For two generations, we have advised San Diego families on the commercial real estate decisions that arrive only once or twice in a lifetime. Transition. Succession. Exit. Legacy.
We built this practice to bring those decisions the planning they deserve, not the urgency a transaction demands.
We come in before the decision, at the two-to-three-year horizon where planning actually changes outcomes.
Hold vs. sell analysis, decision mapping, highest-and-best-use studies, and two-to-three-year planning horizons. We map the options before any transaction begins.
Detailed Broker Opinions of Value that go beyond a simple appraisal: cap rate drivers, vacant vs. leased scenarios, lease structure analysis, and tax-impact modeling.
Sale, lease, sale-leaseback, and 1031 execution. Because we plan first, our transactions are better prepared and better priced.
Our monthly Learning Series for owners and advisors, plus private sessions for CPA firms, law firms, banks, and wealth management offices.
Glenn Arnold has spent 37 years advising San Diego families on commercial real estate. He has closed more than 1,500 sale and lease transactions across industrial, flex, office, and life science properties, and has held the SIOR designation for most of his career, an honor earned by fewer than 3% of commercial brokers.
His practice now focuses almost exclusively on families preparing for business transition, generational succession, and exit planning. The reason is simple: this is the work where experience and patience pay off most, and where families have the most to lose if they hurry.
Glenn lives in San Diego and continues to mentor the next generation of advisors, starting with his son Miles.
Miles Arnold is a Senior Advisor at Voit Real Estate Services. He partners with Glenn on the family-owned commercial real estate practice, where he leads financial analysis, decision mapping, and the next-generation conversations many families need when current ownership is ready to step back.
His focus sits at the intersection of financial modeling and narrative: the detailed, scenario-based analysis that lets a family see the trade-offs in every path, including hold, sell, sale-leaseback, 1031, and charitable strategies, with real numbers attached. He specializes in reconciling the tax, estate, and business considerations that each advisor in a family's circle brings to the table.
In addition to the family-owned CRE practice, Miles advises life science tenants across San Diego's research corridors, which keeps him fluent in how institutional capital values specialty real estate.
We built this practice around a specific belief: the best outcomes in family-owned commercial real estate come from planning, not urgency.
We lead every engagement with a defined Discovery Process: a set of questions that surfaces the family and business context behind the real estate. No two situations are alike; the process adapts to yours.
We look at business, real estate, family, and tax as a single system. Decisions that optimize one in isolation often damage the others.
Every recommendation is backed by financial modeling. Cap rate analysis, scenario modeling, vacant-vs-leased valuation, after-tax proceeds, and long-horizon cash flow.
Our planning horizon is two to three years, not next quarter. The best outcomes require runway, and we are built to operate on that timeline.
We will tell you not to sell if that is the right answer. Our job is not to produce a transaction; it is to produce a better decision.
We practice under Voit Real Estate Services, one of the oldest and most established commercial real estate firms in the western United States. Voit's platform gives us access to market data, transaction comparables, institutional relationships, and professional standards that support the depth of analysis our clients require.
SIOR (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors) is an international professional designation held by the top commercial real estate producers in the world. Fewer than 3% of commercial brokers earn it.
"Glenn advises with a holistic approach. Attending his learning events provided valuable insight and thought-provoking conversations that ultimately resulted in a recent family decision to exit our business and complete a very successful sale of our commercial real estate."
Christophe J. Freed, President and CEO, J.H. Freed and Sons
"Hands down the best and most informative presentation that I have seen in the last ten years. Seriously, a great use of our time."
John Van Deusen, FRS Executive Search, ProVisors Group Leader
"You presented some relevant case studies that provoked forward thinking regarding our retirement and planning for our industrial building. I especially appreciate that you addressed ways to maximizing cash flow and minimizing taxation and inheritance issues."
Melanie Spiegelman, Owner, Rasirc Manufacturing, Inc.
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