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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...
All The Nets
What is a Net? A “net ” is an expense that is a cost incurred by owning a property. There are usually 3 main costs, which are: property insurance, real estate taxes, and operating expenses (or common area maintenance expenses). What kind of commercial...
5 Sneaky Expenses Landlord Love to Charge to the Tenant
The only revenue a landlord has is the rent, and the additional charges, it bills to and receives from the tenants. Landlords have to pay their own expenses, such as employees and supplies for maintaining the property. The landlord will charge the tenant a set...
Hidden Commercial Real Estate Costs in CAM/OpEx
There are three main expenses that each landlord has to pay. The only source of income for the landlord is the rent that is paid by the tenants, so either the costs will be included in the cost of rent (gross lease) or they will be charged separately and...