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March 5, 2012

It All Started with the Tomatoes

By Partner ESI

Sometimes Things Don’t Quite Add Up During Property Condition Reports

Here’s one of my stranger tales from the field, where it paid to stop and reevaluate the explanations. Sometimes things don’t add up during Commercial Building Inspections. I’ve encountered some strange issues over the years, and here’s one situation where I’m glad I didn’t accept the initial explanations. It all started with the tomatoes, but ended up somewhere much more typical.

I was engaged to perform a Property Condition Report for the acquisition of four tilt-up concrete industrial buildings adjacent to a river in the US farmlands. The development was constructed in the 1970s and included about 300,000 square feet of warehouse/manufacturing space. The buildings were separated by asphalt-paved parking lots.

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Founded in 2007, Partner Engineering and Science Inc., is the leading provider of engineering, environmental, energy, and construction consulting for the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. Touching 1 in 5 CRE transactions in the U.S., Partner is widely recognized as the largest and best provider of third-party physical due diligence reports, including Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, Property Condition Assessments, Seismic Risk Assessments, Zoning Reports, ALTA Land Title Surveys, and Construction Risk Management. Partner’s connectedness to the CRE market gives it an unparalleled view into CRE trends and risk management insights. Partner also provides a full suite of consulting services to support the entire real estate lifecycle, including: Geotechnical Consulting; Building Systems Consulting; Capital Management and Project Implementation Support; Environmental Health & Safety Consulting; Energy, Sustainability & Resilience Consulting; and Site Civil Engineering. With a responsive approach scaled for speed and agility, Partner helps clients manage risk, make smart investments, optimize asset performance, and win at their real estate investment strategies. Based in Torrance, Calif., Partner has over 1,400 employees in 40 offices around the globe.

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