Talk:Commercial property

Only about America

The scope of this article is only about the United States. 80.0.115.112 10:51, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Stand-by letters of credit

I am a vice president of real estate lending at ShoreBank in Chicago and have made commercial real estate loans for 15 years. I am deleting the sentence about stand-by letters of credit being required for commercial real estate loans because while they may be used on occasion, they are not standard, at least not in my experience. 99.145.163.26 (talk) 00:41, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Question

What does this sentence mean? "5. Has the “Add Back” calculation been applied to the financial accounts to achieve the notional bottom line prior to applying the correct current market multiplier for the business or property – this changes depending on location, length of lease, condition of property, timing of next rent review etc?" If someone knows, could they please edit it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.100.253.86 (talk) 07:44, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Split

Investment property and commercial buildings are not at all the same thing. I don't understand why these two articles were merged in the first place. Jcitawy (talk) 12:58, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

This article's name isn't "investment property", it's "commercial property". Commercial buildings are commercial property. They're a subset, possibly the largest subset (ahead of, say, parking lots). Just before the merge, Commercial building consisted of two paragraphs, and somebody probably didn't see that there was any value to having those paragraphs segregated into a separate article. I'm inclined to agree. Though they should be properly integrated here rather than giving the impression that they're a separate topic. Largoplazo (talk) 13:51, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

It doesn't matter which name you use, they're synonyms. Commercial buildings are not a subset of commercial property. They're a type of building that happens to be used as commercial property. Commercial buildings do not have to be commercial property, even if they commonly are. It's like merging Dog into Pet because dogs are the most common type of pet. --Jcitawy (talk) 14:02, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Buildings are property. If they're commercial, well, they're commercial. They aren't commercial as buildings but non-commercial as property, nor the reverse. If I'm missing something, can you explain what it is? Largoplazo (talk) 16:42, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

"Investment property" and "commercial property" are not synonyms. If I buy residential homes, renovate them, and resell them for a profit, those are investment properties but there's nothing commercial about them. Largoplazo (talk) 16:47, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

The article, as currently written, says that "investment property" and "commercial property" are synonyms, and that if you sell real estate for profit, it's commercial property. --Jcitawy (talk) 17:57, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

I didn't even notice that. Well, as I noted, an investment property isn't necessarily a commercial property. As for your sentence if you sell real estate for profit, it's commercial property, that's untrue. A commercial property or building is one where commerce is carried out. Any kind of property/building can be sold for a profit; your reasoning would lead to the conclusion that all property/buildings are commercial property/buildings. Largoplazo (talk) 22:35, 27 November 2023 (UTC)