Company Overview
SB Equities is a privately-owned real estate concern, investing in commercial and industrial real estate. The company currently owns and manages 2.5 million square feet directly, while indirect ownership with related entities totals an additional 5 million square feet. The primary acquisition focus is on value-added opportunities and sale/leasebacks throughout the Midwest and Southern US.
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Music City Musings
I’m just back from spending a few days in Nashville, TN. I had a great time, but, as I walked past all of the Honkey Tonks and life-size figures of Elvis on Broadway, I couldn’t help but think about the city as it compares to Cleveland. My next few entries will highlight various things that I [...]
Exit, stage left
Real estate investments are relatively easy to get into – after agreeing to a price, you show up with your money and it’s all yours. However, little thought is often given to getting out of the property and how the property’s terminal value affects the overall performance. In the July 2010 issue of Properties magazine, the [...]
The Price of Paradise
One of the benefits of being a member of NAI, a global commercial real estate network, is exposure to news, trends and information for regional, national and even international real estate markets. I recently saw a new listing from our NAI office in Honolulu that made me pause. The brochure detailed a ground floor retail space that was available [...]
Good news at CAK
SB Equities has close ties to the CAK Industrial Park, which is located adjacent to the Akron-Canton Airport. In addition to owning a 350,000 square foot facility within this park, SBE’s management arm is the property manager for the entire park. The following article appeared in a recent edition of the Business Journal and speaks [...]
Bumping along the bottom
As we arrive at the halfway point of 2010, everyone seems to have mixed feelings about exactly where the real estate markets stand. Activity levels are higher as compared to a year earlier but what exactly does that mean? Will things return to normal by the end of the year? By 2011? Ever? In this [...]
Door to door
Lately, there seems to be an increase in door-to-door salespeople. And the products aren’t the typical magazine subscriptions, lawn services or girl scout cookies. Over the past week, I’ve seen salespeople hawking home security systems, car services and even Cleveland Indians game tickets. In the real estate world, I have noticed a similar trend. People are [...]
Netting things out
A critical component in the decision to sell a property is determining how much money the seller will walk away with. However, all too often, the analysis is incomplete. In this month’s Property Magazine, we discuss all of the costs associated with sale that affect the seller’s proceeds. Read all about it by clicking here. [...]
The Falling Floor
One of the concepts maintaining the large gap between asking pricing of sellers and bid pricing of buyers is that of a falling floor. No one knows how long prices will continue to drop. Or by how much. But I’m hear to tell you that the floor is continuing to fall. Case in point. Two [...]
The results are in: 1st Q 2010
After a very lackluster 2009, nearly everyone in the real estate industry was anxiously looking forward to 2010. Now standing at the first quarter pole, some things are beginning to take focus. But many others remain cloudy. In the office market, continued struggles in the finance & banking segment have caused the CBD and suburban submarkets to remain soft. [...]
Extra Credit
The credit-worthiness of tenants in a real estate investment has always been an important component of the economic analysis. And with lenders using ever-more conservative underwriting and many tenants facing the very real prospect of having their credit rating downgraded, understanding the concept of ‘credit’ in a real estate analysis is even more critical. In [...]