How an ALTA Survey Handles Private Utilities on Commercial Sites
Buying or refinancing an older commercial property often means working from utility records that stopped matching the site years ago. Water, sewer and storm lines may have moved with each new tenant or addition. When you order an ALTA survey, you need to know which of those private utilities the survey will actually show. An […]
What Does an ALTA Title Survey Show About Air Rights?
A commercial property can come with more than the land under it. Some deals include space above the ground, like room over an alley, a parking deck or a lower building next door. An ALTA title survey can show where that space sits and how it relates to the parcel below. It can’t prove who […]
ALTA Land Survey for a Commercial Sale-Leaseback
In a sale-leaseback, a business owner sells a commercial property to an investor and then keeps using the building by renting it back. The seller stays put and pays rent. The buyer becomes the new owner and the landlord. Because the deal joins a property sale with a lease that runs after closing, both sides […]