Sell your commercial property
in South Florida.
Pricing built on real underwriting, marketing that reaches matched buyers instead of waiting for them, and an off-market option when discretion matters. This page is the straight version of how a commercial sale actually works.
To sell a commercial property in South Florida, get a valuation based on income and recent comparable sales, prepare your financial file, then run either a marketed process or a quiet off-market sale to matched buyers. Correctly priced properties here typically go under contract in 30 to 90 days. The valuation is the right first step, and a good broker provides it free before you commit to anything.
Right now we are tracking 8 active buyer mandates and 5,718 live listings across our 7-county South Florida footprint.
How a commercial sale actually runs.
Get a real valuation
Start with a broker valuation built on income, comparable sales, and current cap rates, not an online estimate. It tells you what the market will actually pay and whether now is the right time.
Prepare the property and the paperwork
Organized financials, clean rent rolls, term leases instead of month-to-month, and documented capital work all add real dollars. Most of the value a seller controls is created before marketing starts.
Choose marketed or off-market
A full marketed process maximizes competition and usually price. An off-market process trades some price discovery for speed and confidentiality. The right choice depends on your timeline and situation.
Market to matched buyers
Beyond the listing platforms, the property is matched against an active book of buyer mandates: 1031 exchangers, funds, and operators who have already told us what they are hunting.
Negotiate and control diligence
Offers are compared on certainty as much as price: deposit size, contingencies, and buyer proof of funds. Due diligence is managed to a calendar so the price agreed is the price closed.
Close and plan the tax exit
Closing coordination plus 1031 exchange planning where it fits, so the identification clock and the sale calendar work together instead of against each other.
What drives the number for your asset.
Clear height, loading, and land ratio: what industrial buyers pay for.
Tenant mix, lease term, and cap rate: pricing a strip center or plaza.
Zoning, density, and entitlements: how developers price your dirt.
Occupancy, rollover, and the medical premium: office done locally.
Rent upside, expenses, and the 1031 exit for apartment owners.
Selling under a deadline, an estate, or a loan.
Realistic timelines, what speed costs, and the off-market shortcut.
Probate, the step-up in basis, and selling as an estate or heir.
Loan maturing or payments slipping: your options, ranked, discreetly.
Own the business and the building? Sell them together.
Packaged sales usually clear more than selling the operation and the property separately. Type-specific guides below; the full practice lives at business brokerage.
Straight answers for sellers.
How do I sell my commercial property in South Florida?
Start with a valuation grounded in income and comparable sales, prepare the financial file, then choose between a fully marketed process and a quieter off-market sale. A correctly priced South Florida commercial property typically goes under contract within 30 to 90 days. Atlantic Commercial Advisors provides the valuation free, usually within one business day.
What does it cost to sell a commercial property?
Brokerage commissions on commercial sales are negotiated per deal and vary with price, asset type, and complexity. Add title, documentary stamp taxes (Florida charges $0.70 per $100 of price in most counties), attorney fees, and any lender payoff costs. We walk every seller through a net-proceeds sheet before listing so there are no surprises at closing.
Should I sell off-market or list publicly?
Public marketing creates the most competition and usually the best price. Off-market makes sense when confidentiality matters (tenants, employees, competitors) or when speed beats the last few percent. We run both and will tell you honestly which fits your situation.
How do I know what my building is worth?
Three methods, run together: income approach (net operating income at market cap rates), sales comparison against recent closed trades, and replacement or land value as a floor. Our free property valuation applies all three to your building and returns a range within one business day.
Can I avoid capital gains tax when I sell?
You can defer it with a 1031 exchange by rolling proceeds into like-kind investment property on the IRS calendar: 45 days to identify replacements, 180 days to close. Many sellers exchange into passive NNN assets. This is general information, not tax advice; we coordinate the mechanics with your CPA and a qualified intermediary.
Do you sell businesses along with the property?
Yes. Gas stations, restaurants, self-storage, hotels, and other owner-operated properties often sell best as a package: the operating business plus the real estate in one transaction. Our business brokerage practice handles the going-concern side alongside the real estate.
Income plus sales-comparison underwriting on your building, returned within one business day.
Cap rate, 1031 exchange deadlines and deferral, and a DSCR loan sizer. Free, no signup.
Listing counts, median asking prices, and $/SF by county and asset class, refreshed daily.
Start with the number, not the listing.
A real valuation costs you nothing and commits you to nothing. If the number works, we talk process. If it does not, you know where you stand and what would change it.