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including a 840 square foot storage facility and 4,000 square
feet from the old property. Petitioner bases this on
Mr. Cummings' testimony that by 1989 petitioner rented about
4,000 square feet in the old building, and an additional 800
square feet from another building that Mr. Cummings, doing
business as Blackstone, owns. Petitioner has not convinced us
that its position about the rental area is correct. Petitioner's
position is inconsistent with its expert's report. Petitioner's
experts did not include a rental value for the 840 square-foot
storage space or the 4,000 square feet in the old building. We
believe Pietka considered all of the property that was subject to
the lease.
5. Petitioner's Experts
Petitioner relied on the expert testimony of John Vissotzky
(Vissotzky). Petitioner also called Steve Zenker, George
Marandas, and Bruce Korter as expert witnesses, essentially to
corroborate Vissotzky. We believe Vissotzky overestimated the
fair rental value. He based his opinion on nine leases that he
said were comparable. Most of the properties that he evaluated
were buildings with several tenants, which had offices up to
5,000 square feet. Those spaces are considerably smaller than
the 4200 S.W. Corbett St. property. Vissotzky’s comparable
properties were used as offices for professionals such as
lawyers, doctors, and securities brokers. Only part of the
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