The sale of this development site changed so many things for our development site sales practice. The property was put on the market at a time when the market was rapidly changing.
2/7 We anticipated a price in the mid $400s per square foot and quickly the bidding escalated to the point where we obtained over $600 per buildable foot. Based on this, we went to several other sellers, letting them know that they could get prices that were well in excess
3/7 of what other brokers were telling them. We went on to sell several of those sites at these escalated prices and soon thereafter developed a reputation for being able to hit the highest prices in the marketplace.
4/7 This site was one that we thought was an excellent Upper West Side site with good frontage and in a great location, but we did not think we would be able to get the price that we achieved. However, it became very apparent early in the process that the financing markets
5/7 were very robust for this type of development, and the expected sales price of the condos was higher than anticipated. This allowed us to get pricing significantly in excess of the expectation and set a new benchmark for what we anticipated being able to achieve
6/7 for similar sites in Manhattan given that we were at the cutting edge of this change in the market. It also enabled us to price and obtain results on other sites that no one else anticipated, giving us a significant competitive advantage.
7/7 Being ahead of the curve in terms of price movements provides a significant competitive advantage to those who are ahead of the curve. Here is what the seller had to say:
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
2/ In the world of prospecting, “cold calling” should be something done only within the first year of your prospecting campaign. After that, the majority of your prospecting calls will be warm calls because prospects will already know you.
3/ As you change your focus, or want to communicate with new entrants into your marketplace, you will continue to have to make those cold calls but if your target audience remains fairly consistent, the majority of your calls will be warm.
509 West 38th Street was a 125’ x 100’ development site upon which sat an auto body repair shop with a large billboard which provided additional income.
2/8 The lease on the property and the billboard had expired and were being rented on a month-to-month basis. The site was purchased by a partnership of Meadow Partners & Iliad Realty.
3/8 Meadow was majority owner, Iliad had a first right of refusal to purchase the site if the site was going to be sold.
When the site was acquired, the intention was to build a residential rental property in the booming Hudson Yards neighborhood.
2/10 It is easy to lose sight of the fact that time is passing, days go by in the blink of an eye. Before we know another week, month and year have passed. But have we taken the time to really appreciate what we have, and have we achieved the things most important to us?
3/10 So, in these busy lives that we lead, how can we try to maximize the quality of our lives? Many years ago, my dad was diagnosed w/ pancreatic cancer. During the last 2 months of my dad's life, he was in the hospital & my daily visits w/ him really provided me with clarity.
In land assemblage, the whole is usually worth more than the sum of the parts. In these transactions, due to two unusually shaped properties and different zoning districts, the sum of the parts were worth more than the whole.
2/12 Suggesting a tax lot subdivision, and a joint venture development strategy, which left one of the unwilling sellers with a retail condo interest, were keys to maximizing the value of all the component properties.
3/12 This was one of the most interesting deals we ever worked on. We created two development sites and changed the skyline in this newly emerging neighborhood
1205 and 1225 Broadway were two adjacent office and retail properties with short-term leases.
🧵Another in the series of "Thoughts for the Day":
What are you working on today?
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Our business is a busy one with many moving parts. We all have more on our plates than we can possibly accomplish, and new things pop-up all the time. #MondayMorning
2/10 How do you succeed? How do you cope? How do you achieve your goals? How do you not get caught up in the swirl of the daily whirlwind? I offer a couple of one-word answers: think, plan, discipline, focus.