Matthew VanEck, MAI

Sample Specialized Appraisal Experience

Valued Universal Studios complex comprising more than 350 acres along US Highway 101 in Studio City area of Los Angeles, California. The property included over 7 million square feet of improvements including offices, studios, the CityWalk retail complex, Universal Studios theme park, and parking garages with a capacity of more than 10,000 cars.

Valued parcels in Century City for a taking for the MTA Purple Line extension. The properties included an improved commercial site and last remaining underdeveloped sites in Century City. The takings analyzed include permanent surface, tunnel and temporary construction easements.

Valued a 2,500 mile railroad (Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern) which is located in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wyoming, Missouri, and Nebraska. The valuation was completed for a FIRPTA Analysis for a sale to a foreign company.

Publications

Valuation Alert “Lack of Perpetual Protection Perpetuates IRS Victories,” January 2012
Valuation Alert “Simmons Appeal. Taxpayer Position Sustained,” June 2011
Valuation Alert “A Mortgage Invalidates a Façade Easement . . . Again!” April 2011
Valuation Alert “A Valuation Victory for the IRS,” January, 2011
Valuation Alert “An Easy Easement Win for the IRS?” September. 2010
Valuation Alert “Can a Mortgage Invalidate a Façade Easement Deduction?” April 2010
CCIM Magazine, “Cap Rate Calculations: How do investors determine ROI in an unsteady market?” September/ October 2009