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Office Buildings
From trophy buildings to obsolete buildings, from office towers in CBDs to suburban locations, from corporate campuses to mixed use office buildings, owner-occupied and rental offices, to medical offices and other special occupancy offices, Federal Appraisal, LLC appraises offices. We appraise for the financing, feasibility and development, and construction through all aspects of operations, and then divestment, repositioning and redevelopment, and sometimes bankruptcy.
As a national appraisal company, we have appraised offices in most of the major markets in the United States. We specialize in portfolio valuations, and appraisals for accounting, tax, and legal purposes, including but not limited to:
developments, feasibility, or market studies
financing
tax and investor reporting, IRS, depreciation, cost segregation, purchase price allocation, ASC 805 and other ASC regulations
property tax assessment and appeals
gift and estate tax
acquisition or disposition due diligence
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Apartments, Condominiums, and Cooperatives
Federal Appraisal has been appraising multi-family buildings for 37 years. From super luxury residential towers to obsolete buildings in the midst of blight and urban renewal, to suburban and rural housing, Federal Appraisal, LLC appraises all types of multi-family housing. We appraise for financing, feasibility and development, and construction through all aspects of operations, and then divestment, repositioning and redevelopment, and sometimes bankruptcy.
As a national appraisal company, we have appraised multi-family buildings in most of the major markets in the United States. We specialize in portfolio valuations, and appraisals for accounting and tax, and legal purposes for all types of multi-family including but not limited to:
garden apartments in suburbs
luxury rental, condo, or coop building in CBDs
feasibility, planning, zoning, financing, market studies
HUD rent studies, RCSs
Subdivisions, single family homes, townhouses and/or planned developments
Our clients utilize our appraisals and advice for numerous purposes, including:
financing, development, feasibility, marketing
investing due diligence; equity and debt
tax management; property taxes, income taxes, sales and transfer taxes
gift and estate planning
litigation
tax and investor reporting, IRS, depreciation, cost segregation, purchase price allocation, ASC 805
acquisition or disposition due diligence
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Land Appraisal, Subdivisions, Easements, Rights of Way
While often a relatively small contribution to the overall real property value or overall business value, land frequently presents challenging appraisal issues. Such issues often make the land valuation the most volatile of the appraised components of the overall real property value or overall business value. Without an experienced hand, land valuation can become problematic.
Federal Appraisal specializes in the appraisal of land and all its land rights variations.
fee simple land
leased fee and leasehold land, ground leases, permits, licenses
easements (permanent or temporary), right of ways, encumbrances, appurtenance rights
air rights, development rights, transferable development rights, FAR
partial interests
Federal Appraisal has been appraising land for 36 years. We have worked numerous types of land development.
residential lots and subdivision site
commercial, retail, industrial land
utility and infrastructure land
Our land appraisal and advisory work is utilized in many issues, including:
redevelopment
loan underwriting and financing
feasibility studies and market studies
condemnation
acquisition and disposition due diligence
property tax assessment and litigation
income tax reporting, transfer tax reporting
investor reporting
litigation and expert witness
zoning and variance issues
cost segregation and purchase price allocation, ASC 805 reporting
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Development Rights and Partial Interests
Development Rights and Partial Interests are more complex appraisal issues. Federal Appraisal specializes in complex appraisal issues, such as these.
Partial Interest concepts begin with leases on fee simple property, creating leased fee and leasehold interests. It is not uncommon in modern real estate for breakdowns in communication between unsure appraisers and clients. Such undisciplined practice by appraisers can lead to the appraisal of the wrong interests and inappropriate value conclusions. Some lease deals are so complex and old that the implications of the lease are difficult to discern for all but the most experienced appraisers, such as those from Federal Appraisal.
Federal Appraisal LLC has appraised thousands of leased interests around the United States, from standard leases on general purpose commercial real estate to complex leases on very high value/complex facilities, such as corporate headquarters and campuses, power plants, and special manufacturing facilities.
Fee Simple, Leased Fee, Leasehold
Ground Leases
Long Term Leases
Lease Renewal Terms and Negotiations
Operating and Capital Leases
Leasehold Improvements
Partial Interest concepts continue with a divided interests in a fee estate, such as business partnerships and family limited partnerships. Depending on the context, these partial interests do not represent their pro rata share of the fee value. A 50% owner in an investment property does not have 50% of the value of the underlying investment property. The appraisal is complex because first, Federal will establish the value of the underlying investment property. Then, Federal will establish the discount to the pro rata share. This discount study is a second appraisal, which has its own requirements depending on the users of the appraisal. The IRS has very complex and distinct requirements from others such as bankruptcy courts or partnership dispute resolutions.
Federal Appraisal specializes in appraisal for accounting and legal purposes, such as discount studies for the IRS and litigation.
Partial Interest
Minority Interest
Discount for Lack of Marketability
Discount for Lack of Control
Development Rights are another type of partial interests. Arising from general land development rights, development rights are the rights to develop that can be transferred to other landowners. Development rights represent part of the land rights that are inherent in a full fee simple estate. In urban areas, where land sales are rare and land values are very high, development rights present very difficult appraisal problems but often yield very high values.
Federal Appraisal has decades of experience appraising development rights.
Transferrable Development Rights
Air Rights
Floor Area Ratio FAR Square Feet
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