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Trade a business for commercial property
One side has goodwill and cash flow; the other has location and walls. Natural trading partners — and often the same address.
Business owners and commercial property owners are natural trading partners. One has cash flow and goodwill; the other has bricks and location. Direct exchanges allow operators to acquire their building, and building owners to acquire an operating business — without a traditional sale on either side.
Both sides of the lease line
Tenants who want to own their building trading business equity for ownership instead of paying rent forever
Commercial building owners seeking an active income stream trading the property for an operating business
Entrepreneurs pivoting from one industry to another using their business as currency for a different commercial asset
Investors structuring leveraged acquisitions using business goodwill and cash flow as the primary trade value
Businesses seeking commercial property
The signature deals
A profitable restaurant business swapped for the commercial kitchen space it currently operates in, eliminating the lease
A service company traded for a small office building, converting the owner from operator to landlord
A retail business exchanged for a strip mall unit, giving the seller both a business exit and a real estate hold
Two heavyweight diligence tracks close together: financials, contracts, and structure on the business; leases, Phase I environmental, and zoning on the building — with the boot negotiated between two independent valuations.
Related swaps
Business-for-commercial FAQ
Stop renting from your future counterparty.
List your business for free and trade goodwill for a deed.