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Posts tagged base year

Demystifying the Commercial Lease: Base Rent

Tenants should educate themselves about how rent is calculated to assure that they enter into a lease that best meets their business needs.

Commercial LeaseElizabeth WhitmanFebruary 23, 2020Elizabeth A. Whitman, Elizabeth Whitman, Whitman legal solutions, Orchestrating Real estate, Bach to Businesss, Commercial lease, base year, base rent, contract rent, useable square feet, rentable square feet, loss factor, load factor, add-on factor

Demystifying the Commercial Lease: Common Area Maintenance Charges

Tenants should negotiate common area maintenance provisions in their leases to assure that they aren’t paying more than their fair share.

Commercial LeaseElizabeth WhitmanDecember 15, 2019Elizabeth A. Whitman, Elizabeth Whitman, Whitman legal solutions, Commercial lease, common area maintenance, base year, controllable expenses, uncontrollable expenses, CAM, CAM charges, full-service lease, modified gross lease, double net lease