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RETAIL — SELL, LEASE & BUY

We fill vacancies for a living — and we own centers ourselves.

Our principals operate shopping centers across the Southeast and beyond, so we know firsthand what a dark suite costs — and what it takes to fill one.

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VACANCY MATH

We speak NOI.

A vacant 2,000 SF suite at $22 per square foot isn’t “availability.” It’s $44,000 a year off your net operating income — and at a 7% cap, ≈ $630,000 off the value of your center.

We treat your vacancy with that urgency, because we carry the same line item in our own budgets — every month a suite sits dark.

THE MATH ON A DARK SUITE
Vacant suite2,000 SF
Asking rent$22/SF/yr
Annual income loss$44,000
Market cap rate7%
Value off your center
≈ $630,000
Your numbers will differ — the real math runs on your actual rent roll and market.
Send us the rent roll — we’ll run it for real.
TENANT & BUYER OUTREACH

Every likely tenant and buyer, contacted.

Map

We build the list: every likely tenant and buyer for your specific center.

Contact

Phone, email, and mail — systematically, until every name on the list has been reached.

Follow-through

Straight answers at every step: who we reached, what they said, what happens next.

Have a dark suite? Put this engine on it

Selling? We underwrite and package your center like one of our own.

We underwrite your rents, recovery structures, and rollover risk with an operator’s eye — numbers a buyer’s analyst and a lender’s committee can rely on. Then we take it to market: an underwriting-grade offering package, reels, social, and email campaigns — ready in days.

When offers come, we qualify them like owners: proof of funds, track record, and deposits that go hard on schedule.

WE OWN CENTERS TOO

Proof, on our own balance sheet.

PROPERTYMARKETACQUIRED · PRICE
Pittsburg PlazaPittsburgh, PA2024 · $2.9M
McDonough Shopping CenterMcDonough, GA2023 · $6.2M
Pearl PlazaJacksonville, FL2022 · $5.3M
Crossway PlazaTallahassee, FL2022 · $2.5M
Ocala PlazaOcala, FL2023 · $850K
Beach Blvd PlazaJacksonville, FL2022 · $960K
…plus Daytona Beach, Macclenny, and more — bought with our own capital, run by our own team.

Let’s talk about your center.

No obligation, no pressure — tell us about your center and a principal will be in touch.
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