Retail Urban Investment Sold in DC

 Urban Retail Properties  News

Calkain Retail Urban Investment Advisors recently completed the sale of a four-tenant, retail investment property in Washington, DC. The purchaser was a private investor/developer seeking an income-producing asset with a strong upside. The property, WY18, is a charming residential condominium in the heart of Adams Morgan. Adams Morgan, one of the District’s most diverse neighborhoods, has streets ripe with multicultural eateries, eclectic shops and vibrant, charismatic nightlife.

Rick Fernandez, Calkain Retail Urban Investment Advisors’ Managing Director, represented the buyer and seller. “The WY18 retail condos are well situated within a dense, high traffic location in an affluent, diverse residential and retail community. The buyer saw significant opportunity in the location and potential of this asset,” explained Fernandez. The transaction closed in the past thirty days.

Calkain Companies is a boutique commercial real estate brokerage firm which specializes in assisting buyers and sellers with single and multi- tenant retail, industrial, hotel and office net-leased transactions. While licensed to conduct business in many states, nationally, Calkain has multiple office locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Northeast United States. Additional information about the firm and listings may be found at www.calkain.com.

Benefits of Urban Retail Investments

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Benefits of Urban Investments

There are many emerging factors which make investment in urban areas more appealing. The long term rise in oil prices along with increased traffic and congestion has translated into a rising desire for proximity to public transit, which has made urban living more desirable. To illustrate this fact, suburban households typically spend 25% of their budgets on transportation, compared to 9% for urban households. Subsequently, the number of households desiring to be within one-half mile of urban transit is expected to double, reaching 14.8 million by 2025.

Besides concerns about transportation, other factors are also making urban investment more appealing. The younger generation, so called "echo-boomers" or "Generation Y" is 50% more likely to live in urban areas. It has also been recorded that the top 100 MSAs (Metropolitan Statistical Areas) generate 75% of the U.S. GDP and 66% of its jobs, while only making up 12% of its land mass. Furthermore, the top 10 MSAs are home to 33% of the nations "knowledge jobs" and 27% of its research universities. In an economy which is increasingly based on technology and is in-fact referred to as the "knowledge economy", these numbers point to increased viability and prosperity for urban areas.

Lastly, the retrofit-ability (or reusability) of a particular urban property is typically much greater than standard suburban real estate. Urban properties usually require less identity-driven structures and tenants are comfortable in a specific space mainly because its location. Therefore, if a new tenant is ever needed to fill a specific property, the options of that tenant are much larger than a specifically designed building for the previous occupant.

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