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Leasing Space in Houston
October 23, 2009 by HSACQ · 3 Comments
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By Theodore Brakatselos, President of Houston Site Acquisitions
Houston Chronicle
March 18, 2009
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Companies typically have three different types of commercial real estate to consider when researching site selections to lease for their company: office space, industrial space and retail space.
Office space users typically choose an area of the city that is ideal for their client base and have normal business hours, usually 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the week and either are closed or have limited service over the weekend due to the hours of operation/hvac system of an office building. Office space users tend to have clients visit at their location and are more image conscious as a result. Having the right office environment is especially important in being able to recruit key employees for companies.
Industrial space users tend to choose locations that are accessible to main arteries of the city and that are capable of receiving and/or making large deliveries by trucks and/or rail service. Industrial buildings typically have tall clear heights, which allows stacking of inventory on pallets or rack systems. They also may have a minimal amount of office area to perform administrative tasks and oversee business.
Retail space users tend to pay the most attention to the exact location of their business. Retail businesses heavily rely on exposure in selecting a location coupled with the demographics of a specific area. Retailers have to typically decide whether they believe their concept is better suited in a small neighborhood shopping center, a lifestyle center, or in a large regional mall. A retail location is also best suited to accommodate tenants with high parking requirements. A common expression in retail is: “out of sight, out of mind, out of business.”
Theodore Brakatselos is the President of Houston Site Acquisitions, a commercial real estate company. He has over 17 years of experience in commercial real estate and has represented a broad range of tenants and landlords over his career including star-up companies, publicly held companies, and overseeing portfolios for institutional landlords & investors. You can reach Theodore at 713-789-8700 or via the Web at www.hsaleasing.com
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1M-SF Renovation Moves to Reality
By Amy Wolff Sorter
http://www.globest.com/news/1532_1532/houston/182035-1.html?st=rss
HOUSTON-With the former Hewlett-Packard campus now under ownership of the Lone Star College System, Cadence McShane Construction has begun a $12 million renovation on two buildings and a garage in the 1.2-million-square-foot project. The goal is to have one of the buildings, the system’s Willowchase Campus, competed in early 2010 so it can open for classes.
According to company vice president Dan Delforge, the entire two-building renovation will be completed by August 2010. He tells GlobeSt.com that in addition to building out four floors in one of the buildings, which will be used as the Willowchase Campus, the renovation also includes an upgrade of miscellaneous common areas to the adjacent building, and code upgrades to both structures. The buildings will also be used for administrative purposes. Kirksey Architecture and VLK Architects are providing the architectural services.
“The buildings are in great shape,” Deforge adds. “They were occupied by Compaq (which was bought out by Hewlett-Packard) until last year. Other than having to add stairwells due to increased occupancy, there isn’t much more going on.”
Lone Star College System acquired the Hewlett-Packard Campus last May. The master plan calls for a University Center that will ultimately involve collaboration between several area colleges as well as potential non-educational commercial real estate use.
This is a very interesting Houston commercial real estate article about Lone Star College’s purchase of the Hewlett-Packard Campus Houston office buildings last May. These Houston office buildings have also have been the Houston corporate facility for Compaq computers before Compaq was acquired by Hewlett-Packard. These buildings are going to provide Lone Star College and other colleges with the Houston Office Space to accomodate their campus once the renovations to this office building project are completed.www.HSACQ.com. Houston Site Acquisitions commercial real estate company assists corporate tenants in securing and identifying Houston office space, Houston warehouse space, Houston industrial space, and Houston retail space.
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