Episode 125: Navigating Complex Commercial Listings

About this episode

The episode features Brian Lensing discussing his expertise in complex commercial listings and the sale of a vineyard to the Catholic Church.

Powerful podcast show with a seasoned veteran commercial broker named Brian Lensing CCIM. He is a long time commercial advisor that specializes in complex distressed asset sales in commercial real estate. In this episode we discuss his recent sale of a renowned vineyard and winery south of St. Louis, Missouri which he listed and interestingly enough sold to the Catholic Church. Go figure…. Lots of great insight into how you repurpose a commercial property in the marketplace and find the most unusual buyers for a difficult to sell asset class. Enjoy the show. CBS 42 News Article. Global News Wire Article.  

People in this episode

Host: Shawn Terrel

Guest: Brian Lensing

Topics covered

• commercial real estate
• distressed asset sales
• property repurposing
• unusual buyers
• marketplace strategies

Keywords

• commercial broker
• distressed assets
• real estate
• vineyard sale
• unusual buyers
• property marketplace
• asset class

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Catholic Church

Places: St. Louis, Missouri, vineyard and winery

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