You will get better tenants and possibly be able to retail sell it as an exit strategy.

The retail price for the land may have been 220k cleaned and ready to build on, this was far from that.

Since then, I've done a few deals as an agent on the retail side of real estate, but still haven't done any investing myself.

The top 20 richest people made their wealth in Retail and owning shares of a blue Chip company such as Jeff Bezo's ($112 Billion) who is the first to be worth 100 Billion. 

But even then the underlying value is driven by the retail market.I am very comfortable with the rental market projections

Unpermitted ADU's never retail as high if later you choose to sell.

Find a local broker that is doing retail leasing or sales in similar type centers to help you.  

The people that are interested and looking at it now already tell us their plans which is to build a large apt complex, the business is a retail store which use to be amazing but times and the area have changed. 

Going through an ADA issue with a front door on a retail place I own - I know the routine regarding "connections" in SF lol...

We just foreclosed on a decent 3/2 in High Point NC and I'm looking for a real estate agent who can provide us a CMA and list for sale, preferably to an investor looking for a rental or retail buyer looking for a fixer deal.