Real deals. Real outcomes.

Nine deals across two businesses (GeoTech Realty and GeoTech Environmental) that show how reading risk early protects value and gets deals closed.

33+Years
92%+Repeat Clients
9Featured Deals
Nine deals · two businesses · one thread

Every deal follows one path: Situation → Challenge → Outcome.

Real deals from across GeoTech Realty and GeoTech Environmental. Each includes a short video with captions in English and Spanish.

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Real EstateEnvironmentalGas Station

The sale everyone told them wasn't possible

The Situation

A family that had owned and operated a gas station for years came to GeoTech to upgrade aging single-walled underground storage tanks to meet current state and county requirements.

The Challenge

The property carried a legacy petroleum discharge on record from decades earlier. Multiple prior consultants and brokers had told the family, for years, that the contamination meant the property could never be sold.

Legacy contamination → GeoTech oversees cleanup → Bank buys, contingent on closure → Site Rehabilitation Completion Order
The Outcome

Rather than just upgrading the tanks, GeoTech proposed selling the property while overseeing the closure and cleanup as part of the deal. GeoTech arranged for a bank to purchase it for $2.75 million, contingent on a formal state closure order. The cleanup was completed within 12 months, the order was issued, and the sale closed.

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A family had run their gas station for years, and needed to upgrade aging underground fuel tanks to meet current regulations. But there was a problem hanging over the property, a legacy fuel discharge from decades earlier that several consultants and brokers had told them, for years, meant the property could never be sold.

We looked at it differently. Instead of just upgrading the tanks, we asked: why not sell the property, and let us handle the cleanup as part of the sale?

We arranged for a bank to purchase the property for two million, seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, contingent on us delivering a formal closure order from the state. We completed the cleanup in twelve months, the order was issued, and the sale closed.

That family is retired today, because a problem everyone else called permanent turned out to be solvable.

That's the difference between managing contamination, and actually closing it out.

12 monthsFrom "unsellable" to closed sale
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Real EstateSell-side

Institutional portfolio: four sold, three bought

The Situation

A national commercial insurance firm needed to sell four challenging commercial properties, each carrying low valuations, open permits, past violations, or unstructured leases.

The Challenge

A sophisticated client with its own real estate licensing still needed a partner who could navigate property risk, tenant issues, and regulatory questions across four properties at once.

The Outcome

All four properties sold, and the relationship was strong enough that the client returned immediately afterward to acquire three new properties through the same team.

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A national commercial insurance firm came to us needing to sell four commercial properties, each one carrying its own problem: low valuations, open permits, past violations, or leases that needed restructuring before anyone would take them seriously.

This was a sophisticated client, one that holds its own real estate license. They didn't need someone to explain the market. They needed someone who could actually solve four different property problems at once.

We sold all four. And the relationship spoke for itself, that same client came right back and asked us to help them acquire four new properties.

Despite holding their own license, they told us they chose GeoTech for what our two firms do together, environmental and real estate, in one place.

That's not a transaction. That's a relationship.

4 → 3Sold four, came back to buy three
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Real EstateBuy-side1031 Exchange

Two closings, one exchange clock

The Situation

A longtime client sold several out-of-state holdings and needed two replacement properties to complete a 1031 exchange: both investment-grade, corporate-guaranteed NNN retail leases with Dollar General and T-Mobile, in two different Florida markets.

The Challenge

Two simultaneous closings against a single IRS clock, 45 days to identify and 180 to close. On one leg, diligence uncovered a permitting non-compliance issue in work the seller had represented as approved, forcing a rebuilt purchase contract and a renegotiated lease with the tenant after the agreement was executed.

The Outcome

Both properties closed within the same year, inside the exchange deadline, with the lease terms corrected before closing, at $3,000,000 and $1,638,000.

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A longtime client had just sold several out-of-state holdings and needed two replacement properties, fast, to complete a 1031 exchange. Both had to be investment-grade, corporate-guaranteed leases: a Dollar General, and a T-Mobile store, in two different Florida markets.

That meant two closings, running against one IRS clock, forty-five days to identify the properties, a hundred eighty to close.

On one leg, our diligence found a permitting problem in work the seller had told us was already approved. We rebuilt the purchase contract and renegotiated the lease with the tenant, after the purchase agreement was already signed.

Both properties closed the same year, inside the deadline, for a combined four point six four million dollars.

That's what it takes when the clock doesn't wait for problems to get fixed.

