Rent Escalations and CPI Bumps in Office Leases
Understanding CPI Increases in Commercial Leases
If you’re mid-lease or eyeing a renewal, you’ve likely noticed your rent creeping up, even if your business hasn't expanded. Often, those in...
What Happens When Your Office Landlord Defaults
Commercial Foreclosure: What Happens to Commercial Leases?
It’s a scenario we hope never happens, but what if your landlord defaults on their mortgage? It might feel like a distant concern when you’r...
Interest Rates and the Office Market
How Interest Rates Are Reshaping the Office Market
Many of us tenants have watched interest rates climb and wondered how that might ripple through to our office leases. It turns out, those ra...
Red Flags in Office Lease Agreements
Red Flags to Watch for in Commercial Leases
We've all been there, signing a lease with high hopes, only to discover later that some buried clause or vague wording has come back to bite...
Space Planning and Office Density Trends
Understanding Office Space Per Employee Standards for 2026
We’ve all been hearing about offices getting smaller, but what does that actually mean for us as tenants? A recent report from JLL, highligh...
Gross-Up Provisions in Office Leases
Understanding Gross-Up Provisions in Your Office Lease
Ever felt a little confused by those line items on your operating expense statements, especially when the building seems emptier than usual?...
BOMA Measurement Standards and Why They Matter
Understanding BOMA Standards for Commercial Office Space
Have you ever looked at your lease and wondered why the square footage you’re paying for feels bigger than the space you actually use? It’s...
Letter of Intent vs. Lease: What Gets Locked In
Letter of Intent vs. Lease: Understanding What's Binding
When we’re deep in the process of securing new office space or even looking at a lease renewal, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement...
Coworking and Flex Space vs. Traditional Leases
Flexible Workspaces vs. Traditional Leases in NYC
We’ve all been there: staring at an empty office on a Tuesday afternoon, knowing we’re paying for every square foot whether it’s occupied or...
Holdover Provisions and Penalty Rent
Negotiating Holdover Provisions in Commercial Leases
Even if you’re not approaching a lease renewal today, it’s worth understanding the “holdover” clause in your commercial lease. This is the p...
Subleasing Your Office Space: A Tenant Guide
Sublease Recapture and Landlord Consent: What Tenants Need to Know
Finding ourselves in a commercial lease that no longer fits our needs is a common scenario these days, and subleasing can often seem like th...
Reading Your Annual OpEx Reconciliation
Reviewing Your Annual OpEx Reconciliation Statement
It’s that time of year again when many of us receive our annual operating expense and tax reconciliation statements from our landlords. For...
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