Archive for April, 2009

This is an especially exciting post for me for two reasons:

1) I have been wanting to introduce video tours into our marketing strategy for a while now. Not enough people offer it and I think it’s something that potential buyers really want and I think sellers deserve it. We are there taking pictures anyway, why not grab some video while we’re at it. The technology is there. There’s really no excuse.

2) I REALLY like this new Multi-Family listing in Downtown Burlington where I shot this trial video. If executed properly, I think this is the type of property that could really benefit from video. The reason being that there are 4 apartments in this building and it’s pretty hard to get the flow of the property (how rooms are connected, etc.) from still images. Of course you could just go see it in person. Another reason is that in a property like this there are a lot of small spaces that are extremely difficult to photograph without a wide angle lens.

Now for the disclaimer: This video wasn’t executed properly. It was more of a spur of the moment thing so don’t judge. I was walking around taking pictures, talking about how I wanted to start doing video tours. Then it occurred to me that the camera has a video function so I started shooting. As you can see from the video below, it was such an afterthought that I didn’t even think to shut the toilet seat! It’s only a couple of seconds long, it’s shaky and it’s just a small portion of one of the units in the 4-unit building.

With that said, Enjoy!

57 North Winooski Ave. Burlington, Vermont from Omega on Vimeo.

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Well, we are wrapping up a crazy week for us here at Omega Real Estate Associates.  We have been pulling our hair out for a while but things are falling into place just in time for the weekend.  We are putting the finishing touches on 2 new listings that we got this week and a lease for 12,000 SF of warehouse space is going to be signed today.  Not a bad way to start the weekend eh? (No, I’m not Canadian but I like to say “eh.” Click to watch video on how to use “eh” yourself, eh?)

Things are heating up here in Vermont both figuratively and literally. It’s supposed to be 80 degrees this weekend but I’ll believe it when I see it. I don’t believe anything Chief Meteorologist Tom Messner says anymore, but that’s another post altogether.

So as I said, we listed two new exciting properties this week. One is a camp on Mills Point in Colchester for an unbelievable $105,000;  Just in time for summer eh?  It’s not right on Lake Champlain, but as you can see from the picture, if you trip coming out the front door you risk falling into the lake…if your are wearing Roller Blades.  You can see that listing HERE.  Another exciting listing is a beautiful downtown Burlington, 4-unit apartment building. This one you have to see in person. It has a lot of really cool character that just doesn’t come through in the photos.  There is an original fireplace in one of the units, and stained glass windows in another. Each one has it’s own special little characteristic that makes it unique from the rest.  I’m really excited about this listing!

After much negotiation and floor plan revising, I think Vermont Pure is going to sign a lease taday for 12,000+ square feet of Warehouse and office space at our beautiful new building on Commerce St. in Williston, VT.  This is especially exciting because if they sign, that leaves less than half of that building vacant.

That’s about it for now but stay tuned for a post where I try my hand at video property tours eh?

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I don’t know if it’s just our listings or what, but it seems like certain Williston Commercial properties are getting a lot of attention lately.  It’s almost as if everyone becomes aware of and has to see the same property all at once. Does anyone else notice this?  We have the hot property of the week phenomenon going on here in Williston.  At first I thought it was just a coincidence but I think there might be something more to it. It could be something as simple as brokers talking to brokers but I like to think it’s weirder than that. One week a few months ago it was our listing at 151 Blair Park. Everyone wanted to see this space! Oddly enough a few of the potential tenants were day care operators (which is not a permitted use in this zone, but that’s a whole other post…stay tuned). What are the odds of several competing companies looking at the same property, the same week?

It happened again recently to another property in Williston, this time it was, 430 Commerce St., our new building at the end of the street. This time, something actually panned out and some of the 30,800 SF of warehouse space was rented.  It was crazy I tell you!  It usually only lasts for about a week and then it’s off too another hot property.

Why does this happen? Who knows, but I like it. I know at the beginning of the week that I might as well print off extra listing sheets and floor plans for the Hot Property of the Week.  If only there were a way to steer people’s attention to the property that I want to move, to create the hot property of the week.  It doesn’t work like that. We have a featured listing section of our website and it doesn’t get any hits. Why am I blogging about this?  Because it happens too often to not write about. Is this happening to anyone else?