$4.64MCombined replacement value, two closings
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Real EstateSell-side

Value-add office building, repositioned and sold

The Situation

A 13-tenant office building, roughly 27,000 SF, running at 86% occupancy with rents well below market: a classic under-managed value-add asset.

The Challenge

Pre-marketing due diligence surfaced unpermitted work, plumbing and electrical non-compliance, and mold and asbestos issues, on top of a rent roll that needed restructuring to reflect true market value.

The Outcome

Sold within 90 days of listing, drawing over 110,000 online views, for $2,875,000, against a buyer represented by a major national brokerage.

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A 13-tenant office building came to us running well below its potential, rents below market, and just under 90 percent occupied. The kind of asset most people walk past.

Before we ever listed it, due diligence turned up unpermitted work, plumbing and electrical issues, even mold and asbestos, the reasons rents had been discounted for years.

We restructured the rent roll to reflect what the building was actually worth once those issues were addressed, then took it to market.

It sold in 90 days, over a hundred and ten thousand people viewed the listing online, for two million, eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars, against a buyer represented by a major national brokerage.

That's what value-add really means: not describing a problem. Fixing it, and getting paid for the fix.

90 daysFrom listing to closed sale
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Real EstateEnvironmental

Ten years of institutional knowledge, one clean sale

The Situation

A family-owned wastewater-management company, operating in Florida since 1952, needed to exit its Florida operations as the founder retired and out-of-state management became more than the company wanted to handle.

The Challenge

A typical buyer, or a broker unfamiliar with the site, would have started environmental due diligence from zero, a process that can take two or more years and cost tens of thousands of dollars before a sale could even be structured.

The Outcome

GeoTech Environmental had managed the facility's permits for more than a decade, so due diligence took a fraction of the usual time. GeoTech Realty proposed a $975,000 sale, and because the permits can't transfer between owners, GeoTech Environmental managed their full, formal closure as part of the sale. Two years later the same client came back to reapply.

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A family-owned company that had run a Florida facility for decades finally wanted out, the founder was retiring, and managing the site from out of state had become more than they wanted to keep doing.

Most buyers in that position start from zero. A new broker or consultant walks in blind, and that kind of due diligence can take two years and cost tens of thousands of dollars before a deal even takes shape.

We'd managed that facility's permits for more than ten years. We already knew it better than anyone, so we handled the entire due diligence ourselves. State regulations don't allow these permits to transfer between owners, so we managed the full, formal closure of both as part of the sale.

Two years later, that same client came back and asked us to reapply for those same permits. Today, we continue to work with them on both sides of the business.

That's what a real relationship in this business actually looks like.

2+ yearsOf due diligence the buyer skipped
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EnvironmentalHazardous Waste

Electroplating facility closure

The Situation

A warehouse owner discovered their tenant had secretly run an electroplating operation for over ten years, and had been storing hazardous waste left over from another facility they'd already closed. The tenant left the country but kept paying rent, so no one knew the site had been abandoned until a regulator found it.

The Challenge

Over five thousand drums of hazardous waste were sitting on the property. GeoTech worked directly with EPA Region 4 and local regulators, sampled the waste stream, negotiated the disposal contracts, and took the site through full assessment, remediation, and closure.

Sample the waste → Liaise with EPA Region 4 → Negotiate disposal → Remediate & close
The Outcome

A project budgeted at $2,000,000 was closed out in eleven months, for under $1,500,000. That's Advisory when the stakes are real: not managing a problem, solving it.

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A warehouse owner discovered their tenant had secretly run an electroplating operation for over ten years, and had been storing hazardous waste left over from another facility they'd already closed. The tenant left the country but kept paying rent, so no one knew the site had been abandoned until a regulator found it.

We were brought in to make sense of it: over five thousand drums of hazardous waste sitting on the property.

We worked directly with EPA Region 4 and local regulators, sampled the waste stream, negotiated the disposal contracts, and took the site through full assessment, remediation, and closure.

Budget was two million dollars. We closed it out in eleven months, for under one and a half.

That's Advisory when the stakes are real, not managing a problem. Solving it.

<$1.5MClosed in 11 months on a $2M budget
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EnvironmentalStorage TanksGovernment

Government gas station, tanks closed and remediated

The Situation

A government-owned gas station had a real liability underground: three leaking underground storage tanks containing petroleum products.

The Challenge

GeoTech gave a complete, fixed-fee estimate up front (closure, remediation, and permitting, with no later change orders), installed one dual-compartment tank instead of replacing three full-size tanks (cutting that cost roughly in half), and ran the remediation during the closure work rather than as a separate phase.

