How to locate vacant commercial buildings

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Hi, I'm looking for vacant commercial buildings for rehab / conversion. Does anyone know a data source for this, that could identify for example if a building has been vacant for 18m+? Does CoStar have this?

H. Jack Miller · Answer

I would look on LoopNet etc. and search by the keyword vacant

Ronald Rohde · Answer

Also search for "owner user" a lot of listings put that as their target buyer.

Logan McKay Zylstra · Answer

Unlikely that commercial buildings are vacant in this market. Your best bet is connecting with brokers.

Scott Christopher · Answer

Good ideas, I will try that for on-market. I wonder if there is anyway to find them off-market?

Scott Christopher · Answer

As far as I can tell, there are many retail and office buildings that are vacant. Of course I could reach out to every broker I could find, and drive around every neighborhood I have time too. But also, if there happened to be a data service that had these in a list, or even some of them, it could help speed up the process.

How to locate vacant commercial buildings

How to locate vacant commercial buildings

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