The Gorman Group, Ltd Specializing In Appraising Unusual Properties — Since 1965

Commercial and Industrial Appraisers and Consultants

 

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Typical Assignments:

  Narrative Appraisals

  Condemnation Appraisals

  Mark to Market Appraisals

  Fast Food 

  IRS Valuations (MACRS, gifting, etc.)

  Litigation and Litigation Support

  Golf Course Appraiser

  Wetlands and Flood Plain Valuation

  Ad Valorem Appraisals (focusing on 
  PTAB intervention in Illinois)

  Marina Appraisals

  Network Location Studies

  Subdivision Analysis

  ESOP Valuations

  Feasibility Studies

  Valuations for Financial Reporting

  Purchase Price Allocation

  Highest and Best Use Studies

  Merger, Acquisition and Divesture
  Values

  Partial Interest Valuations

 

 

 

 

 

Associated Real Estate Experts
with Special Expertise:

   Mineral Appraisals

    Partial Interest Appraisals

    Hotel Appraisals

    Tax Appeal Appraisals

    We are often asked about capitalization 
     rates.  The best web source for these rates 
     is  Realty Rates

    

Complete Index of Property Types

The following preliminary list provides a comprehensive summary of commercial and industrial facilities by occupancy classification.

Unique physical characteristics define the occupancy classification.  For example, a barber shop will have more plumbing fixtures than a typical general-purpose retail store of the same size.  Likewise, a beauty salon typically has slightly more plumbing fixtures than a barber shop of the same square foot size.

Bold Names indicate facilities that have been valued or evaluated by senior members of The Gorman Group.

Special Note:  Just because we have appraised a property like yours does not mean we will appraise another one...some of these jobs are just not fun and we will not do them again

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Agricultural Laboratory
Air Cargo Building
Air Terminal Building
Aircraft Hanger
Airport
Aluminum Mill
Amphitheater, enclosed 
Amphitheater, open air 
Amusement Park
Amusement Arcade 
Apartment Building, Low Rise
Apartment Building, Mid Rise
Apartment Building, High Rise
Apartment Building, Skyscraper
Apartment Complex
Armory
Art Gallery
Asphalt Manufacturing Plant
Assembly Hall 
Athletic Facility 
Auditorium
Automobile Repair / Service
Automobile Showroom
Automobile Dealership, Used Car
Automobile Dealership, New Car
Automotive Center
Automotive Assembly Plant

Bakery, Commercial Plant
Bakery, Local Retail
Bank 
Bank, Branch
Bank, Headquarters
Bank, Federal Reserve Facility
Banquet Hall
Bar / Tavern
Bar and Grill 
Barber Shop
Beauty Shop
Bed and Breakfast Inn
Billiard Parlor and Poolroom
Boarding House 
Bowling Alley
Brewery
Brewery, Micro
Broadcasting Studio, Radio
Broadcasting Studio, Television 
Building Materials Yard
Bus Barn
Business School / College

Cafeteria
Candy Manufacturing Plant
Car Wash, Automatic Stall
Car Wash, Automatic Tunnel
Car Wash, Self-Serve Stall
Catering Service
Cellular Telephone Facility
Cement Manufacturing Plant
Cemetery
Cemetery, Pet
Chapel 
Cheese Warehouse 
Chemical, Manufacture Plant
Chemical, Processing Plant
Church
Clinic, General Medical
Clinic, Mental Health / Psychiatric Clinic 
Clinic, Dental
Club / Lodge
Clubhouse
Co-Generating Electric Plant
Cocktail Lounge
Coffee Shop
Cold Storage Warehouse
Coliseum, open air 
Coliseum, enclosed 
College
Columbarium
Community Shopping Center
Community Service Center
Computer Center 
Concert Hall 
Concrete Ready-Mix Plant
Congregate Care Facility
Convalescent Hospital
Convenience Market
Convenience Store
Convent
Convention Center
Convention Hotel 
Convention Hall
Country Club
Courthouse 
Crane Building
Crematorium

Dairy Sales Building
Dance Hall
Data Entry / Keypunch Facility
Day Care, Limited
Day Care, General
Dental Office
Department Store
Diner 
Dinner Theater
Discount Drug Store
Discount Food Store
Discount Showroom
Discount Warehouse
Dispensary
Distribution Warehouse
Doctors Office
Dormitory
Drive-in Movie Theater
Drive-in Restaurant (Service to Car)
Driving Range (Golf)
Drug Abuse Center
Drugstore
Dry-Cleaning Facility

