Archive for July, 2007

Highly visible, stately building on heavily trafficked Stickney Point Road.

Interior has been completely remodeled, with new impact glass windows, phone system and CAT 5 wiring throughout. All new kitchen, bathroom, lighting fixtures, A/C, front door, stair rail and facings.

Perfect location for law office, CPA, insurance or medical office.

Sale Price: $629,000
Property Status: Existing
Class of Space: Class B
Gross Building Area (GBA) 2,040 SF
Building Size (RSF): 1,934 SF
Total Land Size: 9,030 SF
Sale Terms: Cash to Seller
Zoning: OPI
Tax ID Number / APN : 0103-08-0030
Last Updated: 7/30/2007

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For developers looking to do mixed-use, intensive developments look no further than you local college. At the local New College campus, with thousands of people walking around and commuting daily a mixed-use project seems like a given.

Campus projectscan bring lot bang for their buck

“College communities combine higher education, along with higher income and spending, boosting the profit potential for retail projects in markets that might otherwise be considered too small for big-name stores“, says Brady Gruhn, director of sales and leasing at Lockard Development.

Consider the obligatory Starbucks, Jimmy Johns, 7-11 and you’re off to pretty good start.

Now, who’s going to develop it?

To begin with, I’m not particularly fond of the tactic of slapping some innocuous name for your initiative that doesn’t give any clarification on what it’s about.  “Hometown Democracy”? Who’s going to vote against something like that? If you walked into a ballot booth tomorrow morning and had to choose whether or not you were going to vote for democracy, chances are good you’ll pass that in a jiffy.

It’d be like asking a troop of Boy Scouts if they would vote for “Firestarter Class”. It’s a layup.

So Hometown Democracy, what is it about? It’s about change… and resisting it. It’s the mentality which says, “Now that I’m here, burn the bridges so no one else comes.” It seems overlooked that the biggest engine driving our local economy is getting squeezed out again. And no one is stopping to consider who is going to wind up paying for it. It’s the small business. That same small business that hires locally and spends locally. The only people this is really going to benefit are retirees and light sleepers who like to hit their snooze button. It’s like Confucius says,  “Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.” Businesses don’t make money unless they offer something *better* than what was previously available. That’s why this free-market capitalism of ours has created a world of change and elevated our standard of living to the level we all enjoy today.

Too often we demonize “the Developer” as someone who just comes in and levels old houses in the name of the Almighty Dollar and don’t look at the huge risk he bears and meanwhile provides jobs in construction, then retail and all the other associated benefits of new developments. It’s just as often the guy who wants top dollar for his 1979 wood frame house who’s whining about new development. Change is good AND necessary.

“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” -W. Edwards Deming

This 3rd floor space is turnkey ready. Computers are in place, furniture set up, examination tables even have the tissue paper on them. Decorations are tasteful and functional.

Convenient access to Lakewood Ranch Medical’s main building, excellent parking, easy to find.

Directions: East on University Parkway from I-75, Left on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard. Medical Office Building is on your left.

Contact me for more information 941.321.7323.