Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory for Real Estate-Backed Businesses
Many South Florida businesses are worth more for the buildings they sit in than for the operations inside them. When a logistics company, food distributor, manufacturer or contractor is sold, merged or recapitalized, the real estate decides a large share of the value and most of the complexity. Smith Commercial Property Group advises owners, buyers and their counsel on the property side of those transactions.
Where we add value
- Valuing the real estate separately from the business so neither side overpays or leaves value on the table.
- Sale-leaseback structuring: selling the building to an investor at closing and leasing it back on terms the operating business can carry.
- Separating or combining real estate and operating entities ahead of a sale.
- Portfolio dispositions and acquisitions across multiple properties and counties.
- Partnership and family transitions: buyouts, partition alternatives and 1031 exchange planning.
- Coordination with M&A attorneys, CPAs, lenders and investment bankers so the property workstream does not slow the deal.
Typical situations
An owner selling the company but keeping the building as an income property; a buyer who wants the operations but not the real estate; a family deciding whether to sell, lease or hold a warehouse after the founder retires; a private equity acquirer that needs a market lease put in place before closing.
Experience
Our advisory work draws on $500M+ of closed transactions across industrial, cold storage and investment property in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, and on daily contact with the investors and operators who buy and lease these buildings.
Selling, buying or restructuring a business that owns or leases its real estate? Contact us for a confidential conversation.