We decided to stay open between Christmas and the New Year and it was worth it. We have had a steady stream of enquiries and have let a shop and some office space. As a result, there was no void for the landlord of the shop which will help his business model. Because we prepared some in house leases, the tenants have already moved in.
Now I accept that the commissions will not turn the commercial world on fire, but the process goes to show that if you want things to go well, and you put in the hard work, it may well happen.
This is going to be our theme for 2012; let's not wait for government to bail us out, because they won't (the general feeling is that they protect the status quo and want to protect various sectors deemed as crucial). We are going to be to proactive and try and help ourselves. Despite the recession, there is business out there -we just need to find it! For example, there are growth industries that want office space and retailers that are doing well. These companies will do even better with our competitively priced space.
2012 will be the year when we worked hard and moved on, rather than dwelling on the past.
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