James Hawkins, Author at Hawkins Commercial Realty • Page 3 of 45

Office Condo at Brickell Key Two; 540 Brickell Key Dr Comm A (C1 & C2), Miami, FL 33131 – 2,700 sf usable, 3,024 sf RBA equivalent; Previously Listed

Dec 01, 2021 - Property Profiles - 0 Comments - Standard

This tastefully renovated 2,700 usable square feet office condo located on Brickell Key in the Brickell Key II building was previously offered for sale by Hawkins Commercial Realty for $975,000. Property has 9 office spaces plus one large conference room and comes with 11 parking spaces, 8 of which are just outside on the same […]

Chart: Miami-Dade Commercial Real Estate Sales October 2021

Nov 18, 2021 - Trends - 0 Comments - Standard

This chart displays the quantity of closed commercial property sales in Miami-Dade county including both improved commercial properties and vacant commercial land, that were recorded in the Miami Commercial MLS for the two years ending October of 2021. October’s volume was nearly the same as the prior month. But for a couple of post COVID […]

Chart: Miami Commercial Real Estate Sales to List Price Ratio October 2021

Nov 17, 2021 - Trends - 0 Comments - Standard

The chart above displays the sales price to listing price ratio as reported in the Miami Commercial MLS for improved commercial real estate (MLS classification: commercial/industrial) that lies within the county of Miami-Dade, including cities within, that were priced from $1 million to $10 million and that closed from January 2011 to October 2021. This […]

A Sales Karma Story

Nov 17, 2021 - Negotiating - 0 Comments - Standard

One sunny south Florida day, a guy called me asking about a property. The caller, Marty Applebaum, owner of M.A. Construction Group. was wondering if I might know who would be the best person to talk to about potentially repaving the property’s parking lot. He was hustling for business. I love that. In the middle […]

Chart: Inflation Watch 2021 Intra-Quarter Update; Inflation Expectations Climbing

Oct 26, 2021 - Economy - 0 Comments - Standard

The 5-year TIPS spread, after almost calmly sitting a bit elevated over pre-pandemic levels, of a sudden spiked from its prior month close of 2.51% to 2.95% on October 25th. There has been much talk in the financial press of inflation pressures, but except for an initial move to the 2.5% range this has not […]

Chart: Miami-Dade Commercial Real Estate Sales September 2021

Oct 14, 2021 - Trends - 0 Comments - Standard

This chart displays the number of closed commercial property sales in Miami-Dade county including both improved commercial properties and vacant commercial land, that were recorded in the Miami Commercial MLS for the two years ending September, 2021. The September 2021 volume dropped off a bit versus prior months and was 3.4% lower than the same […]

Chart: Miami Commercial Real Estate Sales to List Price Ratio September 2021

Oct 12, 2021 - Trends - 0 Comments - Standard

This chart displays the sales price to listing price ratio as reported in the Miami Commercial MLS for improved commercial real estate (MLS classification: commercial/industrial) that lies within Miami-Dade, including cities within, that were priced from $1 million to $10 million and that closed from January 2011 to September 2021. This ratio dropped to 91.1% […]

Chart – Inflation Watch 2021 Q3: Inflation Expectations Holding Though Elevated

Oct 01, 2021 - Economy - 0 Comments - Standard

The 5-year TIPS spread continues to steadily hover around the 2.5% range, closing at 2.51% on September 30th, nearly exactly the same as the prior quarter close of 2.46%. If one considers the pre-pandemic level to be 1.75%, then the TIPS spread, and thus inflation expectations, continue to be about 75 basis points higher than […]

Chart: Miami Commercial Real Estate Sales to List Price Ratio August 2021

Sep 08, 2021 - Trends - 0 Comments - Standard

This chart displays the sales price to listing price ratio as reported in the Miami Commercial MLS for improved commercial real estate (MLS classification: commercial/industrial) that lies within Miami-Dade, including cities within, that were priced from $1 million to $10 million and that closed from January 2011 to August 2021. This ratio edged up a […]

Chart: Miami-Dade Commercial Real Estate Sales August 2021

Sep 08, 2021 - Trends - 0 Comments - Standard

This chart displays the number of closed commercial property sales in Miami-Dade county including both improved commercial properties and vacant commercial land, that were recorded in the Miami Commercial MLS for the two years ending August, 2021. August 2021 volume, as was the case with July, seems to be at a normal, non-pandemic, level. “Don’t […]

Chart: Miami Commercial Real Estate Sales to List Price Ratio July 2021

Aug 20, 2021 - Trends - 0 Comments - Standard

This chart displays the selling price to list price ratio as reported in the Miami Commercial MLS for improved commercial real estate (MLS classification: commercial/industrial) within Miami-Dade county, including cities within, in the sunny state of Florida that were priced from $1 million to $10 million and that closed from January 2011 to July 2021. […]

Chart: Miami-Dade Commercial Real Estate Sales July 2021

Aug 16, 2021 - Trends - 0 Comments - Standard

This chart displays the number of closed commercial property sales in Miami-Dade county and the cities, including both improved commercial properties and vacant commercial land, that were recorded in the Miami Commercial MLS for the two years ending July, 2021. The number for last month, July 2021, seems to have reverted to more of a […]

Chart: Zoning Distribution of Miami 21 Urban Commercial Land

Aug 02, 2021 - Development - 0 Comments - Standard

In this chart one can see that the T3 group of Miami 21 urban commercial zones, which includes T3-L, T3-R, and T3-O, is the most common zoning, followed by T6-8, then T5, and T4, whichT6-60 is the least common, followed by the most dense T6-80. If one looks at the same set of parcels, but […]

Quantifying What the Ag Exemption Costs Miami-Dade County’s Other Taxpayers

Aug 01, 2021 - Uncategorized - 0 Comments - Standard

Over the years, I’ve found myself stunned whenever I looked at the drastically low appraisal value versus market value of certain properties with an agriculture use where the highest and best use is clearly something non-agricultural. Just recently, I ran across an article in The Atlantic that addressed this; America’s Dumbest Tax Loophole: The Florida […]