Category: Martens Companies

From Josh Heck with the Wichita Business Journal. After 18 years in the same Wichita office, Grant Thornton LLP will relocate to a new space early next year. The accounting and tax firm has signed a lease for 9,429 square feet of space in the Hinkle Law Firm building in the Waterfront development near 13th Street North and Webb Road. “The Waterfront is the premier business address in the city right now,” Dan Powers, Grant Thornton’s local managing partner, tells the Wichita Business Journal. He says the firm’s lease of the…

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NAI Global recently posted this article about Generation Z and their preference for brick and mortar stores. One might think that Generation Z, whose oldest members were born in the middle 1990s, would be enthusiastic users of online shopping. However, one may be wrong in that assumption, according to a new survey by IBM and the National Retail Foundation. Gen Z shoppers may have easy access to their devices – such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops – but the in-store shopping experience still has its own access to their hearts and wallets.…

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For Immediate Release   Contact:            Andrew Braun 316.847.4913 [email protected]   NAI Martens Represents Sale of One and Two Brittany Place   WICHITA, KS – July 10, 2017– NAI Martens announced that it represented the sale of One and Two Brittany Place by BACM 2005-3 MAIN WOODLAWN, LLC to Brittany Place Investment, LLC. Patrick Ahern and Grant Glasgow represented the seller in the transaction, which was sold via Ten-X commercial real estate transaction marketplace.   “We had a tremendous level of interest in the sale of this asset,” Ahern said. “Over…

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As the market’s commercial real estate knowledge leader, the NAI Martens research team is continually refining our approach to data collection, analysis and dissemination. Our real time database provides timely and accurate property, economic and demographic information for the benefit of our stakeholders. However, the collection and application of information goes well beyond our hard data application to include information used to predict human behavior. One of our NAI Global network offices recently shared some interesting thoughts regarding data mining and predictive analytics. Expert forecasters see predictive data analysis expanding…

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NAI Global recently put together this list of 5 ways that automation will change the way we work in Commercial Real Estate. Automation is a topic that has been in the forefront of everyone’s mind over the past year. People anxiously wait to see how the workforce will change as soon as robots and smart software become more prevalent in the occupational setting. Many people tend to think of automation as something that will disrupt industries that rely on manual labor while leaving skilled labor untouched – a notion that…

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The Counselors of Real Estate, of which Tom Johnson is one of only a handful of designees in the state, just released their Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate 2017-18 which include: Political Polarization and Global Uncertainty The Technology Boom Generational Disruption Retail Disruption Infrastructure Investment Housing: The Big Mismatch Lost Decades of the Middle Class Real Estate’s Emerging Role in Health Care Immigration Climate Change Link: CRE 2017-18 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate   The Counselors of Real Estate was established exclusively for real estate professionals who provide advice,…

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Here at NAI Martens we are constantly looking at how we can use the latest tools to help our team offer the best service in Wichita by improving our marketing, expanding a listing’s exposure, and efficiently managing time-consuming bank-office processes.  Our friends at NAI Hunneman recently put together this list of top tools that are being used in the commercial real estate industry, we are already using many of these same tools in our business. Marketing Tools Technology changed how real estate marketers present client properties. Thanks to virtual reality,…

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NAI Marten’s Drew Gannon, Research & GIS Specialist, has completed his 1st Quarter 2017 update for the industrial R&D/Flex space market. Follow us for the latest in Wichita commercial real estate news and information. 1Q17 Flex Report  

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Did you know NAI Martens is part of a global commercial real estate service network with over 400 offices and 7,000 market leaders spanning the globe? NAI has offices all over the world, so with our local expertise, combined with our global reach, we offer innovative, customized solutions and seamless service to our owners, tenants, and investors throughout south-central Kansas and Topeka. Our company has been in operation since 1948 and is lead by CEO Steve Martens, CCIM, CPM, SIOR and President Tom Johnson, CRE – two industry veterans with…

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One of the most exciting new areas of development in Wichita is the WSU Innovation Campus.  Situated on 120 acres, the Innovation Campus will include partnership buildings, laboratories, a community makerspace and mixed use areas. The Wichita Eagle recently reported on the projects ramping up this summer. Construction at Wichita State University’s Innovation Campus is scheduled to ramp up in coming months, with four major projects beginning this summer and three others due to be completed this year. “This is moving faster than we envisioned when we announced the Innovation Campus…

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