Due Diligence Survey Before Buying a Vacant School Property
A closed school is not a simple empty lot. The site can hold an old main building, wide grounds, play areas, and more than one parcel. Some sites even carry more than one street address. That makes buying a former school a very different job than buying a plain vacant lot. In Chicago, this comes […]
Why an ALTA Survey Matters Before a Sale-Leaseback Transaction
A sale-leaseback lets an owner sell a property and keep using it. The owner sells to a buyer, then signs a lease and stays on as the tenant. An ALTA survey gives everyone in the deal a clear, measured picture of the land and the buildings on it. That picture helps the buyer, the seller, […]
Why an ALTA Land Survey Matters Before Buying a Mixed-Use Building
Buying a mixed-use building isn’t like buying a house. You’re not just checking one roof and one lot line. You’re checking a building that might have a coffee shop on the ground floor, apartments above it, and maybe an office tucked in the back. Each of those spaces comes with its own rules, its own […]