SALES
Representing Buyers and SellersWe have listed properties and represented buyers across all sectors of the commercial market including retail, office, industrial, land for investment and development and specialty properties including hotels and wineries, senior housing/assisted living and self-storage. Our clients include regional and local owners and operators in a variety of businesses and industries. We also represent domestic and foreign investors and not-for-profit organizations. Our legal, financing and accounting backgrounds uniquely qualify us to maximize value for our sellers and ensure that our buyers are earning the cap rates and return on investments that meet their investment objectives.
LEASING
Landlord and Tenant RepresentationFrom locally owned businesses to regional and public companies, GRE represents landlords and tenants in virtually all industry types including retail, restaurant, office and industrial. With over 30 years working in the Inland Empire market we are skilled in finding the perfect property fit for our tenant clients and the ideal tenants for our landlord clients. The legal expertise of GRE’s principals along with their years of commercial real estate experience provides a significant advantage to our clients in drafting and reviewing lease contracts. On behalf of our clients, we confidently and aggressively negotiate favorable lease structures and terms that meet and many times exceed our client’s expectations.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
Entitlement and ProcessingGRE assists its clients in obtaining the entitlements necessary to maximize the value of their real estate investments. If you are choosing to rezone your property for resale or take it through the complete development plan approval process, we can manage all of your entitlement needs. GRE can work with you to assemble and manage a team of professionals (engineers, planners, consultants, land use attorneys, etc.) with the precise skills necessary to streamline the lengthy entitlement process and deliver results. We can assist owner/users as well as developers and speculators to add value to their raw land by successfully obtaining desirable entitlements and planning for development and construction.
INVESTMENTS
Specializing in 1031 exchanges1031 exchanges are a specialized area of the tax code for which we can provide guidance and expertise from the point of making your decision to sell to closing on your upleg property. GRE has resources for qualified, trustworthy and cost-effective escrow companies and accommodators who can ensure your 1031 exchange process is smooth, efficient and meets all requirements of the IRS tax code. One of GRE’s distinctive is the legal, accounting and MBA backgrounds the principals have to offer to every client we represent. This is particularly advantageous to our investment clients in reviewing a property’s financial statements and tax returns and preparing and analyzing proformas and IRR calculations to evaluate the investment opportunity. Once we present and discuss these proformas and analytics with our clients they can make their investment decisions with confidence and comfort knowing they came to an informed and reasoned decision.
BUSINESS SALES
Restaurant sale transactions and ABC transfersDisposing of your business, stock in trade and equipment in conjunction with retirement or venturing into a new industry? You will have to deal with a number of laws, tax issues and government/licensing regulations relating to that "bulk sale”, and GRE is competently positioned to help you maximize your value, satisfy claims, and transfer assets along with alcohol and other operating licenses. We utilize our financial and legal backgrounds to competently represent sellers of retail businesses and restaurants to value and appropriately price their business to ensure that they will attract the ideal qualified buyer. We also provide buyer representation to help buyers to locate a suitable, well-priced business. GRE then shepherds the buyer and seller through the bulk sale escrow process including business and alcohol license transfers, creditor and lien releases and tax advantageous purchase allocations.
SPECIALTY SERVICES
We can advise you on:• Minimizing investment risk
• Investment proformas and projections
• Debt restructuring and lender negotiations
• Property management guidance
• Real estate portfolio diversification
