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Year in Review 2018: Michelle Marie Zere, Zere Real Estate Services

Name & Title: Michelle Marie Zere, Executive Vice President 

Company Name: Zere Real Estate Services

Address: 2155 Ocean Avenue, Unit C Ronkonkoma NY 11779

Website: www.zere.com

Social Media: @ZereRealEstate

 

What was your most notable project, deal, transaction or professional achievement in 2018?

The most difficult industrial deal is unequivocally the complicated sale of 3800 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Bohemia. This deal was the most time consuming and lengthy deal of 2018 for my brother, Michael Zere and me. 

The transaction was a 27,000 s/f empty industrial building for multi-tenant use that sold for $3.095 million. The property offered abundant parking, excellent loading capacity for trucks and tremendous exposure along the MacArthur Airport Veterans Highway Business Corridor with fabulous signage opportunities sandwiched between a McDonalds Restaurant and extremely active diner. It was on the market close to four years before the right buyer and situation presented itself to sell the building.

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