Commercial real
estate
investing, just like residential real estate investing, has a strong
renovate and sell component to the overall calculus of profit and
loss.
Many commercial real estate investors see
properties
they hold solely in the context of the revenue stream generated every
month, rather than as an asset that can be improved over time. In the
current competitive
commercial
real estate marketplace, this could have you falling behind the
curve on getting
your maximum return on investment.
There
are several good reasons to renovate
commercial real estate.
Renovate your current property to greatly improve the re-sale value.
Buy another cheap property in a good
area. Then renovate it for future resale. Consider subdividing your
property into smaller offices and retail spaces to increase the
number
of tenants and therefore, the amount of rent collected. Or, simply
command higher rents for premium facilities. All of this is about
improving the attractiveness of the
property for tenants and potential buyers, making it
easy to get a solid return on your investment.
As with all
real estate investing,
you need to determine if your strategy is to buy-and-flip or to
buy-hold-and-lease. In particular, if you're planning on hosting your
own office in the facilities, buying and leasing makes a fair amount
of
sense; on top of this, there are tax incentives available for
commercial real estate held for seven years or more, to help fund and
encourage renovation work. This is all part of the process of
encouraging businesses to remain in communities, and foster a good
employment market.
Once you've chosen to renovate, for any, or
several, of the reasons above, the question becomes "what sort of
renovations will return the best value for the money invested." If
your
property under renovation
has tenants, they're the first people to ask. If it's just been
vacated
by a tenant, it's also a good time to ask what sort of renovations
and
remodeling would be desired.
Typical renovations that are worth
doing include checking the plumbing, adding conferencing
space
and making the foyer more open and airy. All of these renovations
will
help you qualify for the tax relief programs being offered for long
term
commercial real
estate holders.
If you don't have any
tenants,
the renovations possible are much more extensive - you aren't
disrupting someone's business workflow while you undergo the
renovation
process. Consider green renovations first. These can be as simple as
replacing the windows with triple glazed thermal protection windows
to
a panoply of more extensive changes, like elevators that capture
electricity when they descend, using regenerative breaking. If you're
looking to sell the
building, using recycled materials in a
renovation can greatly improve your ability to sell it, particularly
to
younger business owners who consider green buildings to be a mark of
prestige, or a moral obligation.
While
it's possible to sink more money into green renovations than the
property is worth, there are several things to seriously consider.
The
three most common include solar collectors on the roof, rainwater
collectors that can be used for the toilets and other gray water
facilities, and using a solar wall with black piping to let the
sunlight do part of the hot water heating for the building.
Regrettably, much of the furor about making green housing pay for
itself in reduced utility bills boils down to poor math. Most
businesses will spend more on green features than they'll earn back
over the expected time they'll remain in the business at foreseeable
energy prices. What you're doing when you do these sorts of
capital investments
in your property is staking a fiscal position that the price of
energy
is going to rise in the near future, and that you're improving the
resale value of your facility. This isn't to say they aren't
worthwhile
- a lot of the green innovations in
building construction make
the building more habitable, and they do reduce the costs of
operation.
The unquantifiable benefit is the price value of
reduced environmental impact.
The hazards of renovation include the
usual hazards involved in any sort of construction endeavor.
Contractors and
builders
can run late, or run over budget, or both. You can have renovations
that result in disasters. When looking to do renovations, take the
time
to interview your contractors carefully. Work through the entire
process with them, and set up metrics for what needs to be done as
well
as when it needs to be done. Work with your contractors as closely as
you can afford to, without joggling their elbows or "backseat
driving"
the job.
Above all else, make plans and stick with them -
renovations are big projects and big projects more than anything have
a
tendency to take longer and go over budget, as the final
specification
becomes more and more of a moving target.
If you're going to be
building a new facility on a lot, you're likely going beyond th
e
bounds of renovation. That being said, there are several options that
are easier to facilitate into a new building, than into an existing
one. Among them are baseline water heaters (which heat and cool rooms
by running water through pipes under the floor), energy capture
facilities like solar arrays integrated into south facing walls, a
property designed heating and cooling system with an energy star
compliant ventilation system, and proper insulation.
Make your
renovation budget work in your favor to increase the value of your
property in hyderabad.
The capital outlay now will give a substantial return on the
investment, either as a flip, or through increased leasing
revenues.
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