ATLANTA – Sands Investment Group’s (SIG) Atlanta based automotive net-lease broker, Harry Archer, brokered the sale of a $13 million 8-unit Tires Plus portfolio across Atlanta and Athens, GA. Harry Archer and his team at Sands Investment Group represented the seller, a Southeast based private investor, as well as the buyer, a California-based REIT.
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Charleston, SC (August 17, 2021)

Sands Investment Group (SIG) is ecstatic to report today that once again they have made the Inc. Magazine’s list of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies. Read more →

A new case study was released today featuring SIG’s EVP of Operations, Ryan Passe, who was invited to speak at the Quickbase Annual Empower Conference earlier this year. SIG’s recent launch of the company’s internal new broker tools including a proprietary compliance and OM tracker app are the focus of the study.

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Charlotte, NC (August 9, 2021) – Sands Investment Group (SIG) announced closing on two DHL Express properties located in Greenville, South Carolina and Raleigh, North Carolina. The transactions both brought in multiple offers within one week of listing and achieved cap rates below 6.00%. Read more →

“With every challenge comes a new opportunity to adapt to something and be a pioneer in a space that’s less saturated. For NNN investors who are willing to take that and be creative, there is huge potential for success in the coming months and years.” Read more →

GlobeSt.com and GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum are pleased to reveal the 2021 selection for Influencers in Net Lease. Originally published on GlobeSt.com.

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Honoring CRE Female Humanitarians

GlobeSt.com and GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum are pleased to reveal our top picks for 2021 Woman of Influence professionals in the category of humanitarian. Originally published on GlobeSt.com.

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As the NYC subway returns to 24-hour service, indoor dining expands to 75% capacity, and indoor social gatherings expands to a 250 person limit, it’s a welcomed sight to see New York City re-opening! And, we are very much looking forward to attending in person this June 16-17 for NET LEASE Spring 2021.

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Each year, Quickbase customers and partners from around the world get together for 3 days of innovation, inspiration & connection at Empower. Session tracks cover product how-to’s, best practices, case studies, thought leadership and much more. 

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Sands Investment Group is pleased to congratulate Chris Sands on being named one of the commercial real estate industry’s top “Retail Influencers” by GlobeSt.com.

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This article was originally published on Forbes.com

In commercial real estate sales, a common philosophy is the “win-win or no deal” approach. This suggests that both parties in a transaction should aim for a mutually beneficial outcome or walk away from the deal altogether. This brings both parties’ needs into consideration while anticipating an agreement where both the client and the broker feel as though they’ve “won” a positive outcome.

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Opening the doors of Sands Investment Group during the global financial crisis in 2010, Chris Sands has thrived in the face of hard times from the very beginning. He stays committed to investing for success well into the future by focusing on relationships built by win-win deals, collaboration and transparency. In 2020, through its founder’s leadership, SIG doubled in size—gaining recognition as one of Inc 5000’s Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.

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March 12, 2021 – By Chris Sands: Throughout 2020, commercial real estate demonstrated its stability and value despite a wide range of unanticipated challenges. While we can generally understand the market within a 10-year timeframe that includes adapting to market corrections, the global Covid-19 pandemic created a more significant challenge than we’ve seen before in terms of our ability to predict investors’ outcomes.
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South Carolina-based Sands Investment Group (SIG) is building momentum in 2021 after tallying up a remarkable end to an unpredictable 2020, closing 49 deals in December totaling over $125 million with an additional 30-plus closings in January totaling $63,405,556. Read more →

Check out Chris Sands’ Q&A originally featured in Shopping Center Business.
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Despite the challenges we’ve seen this year, 2020 has been very inspiring and eye opening in terms of demonstrating the stability of commercial real estate through shifting times. Generally, we are privy to understanding the market within a 10-year timeframe that includes adapting to market corrections—however, with the last global pandemic taking place nearly 100 years ago and an industry shift that wasn’t brought on by a market correction, it was a greater challenge than ever to anticipate and predict the outcome for investors. Read more →

The 11th annual InterFace Net Lease conference will take place as a virtual event on December 3-4, 2020. Read more →

Ryan Passe, VP of Operations at Sands Investment Group (SIG), talks commercial real estate and how to distill big data into tangible, useful metrics to drive business decisions. Read more →

Over the course of the past year, our team at SIG has been developing an online training and onboarding process. With brokers spread across the country, we had already made virtual training and onboarding a priority for 2020. When the realities of COVID-19 set in, that priority quickly became a necessity. We went from a 0% to a 100% remote workforce in 5 days. That kind of upheaval can easily sink a company, however because of the work we’ve done and the base we’ve built, we were prepared to not only survive but thrive.  Read more →

SIG is a proud sponsor of the 18th GlobeSt. Net Lease Conference, which will be held virtually on September 17. Read more →