Real Estate Valuation

Real estate-related valuation often turns on more than an appraisal of the underlying property. Ownership structure, entity-level discounts, and fractional interests can drive the conclusion as much as the asset itself.

Based on years of experience and relationships, we facilitate commercial, multifamily, office, and industrial appraisals prepared by licensed and credentialed appraisers. Arch Canyon’s professionals also bring deep expertise in discount studies for real estate entities and fractional interests in real estate — with more than 1,000 discount and fractional interest appraisals completed.

What real estate valuation covers in our practice

Engagements typically fall into two related categories:

1. Underlying real property appraisal — fair market value of commercial, multifamily, office, industrial, or related real property, prepared by appropriately licensed appraisers whom we help coordinate.
2. Interest-level valuation — the value of a partnership, LLC, or undivided interest in real estate, including discounts for lack of control and lack of marketability where supported by the facts.

Many gift, estate, and dispute matters require both: a credible property value and a credible conclusion for the interest transferred or contested.

When these services are needed

• Gift and estate transfers of real estate entity interests
• Tenants-in-common and other undivided interests
• Holding companies whose primary assets are real property
• Dispute matters involving real estate partnerships or co-ownership
• Transaction or financing contexts requiring independent property and interest analysis
• Situations where entity discounts and property value must work together in one coherent file

What we do

Our real estate valuation services include:

• Coordination of commercial, multifamily, office, and industrial appraisals
• Discount studies for real estate holding entities
• Fractional interest and tenants-in-common valuations
• Valuations supporting gift & estate, dispute, and transaction needs involving real property interests
• Integrated analyses where entity discounts and property value must work together

Process / what to expect

1. Clarify the question. Is the need a property appraisal, an entity/fractional interest valuation, or both?
2. Coordinate licensed appraisal work. For property-level opinions, we facilitate engagement of licensed and credentialed appraisers suited to the asset type and location.
3. Analyze the ownership interest. We review agreements, co-tenancy arrangements, and transfer restrictions that affect the interest being valued.
4. Apply discount methodology where appropriate. Drawing on our extensive fractional-interest experience, we support DLOC/DLOM or related adjustments with documented reasoning.
5. Deliver integrated conclusions. Property and interest-level analyses are presented so counsel and CPAs can use them coherently.

Property value and interest value — keeping them distinct

A common source of challenge is conflating the value of real property with the value of a partnership or undivided interest in that property. Arch Canyon treats those as related but separate questions. Licensed appraisers address the property. We address the ownership interest — including control and marketability characteristics grounded in the agreements and co-ownership facts.

That distinction matters in gift and estate compliance, partnership disputes, and any matter where a partial interest is transferred or contested. Integrating both pieces cleanly is often as important as either conclusion alone.

Why Arch Canyon

When the question is not only what the property is worth, but what a partial or restricted interest is worth, experience with discount methodology matters. That is a core part of our real estate practice — backed by more than 1,000 discount and fractional interest appraisals and the firm’s broader tax and litigation valuation experience.

Contact: 818.449.6300 | info@archcanyon.com | Agoura Hills, CA