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26 January 2019 | 137 replies
There will always be the people element (eyeball-to-eyeball with prospective tenants and suppliers), but STEM is growing in importance.
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16 March 2011 | 14 replies
Some quick numbers I was given I got rid of tenant and supplier names.Landmark Location for nearly 100 YearsLarge commercial building with 70+Stall Parking Lot Included 13,820 Sq Ft., 86 acres, 37500 sq ft Handicap Accessible!
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26 November 2017 | 5 replies
So far I've thought aboutReviewing all the suppliers to reduce monthly costs Reviewing leases to see where rents can be raised (a lot are currently below market)Doing a facelift paint and landscape and rebrandingAdding in self-storage unitsDog park?
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29 April 2017 | 6 replies
With GM and all of the other businesses (suppliers) it will bring with it, this seems like a good time to invest there.
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30 August 2019 | 309 replies
Oceanpointe (MI's supplier) has re-invented itself as Freeportinvest.com.
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12 April 2018 | 3 replies
As a supplier of building materials within the industry I can tell you that the market is on fire and the competition if extremely fierce.
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18 December 2023 | 32 replies
Have her pick out a paint color from your paint supplier and some LVP from your flooring supplier.
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31 July 2012 | 164 replies
Once alcohol was legal again, the "bad guys" realized that they had no competitive advantage over the legal suppliers and had to find new industries to take over -- in this case, it was drugs and gambling.Now that gambling is pretty much legalized, the "bad guys" aren't much involved in that anymore either (see Las Vegas as an advantage).So, if you're really concerned about driving out the "bad guys," it would seem that legalization is a great way to do so.
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18 June 2014 | 36 replies
I dont have an issue with giving you the name of our supplier off forum.
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13 December 2014 | 42 replies
We were able to find a supplier that had Select #3, which are typically utility grade with knots and mix of red and white oak shorts.