allocation, valuation, financing, special assets services, transaction advisory and commercial property acquisition and disposition services.

Forty Year Inspection Requirements – 5

By AZ Advisory Team, October 29, 2009 1:05 pm

Foundation

If all of the supporting subterranean materials were completely uniform beneath a structure, with no significant variations in grain size, density, moisture content or other mechanical properties; and if dead load pressures were completely uniform, settlements would probably be uniform and of little practical consequence. In the real world, however, neither is likely. Significant deviations from either of these two idealisms are likely to result in unequal vertical movements.

Monolithic masonry, generally incapable of accepting such movements will crack. Such cracks are most likely to occur at corners, and large openings. Since, in most cases, differential shears are involved, cracks will typically be diagonal.

Small movements, in themselves, are most likely to be structurally important only if long term leakage through fine cracks may have resulted in deterioration. In the event of large movements, continuous structural elements such as floor and roof systems must be evaluated for possible fracture or loss of bearing.

Pile foundations are, in general, less likely to exhibit such difficulties. Where such does occur, special investigation will be required.

Alex Zylberglait provides commercial real estate investment advisory as well as research, estate planning, asset allocation, valuation, financing, special assets services, transaction advisory and commercial property acquisition and disposition services.