The Officeminium : alternative tenure choice in the Office Business Center market
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Williams, Alan R
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Alternative tenure choice in the Office Business Center market
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Lynn Fisher.
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The Office Business Center (OBC) is a shared office facility, which is fully equipped, staffed and furnished. Many small business and sole proprietors choose OBC space over traditional leased office space because it alleviates the upfront cost and time required to maintain and manage an effective office infrastructure. Additionally, the persistence of low commercial mortgage interest rates have helped to witness a rise in office space ownership through the growth of the office condominium market- a market which is also dominated by small businesses and sole proprietorships. This thesis investigates the viability of a new real estate product, the Officeminium(TM). The Officeminium(TM) is a hybrid product which combines the ownership tenure of the office condominium and the full service environment of an OBC. The Officeminium(TM) provides a subset of small business owners and small proprietors with a hedge against rent risk and opportunistic agency, while affording office building owners and developers with a means to reduce excess building capacity and potentially increase the value of their real estate asset.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2005. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. In title on t.p. "Officeminium" is followed by the trademark symbol. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-68).
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2005Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and PlanningPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Urban Studies and Planning.