A measured perspective on tenant real estate.

IMPROVING YOUR BOTTOM LINE Companies today are focused on maintaining their customer base, preserving revenue, controlling costs and increasing their bottom line.  If they are leasing space, help may be available from an unexpected source – the landlord. Landlords in many markets are not only competing to attract new tenants to their empty space, they […]

  TENANT ADVISORY SERVICES Selecting space for your company and successfully negotiating a lease you can live with are complex, time-consuming tasks, full of potential pitfalls.  The pitfalls only multiply if you undertake the process on your own without the benefit of an experienced commercial real estate professional serving as your advisor. Hiring a tenant […]

“BEWARE OF LANDLORD BROKERS AND THEIR ADVICE” Landlord brokers generally do a great job representing landlords. That’s what they’re paid to do, and it isn’t easy. So you shouldn’t be surprised to find that the advice some landlord brokers offer doesn’t always serve the best interests of a tenant. The following are eight examples of […]

“SEARCHING FOR OFFICE SPACE? SIX QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ASK” When tenants go out looking for new office space, often they’re impressed by a building’s appearance, location and rent. But they aren’t aware of a landlord’s financial situation, the performance of building systems, the likely trend of operating expenses during the next five to 10 […]

RENEWING YOUR LEASE? DON’T LET YOUR COMPANY BECOME A CAPTIVE TENANT Many tenants assume their lease will be renewed on reasonable terms and accordingly leave a perfunctory amount of time for the renewal to be handled. Then it turns out that the landlord’s draft proposal involves substantially higher costs than anticipated, and there isn’t enough […]