All Forum Posts by: Jean H.

Hello - has anyone seen a developer/tenant scope of work breakdown for a build to suit lease/transaction for a fast food/QSR development? Or does anyone have experience with doing a build to suit? Thanks. 

Hello! Wanted to see if anyone could give me some lender/private money recommendations for build to suit ground up development for a couple national fast food/QSR retailers in the Seattle metro area. Thanks!

Hello! Wanted to see if anyone could give me some lender/private money recommendations for build to suit ground up development for a couple national fast food/QSR retailers in the Seattle metro area. Thanks!

Hello! Wanted to see if anyone could give me some recommendations for good contractors in the King/Pierce county areas. We're in the process of a small commercial development, specifically ground up fast food development. Any input appreciated. Thanks!

Hello! Wanted to see if anyone could give me some recommendations for contractors in the King/Pierce county areas. We're in the process of a small commercial development, specifically ground up fast food development. Any input appreciated. Thanks!

Does anyone know if you're allowed to sell/list your own commercial property/vacant land etc. if you're a licensed broker in WA? My current broker will not allow it - all commercial property/vacant land transactions need to be referred to another broker. Any firms out there that doesn't have this policy? 

@Joel Owens, would also appreciate your input here. You are the guru on topics like this. 

Hello - wanted to see if anyone could provide some insight into potential lenders and/or financing options for a small commercial / retail development. I'm looking into a project with total project value (including land) of ~$3-3.5 million. Most commercial banks I've looked into don't really finance new ground up development, even with national credited tenants so wanted to see what are possible options. 

The plan is to do build to suits for two national QSRs. 

@Joel Owens, sorry but wanted to see if you had any thoughts on this. Thanks. 

@Joel Owens, thanks so much for all the input as always. Do you know what the typical target rent to sales ratio is for ground leases? I know typically in normal build to suit type of situations, QSRs typically like to see sub 10% rent to sales ratio and probably closer to 7-8%. But for ground lease situations, given a QSR needs to invest more upfront, I'd imagine that their target rent to sales ratio would be significantly lower? Any insight into this?