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Volume 4, May 2013 |
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Deal of the Issue - The Lucas Group Joel and Granot Real Estate recently closed a transaction with the Lucas Group for their new corporate headquarters in Atlanta. The Lucas Group is a leading executive recruitment firm in North America that serves mid-tier to Fortune 500 clients and will relocate this summer to a higher profile building -- Atlanta Plaza. Alan and Dan were able to leverage a unique deal for the Lucas Group. With a 2016 expiration date on their current lease, JGRE aided the Lucas Group in terminating the contract and allowed the firm to walk away from its existing location with minimal penalty fees. The new space is the ideal location that will allow the company to meet their expectations of growth in the years to come. Lucas Group associates work with recruitment experts across the country to deliver demonstrated hiring results. The company facilitates major U.S. industries to find and place talented professionals that will help them meet their business objectives and goals. |
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#1 Atlanta Tops List for Best U.S. Infrastructure
The Mercer 2012 Quality of
Living Survey listed Atlanta as the top U.S. city with
the best infrastructure and was 13th overall among 221
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Dan is the CORFAC International Affiliation Development Chairperson for 2013
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We asked for it, you came through. We have even more Spring Break pictures—starting with a shot of the Final Four Championship Game (Louisville vs Michigan) taken by Joel & Granot's Alan Joel. Alan won exclusive seats at the Braden Fellman Group's broker luncheon last week at Wagon Works BBQ. (The only raffle he had ever won earlier was a crockpot.) |
Featured Property: 1611 Ellsworth
For the past three years associate Bill Ward has been the lead manager for the 1611 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd. property. The 203,000-square-foot building is currently home to seven different tenants including: Restaurant Equipment Services, Light Bulb Depot, Ala Mode Furniture, Horizon Home, Le Fais Do-Do, Vebo Stone Design, and Garden Patch. JGRE Outside the Office and on the Field....Gridiron...Pool For many years the JGRE team has been exercising their skill and donating their time in more places than just the commercial real estate world. The lively bunch has been coaching youth sports teams all over the city of Atlanta. For eight years Dan Granot coached all three of his daughters’ Top Hat soccer teams, in both the fall and spring seasons. Dan is not the only JGRE member on the sidelines of the soccer field, for the past four years Dave Smith has been coaching the Ravenous Dogs through the AYSA Soccer League. This year he led his daughter Caroline’s team to a 6-1-1 season.
Dan will be putting the desk to good use in the upcoming year. Keep moving Dan! |
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Atlanta: Nerd Capital of the U.S. (really)
No. 1: Atlanta Real estate firm Movoto LLC created the list, crunching data like number of annual comic book and video game conventions, people per computer and bookstore, and people per science museum, among other stats. |
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Up Close with
Agent Dave Smith
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Houston, Atlanta and Washington D.C. Lead the Nation in
Projected Absolute Growth According to the recent ‘Metro Magnets Index’ produced by Pitney Bowes Software, the metropolitan areas of Houston, Atlanta and Washington D.C. are expected to add the most households in absolute terms over the next five years. Between 2012 and 2017, Houston is forecast to grow by 141,000 households, while Atlanta is expected to add 106,000 and D.C. 84,000 new households. On a percentage basis, these three regions should grow by 6.7%, 5.4% and 5.0%, respectively. |
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What is Most
Important to Tenants Posted earlier by OfficeFinder Office Space Blog Determining your priorities is a key to finding the right office space for your company. A full needs analysis is critical in the beginning of the process to make sure you are looking for what you need. Abacus Office Finder in the UK has been doing an ongoing survey to determine what matters most when selecting office space for rent. Here is what they came up with:
"Based on my 30+ year of experience in the business, location is almost always the top priority in locating a business but there are many variables that come in to play, including business strategy, staffing or recruiting issues and many more, but I would say that this is pretty accurate," said Alan Joel. |
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Tenant Tips When you lease commercial office space, the process included negotiating with the property owner to establish what will be contained in your lease. Having a basic knowledge of the pitfalls to avoid and the opportunities to save money will make the task much less arduous for you.
Successful Negotiation Tactics for Your Office Space
Lease: Part 1 |
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