Reviews
Coworking space broker: who pays, and what to get in writing
How a coworking space broker is paid by the operator, and the written answers to collect on notice, price changes, metered items and the operator's own lease.
Desk
Practice Desk
Process, tooling and the habits that separate a good result from an expensive one.
Maintenance
The short version of coworking space requirements
Coworking space requirements in two halves: the specification you take to every operator, and the documents and checks the operator will want back from you.
Industry
Seven layers make up tenant improvements rules for 2027: here is how a reviewer reads them
Tenant improvements rules explained as seven layers, plus how to find which code edition your own address adopted and what your lease adds on top of that.
Guides
Tenant improvements: six budget buckets explained
Tenant improvements cost planning maps six budget buckets and the separate restoration liability, focusing on cost categories rather than project estimates.
Rules
Which document would have caught each tenant improvements mistake?
Nine tenant improvements mistakes sorted by the document that would have caught each one, with the last moment every fix is still a cheap one to make.
Costs
Assumptions about zoning and permits that looked safe until the paperwork disagreed
Ten zoning and permit scenarios where a safe-looking assumption failed, and the specific office, code section, or document that could have answered each one.
Rules
How to judge a location selection consultant's numbers before you pay for them
Location selection services compared by who pays them, how to interrogate any figure they sell you, what to do free first, and a one-site test for the rest.
Costs
The costliest commercial buying mistakes, explained
Twelve commercial buying mistakes traced to three confusions: business against investment, price against cost, and the building against the title you acquire.
Rules
Property Leasing: Must Florida Landlords Disclose Code Violations?
Property leasing in Florida: when commercial landlords must disclose code violations, the required radon notice, and how tenants verify permits and occupancy.
Costs
4 lease clauses that decide CAM charges and TI allowances in Denver
Commercial real estate and workspaces in Denver: four lease clauses set your true occupancy cost per square foot, from CAM and base year to TI allowances.
Guides
SBA 504 and 7(a) loans for owner-occupied workspace, what lenders require
SBA 504 and 7(a) loans let a business buy the owner-occupied building it uses, and lenders judge cash flow and collateral before the property.
Features
Commercial leasing checklist in document order, through final day
A commercial leasing checklist in document order, from parties and rent through lease duties, security, and a practical final-day handover.
Guides
Ten commercial lease structures in plain terms and where each puts the risk
Ten commercial lease structures explained in plain terms, from gross and net to breaks, guarantees and subleases, with the clauses each one makes load-bearing.
Guides
Early lease termination: negotiate a break clause before you're stuck
An early lease termination break clause has to be negotiated in US leases. The work runs from the exit case to the notice date, in five stages.
Guides
Escalation clause: fixed percentage or CPI in US retail leases?
Escalation clause fixed percentage versus CPI in US retail leases: metro CPI indexes differ, so the series, base month, floor and cap decide the annual rent.
Costs
GST/HST on commercial rent in Canada: what tenants pay and what input tax credits recover
Explains GST/HST on Canadian commercial rent, the tax tenants pay in different provinces, and how registered tenants recover most of it through input tax credits.
Costs
Net lease versus gross lease: where the hidden costs hide in US offices
Net lease vs gross lease hidden costs come from definitions, base years and expense stops. Compare structures on criteria, not headline rent.
Guides
An office space search splits into four jobs: here is who does each one
Office space services sorted into four jobs, how each adviser is paid, a scorecard for their answers, and a trial task to run before you appoint anyone.
Guides
Industrial space mistakes after signing: which can be fixed
Nine industrial space mistakes sorted by what can still be done after signing: nothing, a fix at cost, or a negotiation from a weak position.
Industry
Retail space checklist for a food tenant: what to ask before the lease
A retail space checklist for a food tenant: questions on the extract route, services, deliveries and waste, the local office and the lease.
Maintenance
Retail space examples, one decision at a time as of 2027
Ten retail space situations, from a breakpoint that quietly moved to an extract with no route, each showing what should have been settled before signature.