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Artificial Intelligence and Commercial Real Estate Leases: JD vs. AI or a Partnership?
Commercial real estate is almost always the second-most expensive items for a company of any size (the cost of employees is usually the highest). It’s a long-term commitment for a lot of money, so a savvy business owner wants to get a legal review before signing a...
Texas Data Privacy Laws: What They Mean for Commercial Real Estate Landlords and Tenants
Texas is joining other states in the USA in adopting stricter consumer privacy laws. It might not be intuitive, but laws and regulations dealing with the collection and storage of consumer data create compliance concerns for both landlords and tenants. How can a...
Dallas’ $29 Million Office Building Mistake: A Cautionary Tale in Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence
In case you missed it, the City of Dallas purchased an office building at 7800 Stemmons Freeway in September 2022. The intentions were good, but the due diligence was not. The result was millions of wasted dollar of taxpayer money and a call for development of...
Tenant Retention Strategies in Commercial Real Estate: Flexibility, Experience & Connection
The flight to quality and the flight to customization in the office environment continues. Class A office buildings are filling up, because tenants are willing to pay more to relocate to a space that flexes with their needs. Tenants cite buildings that are...
ROFO, ROFR, and Lease Terminations: Balancing Flexibility and Stability in Commercial Real Estate
Tariffs and Commercial Real Estate: How Global Trade Policies Are Shaping U.S. Property Markets
Tariffs are basically taxes imposed by a country and added to the cost of goods (finished products or supplies) sent to another country. The receiving country pays the tariff and generally passes the cost increase along in the form of higher prices. Those higher...
Property Taxes and Commercial Real Estate: 2025 Texas Trends Every Investor Should Know
Texas has historically been known for a lot of things, including being a business-friendly state. There’s no business income tax, and investors and consumers alike are looking to the Lone Star State to realize maximum value in the residential and commercial real...
748 Federal Commercial Leases Terminated: What It Means for Landlords and Tenants
Whatever your political leanings, the fact remains that this is a whole bunch of commercial leases, in locations across all 50 US states and other territories (except American Samoa). Catchy headline aside, what actually happened to those commercial real estate...
What are controllable CAM costs?
CAM Expenses There are expenses included in a commercial lease agreement that can be controlled, because they can be competitively priced or bid upon by competing companies. These include services like landscaping, repaving a parking lot, or trash removal. The...