Stout has advised business-to-business and consumer-related companies across the Real Estate, Lodging & Leisure industry. We work with business owners, REITs, the developers of commercial and residential properties, management companies, hotel franchises, casinos and gaming facilities, resort and cruise operators, leisure venues, and restaurants. For any of these areas, Stout has the experience, resources, and credentials to provide independent and reliable consulting designed to meet any client’s needs, throughout the United States and internationally.

Our experience includes:

• Office
• Industrial
• Retail
• Healthcare
• Hotel and hospitality
• Leisure
• Multi-family
• Special purpose
• Vacant land
• Agricultural

Cost Segregation Studies

Stout's cost segregation studies represent the analysis and allocation, or re-allocation, of construction or acquisition costs amongst various building systems and components. Most commonly, our cost segregation studies are performed to identify and quantify building and site components eligible for accelerated depreciation methods for federal income tax purposes.

Cost segregation studies:

• Are applicable to both constructed and acquired real estate
• Can encompass a single or multiple location(s) and placed in service years
• Involve identifying building and site components that have a shorter tax depreciation recovery period than real property (per the US Internal Revenue Code)
• Require tax knowledge to identify qualifying assets, and construction industry expertise to quantify related costs