Electric Co-Generating Plant
Electric Generating Plant
Electrical Substation
Elementary School
Emergency Kitchen
Emergency Shelter
Equestrian Center
Exhibit Hall
Extended Stay Hotel

Farmer’s Market
Fast Food Restaurant
Fast Food Restaurant with Drive-Up Window(s)
Fast Food Restaurant with Drive-Up Window(s) & Playground
Fast Food Restaurant (No Parking)
Fire Station
Fire Station, Volunteer
Fire Station - Adaptive Re-Use
Flea Market, Indoor
Flea Market, Outdoor
Florist Shop
Food Packaging Plant
Food Processing Plant
Foundry
Fraternal Building
Fruit & Vegetable Market
Full-Menu-Service Restaurant 
Funeral Home 
Fur Storage

Garage, Brake and Muffler
Garage, Mini-Lube
Garage, Parking
Garage, Service
Garage, Storage
Garden Supply Store
Gasoline Service Station
Golf Course
Golf, County Club
Golf, Miniature
Golf, Driving Range
Grain Elevator
Greenhouse, Commercial 
Greenhouse, Retail Florist 
Grocery Store
Group Care Home
Gymnasium

Handball-Racquetball Club
Hazardous Waste Site
Health Spa
Health Club
Heavy Manufacturing
Heliport
Historic Landmark
Historic Mansion
Home for the Elderly
Hospital
Hospital, Chronic Disease 
Hospital, Convalescent
Hospital, Maternity 
Hospital, Orthopedic 
Hospital - Tuberculosis
Hospital - Veterinary
Hotel 
Hotel, Convention
Hotel, Extended Stay
Hotel, Resort

Ice Skating Rink
Indoor Pool 
Inn

Jail 
Junior High School
Junk Yard

Kennel

Laboratory
Laundromat
Lecture Hall 
Library
Light Industrial
Liquor Store
Lodge / Club
Lodge Hall 
Loft Building
Lumber Yard

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Manufacturing
Marina
Market
Market, Convenience
Market, Dairy Sales
Market, Discount Grocery
Market, Discount Warehouse
Market, Grocery
Market, Mini-Mart
Market, Super
Material Service Yard
Material Storage Building
Mausoleums
Meat / Seafood Store 
Mechanical / Electrical Laboratory 
Medical Office Buildings
Medical Dental Laboratory 
Meeting Hall 
Mental Health - Psychiatric 
Mental Health - Schools for the Mentally Retarded
Micro Brewery
Mini Warehouse
Mini-lube Garage
Miniature Golf Course
Mixed Use Building, Low Rise
Mixed Use Building, Mid Rise
Mixed Use Building, High Rise
Mixed Use Building, Skyscraper
Mixed Use Complex
Mobile Home Park
Monastery 
Mortuary
Mosque 
Motel 
Motion Film Archive
Motion Picture Theater
Museum

Neighborhood Shopping Center
Night Club 
Nursery
Nursing Home

Observatory 
Office Building, Low Rise
Office Building, Mid Rise
Office Building, High Rise
Office Building, Skyscraper
Office Building, Condominium
Office Building, Dental
Office Building, Medical
Office Complex
Orphanage

Park and Recreation Facility
Parking Lot
Parking, Structure Above Ground
Parking, Structure Underground
Passenger Terminal 
Penitentiary / Prison 
Performing Arts Theater
Pet Cemetery
Pharmaceutical Research 
Pinball Arcade
Pizza Parlor 
Planetarium 
Police Station 
Poolroom 
Post Office
Power Shopping Center
Pre-Engineered Steel Building
Preschool 
Printing Plant
Public Utility Station

Quonset Building

Racquetball-Handball Club
Radio Relay Facility
Railroad Station Depot
Railroad Right-of-Way
Recording Studio
Rectory
Recycling Center
Reformatory 
Refuse Collection Transfer Station
Regional Shopping Center
Rehabilitation - Alcoholism 
Rehabilitation - Substance Abuse
Rehabilitation - Physical Therapy
Research and Development Facility
Residential Hotel
Resort Hotel
Restaurant 
Restaurant, Banquet Hall
Restaurant, Cafeteria
Restaurant, Carry-Out / Delivery Only
Restaurant, Fast Food
Restaurant, Full-Menu-Service
Restaurant, Pizza Parlor
Restaurant, Snack Bar
Restaurant, Theme
Retail Bakery
Retail Store, General Use
Retirement Center
Retirement Home
Riffle & Archery Range
Roller Skating Rink
Rooming and Boarding House