Fixed-fee scope → One dual-compartment tank → Remediate during closure → Final permits
The Outcome

The work finished at 89% of the proposed budget, well under competitors' quotes, in five weeks.

Read the video transcript

A government-owned gas station had a real liability sitting underground, three leaking underground storage tanks containing petroleum products.

We gave the client a complete, fixed-fee estimate up front, closure, remediation, and permitting, with no change orders added later.

Instead of replacing three full-size tanks, we installed one dual-compartment tank, cutting that cost roughly in half, and ran the remediation during the closure work itself, not as a separate phase after.

We finished at 89% of the proposed budget, well under what competitors quoted, in five weeks.

That's what Advisory paired with execution looks like: the smartest fix, not just the standard one.

89%Of budget, finished in five weeks
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EnvironmentalAuto Repair

Auto repair facility, cleaned up and sold

The Situation

An auto repair shop had petroleum under its in-ground lifts, two old used-oil tanks, and gasoline contamination left from fuel dispensers that hadn't been used in years.

The Challenge

Before any work, GeoTech gave the owner the strategy and the actual cost to cure, then secured the state's approval for a limited assessment, removed the lifts and tanks, and cleaned up the contaminated soil.

The Outcome

The site closed out with a completion order. GeoTech then found the buyer, negotiated and closed the deal, and later placed a tenant for the new owner.

Read the video transcript

An auto repair shop came to us with a real problem, petroleum under the in-ground lifts, two old used-oil tanks, and gasoline contamination left over from fuel dispensers that hadn't been used in years.

Before we did any work, we gave the owner the strategy and the actual cost to cure, so the decision was made with the full picture, not a guess.

We got the state's approval for a limited assessment, removed the lifts and the tanks, cleaned up the contaminated soil, and closed it out with a completion order.

Then we found the buyer, negotiated the deal, closed it, and later placed a tenant for the new owner.

That's Advisory and execution, start to finish. Not just telling you what's wrong. Fixing it, and getting the deal done.

Full cycleAssessed, remediated, sold, re-tenanted
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EnvironmentalGovernmentRemediation

Municipal fuel-site remediation

The Situation

A South Florida municipality acquired a 2.5-acre parcel that had operated as a fuel station and auto repair center. Investigation found gasoline- and diesel-contaminated soil and groundwater.

The Challenge

A competitive-bid government contract, complicated mid-project by an unknown waste-oil tank discovered during the work, requiring a transparent scope increase and open communication with a public-sector client.

The Outcome

1,046 tons of soil sent for thermal treatment, 4,000 gallons of contaminated water treated, source removal in 7 days, then 12 months of groundwater monitoring, at a fully disclosed 6% overage.

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A South Florida municipality bought a 2.5-acre parcel that used to be a fuel station and auto repair center. Testing found gasoline and diesel had contaminated the soil and groundwater underneath.

This was a competitive-bid government contract, and partway through the work, we found something nobody expected: an old waste-oil tank nobody knew was there.

We didn't hide the discovery. We disclosed the scope increase to the client immediately, and kept working.

We finished with a fully disclosed 6% overage, on a government contract, with full transparency start to finish. That client still works with us today.

That's what it looks like to earn trust on a public contract: not zero surprises, but being straight about the ones you find.

6%Overage, fully disclosed and accepted
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What clients say

More than 92% of our clients come back.

In their own words. Client identities are withheld here and kept on file.

"Since 2008, we have enjoyed working with GeoTech based on their excellent technical ability, great response, cost effective budget."

Environmental Client · Since 2008

"Despite our own licensing, we chose this team for their expertise in environmental consulting and commercial real estate together."

Institutional Client

"Awarded on a competitive bid and completed with a fully disclosed 6% overage due to an unknown waste-oil tank. We continue to work with this firm."

Public-Sector Client

"Although the business was profitable, we were unable to free ourselves from the bondage of managing the gas station, and saw no end in sight with the contamination issues, or dream of selling the property for profit, until Neil Lakhlani stepped in. We chose Neil because he showed us a plan from the beginning on how he would clean the site in less than 24 months, structure a favorable contract, and negotiate the deal with the largest corporate buyer to get us the maximum amount possible on this deal. Being a small business, he was always accessible, simplified complex real estate transactions using his commercial brokerage skills, and utilized his in-house environmental team of engineers and geologists with expertise in managing complex due diligence processes with the regulators. That's why we chose GeoTech to engineer the sale of this property for us."

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