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Published on July 7, 2021

Factors which kept Lee County’s CRE market strong during the pandemic, going forward. By: Randal Mercer, for CRE Consultants The storm of the pandemic has begun to subside across the nation, the sun is beginning to shine and users, owners and investors are peeking out to survey the commercial real estate landscape. They’re assessing the […]

Published on May 14, 2021

Pandemic causes economic disruption, but companies look south for outstanding resilience By: Randal Mercer, Founding Partner – CRE Consultants Economic disruption happens daily but is rarely all-encompassing. Commercial real estate, as in other commodities, will have sectors showing outstanding resiliency, others that will experience turbulence, and a lot of gray area in between. Unique pressures […]

Published on March 23, 2021

By: Randal Mercer, Founding Partner – CRE Consultants Economic disruption happens daily but is rarely all-encompassing. Commercial real estate, as in other commodities, will have sectors showing outstanding resiliency, those which will experience painful turbulence, and a whole lot of gray areas in between. Unique pressures on certain product types will actually lead to distinct […]

Published on January 14, 2021

Working with professional property management can protect real estate assets. By: Randal Mercer, Founding Partner – CRE Consultants Regardless of product type, professional real estate investors tend to have very consistent goals. Generally speaking, they aim to generate monthly cash flow, maintain and improve the value of properties and sell for a profit in the […]

Published on November 24, 2020

There are new challenges and opportunities in commercial real estate right now. By: Randal Mercer, Founding Partner – CRE Consultants Despite the challenges of 2020, commercial real estate continues to thrive. However, current circumstances have created challenges in some sectors, and opportunity in others. Lee County’s office space is largely segmented geographically. The downtown Fort […]

Published on October 15, 2020

Tenants and landlords alike are changing the way they think about office space. By: Randal Mercer, Founding Partner – CRE Consultants Despite unprecedented challenges this year, the office sector is not obsolete as some doomsayers have projected. Office properties will survive, and even thrive—however, they must evolve. Office users and landlords alike are beginning to […]

Published on August 6, 2018

In his 37 years of experience, he’s never seen anything like it before. “Industrial building prices in excess of office space prices,” says Stan Stouder. “For the first time in my career, I am seeing a fully furnished and air-conditioned office building on an arterial roadway selling for up to 40% less per square foot […]

Published on April 19, 2018

CRE Consultants’ managing partner has spent 30 years in the real estate business RAYMOND SANDELLI Managing Partner CRE Consultants Fort Myers/Naples I’m a native of… New Jersey. I’m _____ years old. 69. I got into commercial real estate… By happenstance. I was a pilot in Washington state when I met a former Marine Corps pilot […]

Published on April 10, 2018

As the sun rose over the Agent Orange-defoliated demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, 2nd Lt.  Dave Wallace could just make out the midpoint of the now infamous Bridge of No Return through the thick fog. It was 1970 and Lt. Wallace is one of 13 officers and 200 enlisted men who oversaw onsite operations, […]

Published on July 7, 2017

Enn Luthringer, a partner in commercial real estate brokerage firm CRE Consultants, in Fort Myers, has been in commercial real estate for more than 15 years. He’s worked for CRE and engineering firm Wilson Miller, where he worked as a land planner on such diverse projects as Grey Oaks, the upscale community developed by Barron […]