Commercial Property Auctions in Central Ohio
Will Evans sells commercial and mixed-use property at auction across Delaware, Marion, Union, Morrow, Knox, Franklin, and surrounding counties, vacant, leased, or mid-renovation, as-is, on a date you choose, with the buyer's premium covering commission. Storefronts, mixed-use buildings, and small commercial sites often sit hardest to price on the open market, and auction puts every serious buyer in competition instead of asking one buyer to name a number.
Sell As-Is
No build-out, no tenant improvements, no punch list. Buyers bid on the building exactly as it stands (vacant, occupied, or mid-renovation) with condition and disclosures published up front.
A Date You Choose
Auction day is set before marketing begins. Closing follows on a fixed schedule, typically 30–45 days, no open-ended listing period carrying taxes and insurance with no end date.
No Contingencies
The winning bidder signs the purchase agreement and deposits earnest money the same day, no financing, inspection, or appraisal contingency to fall through.
Curious what your commercial building could bring at auction?
How Commercial & Mixed-Use Property Is Valued
A commercial building doesn't price off a per-square-foot rule of thumb. A proper valuation looks at what the building can actually support and what comparable commercial property has brought at auction, not a generic storefront average.
- Location and traffic: corner exposure, visibility, and street frontage that drive foot traffic and signage value
- Zoning and permitted uses: what can be operated, subdivided, or redeveloped on the site today
- Building condition and systems: roof, HVAC, electrical, and any deferred maintenance
- Income potential: existing leases, rent roll, and rentable square footage if the building is occupied
- Redevelopment or subdivision potential: single-tenant use versus multiple storefronts
- Comparable sales: recent auction and market results for similar commercial and mixed-use buildings nearby
Every property is compared against recent, real auction and market results for comparable commercial and mixed-use buildings in the same corridor, not a countywide average.
Vacant, Occupied, or Mid-Renovation: Sold Exactly as It Sits
Commercial buildings often come to market mid-story: a gutted storefront ready for redevelopment, a building with tenants still in place, or property tied up in settling an estate.
Auction works with the building as it actually is on the day you sign, not the day it would need to be "market ready." That includes commercial property passing through probate or trust administration: see the Probate & Estate Sales page → for how that process works.
What Your Commercial Property Auction Includes
- Professional photography and, where useful, drone/aerial video of the building and site
- Property signage at the road
- Listing on the Auction Ohio Real Estate platform and the MLS
- Scheduled site visits and private previews
- Targeted marketing to investors, owner-operators, and redevelopment buyers
- Direct mail and email marketing to the registered bidder database
- Full disclosure package: zoning, existing leases, and any known building conditions
- Coordination with co-listing agents and their buyers
You pay no commission and no marketing fees: commission is collected as a buyer's premium added to the winning bid. Standard closing costs still apply, the same as any commercial sale in Ohio.
Recent Commercial & Mixed-Use Results
Real buildings, real outcomes, across Central Ohio.
1338–1342 W Broad Street, Columbus, OH
Commercial & Mixed-Use, Apartments Above Retail · Franklin County
First-floor retail space with unfinished apartments on the second floor, a mixed-use building that drew buyers pricing in both the storefront and the residential upside.
788–792 Sullivant Ave, Columbus, OH
Commercial & Mixed-Use, Three Storefronts · Franklin County
A gutted brick storefront building (three separate addresses under one roof, previously a pizza shop and a bar) sold to a buyer bidding on redevelopment potential rather than existing improvements.