Sandwich Shop 
Sanitary Landfill
School, Preschool
School, Elementary
School, Junior High
School, High
School, Collage
School, University
School, Business
School, Trade
Self-Serve Car Wash
Self-Storage Warehouse
Senior High School
Service Station
Service Garage
Shooting Gallery
Shopping Center, Strip Stores
Shopping Center, Community
Shopping Center, Neighborhood
Shopping Center, Regional
Shopping Center, Super Regional
Shopping Center, Power Center
Showroom, Automobile
Single Room Occupancy Hotel
Skating Rink, Ice
Skating Rink, Roller
Specialty Food Store
Sports Stadium
Stadium
Stage Theater
Steel Mill
Storage Garage
Storage, Cold
Storage, Cold - 100% Cooler
Storage, Cold - 100% Freezer
Storage, Grain
Storage, Material
Storage Warehouse
Store, Department
Store, Discount
Store, Discount Warehouse
Store, Retail
Store, Showroom
Store, Showroom Warehouse
Store, with Apartments
Store, with Offices
Strip Shopping Center
Strip Stores
Student Union 
Subsidized Housing
Super Regional Shopping Center
Supermarket
Surgical Center
Switching Center
Synagogue

Tank Farms - Bulk Fuel Storage
Tavern / Bar
Telecommunications Switching Stations
Telephone Exchange 
Temple
Tennis Club, Indoor
Tennis Club, Outdoor
Theater, Dinner
Theater, Drive-In Movie
Theater, Motion Picture
Theaters, Legitimate Stage
Time-Share Facility
Tire Manufacturing Plant
Town Hall
Transient Lodging Facility
Transit Warehouse
Truck Terminal

Underground Parking Structure
University

Veterinary Hospital
Video Game Room
Vocational School
Volunteer Fire Station

Warehouse, Cold Storage
Warehouse, Distribution
Warehouse, Mini
Warehouse, Storage
Warehouse, Transit
Waste Transfer Station
Wholesale Produce Market

Zoo

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NOTE :If you are thinking of ordering an appraisal for financing purposes, please consult with your lender first.  Federal law dictates that banks must order the appraisal - not the borrower.
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Copyright © 1996-2004  -  The Gorman Group, Ltd.  -  East Hazel Crest, Illinois  -  All Rights Reserved
All photographs herein are of properties that were appraised by members of The Gorman Group, Ltd.
 

There is no need to read beyond this point.  The following list of unusual properties has been placed at the bottom of this page to "assist" search engines in finding our web pages for you - basically, it is a list of keywords representing some of the various types of properties we have appraised (other key words are included): appraiser, appraise, appraisal, bowling alley, QSR, Quick Service Restaurant, shopping center, aircraft hanger, airport, exposition center, marina, marine slip, mobile home park, tennis club, banquet hall, junk yard, scrap yard, contaminated land, wetland, wetlands, swamp, floodplain, floodway, car wash, golf course, Internal Revenue Service, conservation, telephone exchange, racquetball court, composting facility, hospital, health care, clinic, medical, conversancy,  nursing home, congregate living facility, congregate care, ACLF, assisted living facility, automobile dealership, waste transfer station, convent, church, rectory, public storage, funeral parlor, Northwest Indiana, health club, garage, IRS, gift appraisal, gifting, quarry, quick lube, veterinary hospital, dental office, recycling center, newspaper plant, micro brewery, industrial condominium, office condominium, greenhouse, bar, tavern, lodge, hotel condominium, appraiser, food processing, sport facility, soccer facility, Burger King, Taco Bell, Arby's, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, Northern Illinois, Chicago, Chicagoland, KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken, high rise, highrise, waterfront, duck blind, hunting, unique, unusual, rare, special purpose, riverfront, lake front, lakefront, motel, hotel, senior citizen housing,  mark to market, partial interest, landfill, go cart track, amusement, arcade, gymnastics facility, chapel,  apartment building, apartment complex, multi-family, warehouse, distribution, manufacturing, factory, industrial, office research, vacant land, lots, subdivision, strip center, neighborhood shopping center, community shopping center, big box, retail, leasehold value, leased fee, lease analysis, partial interest