A watertight commercial lease agreement is a must-have document for property and business owners alike. Being a legally binding agreement, a commercial lease needs to be accurately drafted within the California commercial rental property laws. In addition, it must be updated on a regular basis to ensure that landlord-tenant disputes are kept to a minimum. Understanding […]

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After identifying your business premises, you may want to sign the lease and secure the property immediately. However, it may not be the best way to go about things. Even if the landlord asks you to sign a standard agreement, it is in your best interests to refrain from signing any legally binding contract before […]

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Leasing out commercial premises can bring in good money. Yet, if your lease agreement is not up to scratch, the cost to your tranquility and finances can leave you wishing you had never bothered. When you build property, you have a vision of how people will use it. To ensure that is what happens, you […]

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Typically, only residential leases have clauses specifically addressing companion animals like dogs. Commercial leases usually don’t talk about animals or pets at all. However, that has begun to change. Pet ownership has been on the rise in the United States in recent years, and many professionals dislike the idea of leaving their beloved companion animals […]

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When a landlord signs a lease with a new tenant, that tenant becomes responsible for paying rent. It is common for commercial leases to last for three to five years. However, businesses don’t always survive for as long as the owner may have hoped they would when they leased the property. What happens to a commercial […]

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Signing a commercial lease is a major commitment. The location you choose and the facilities available will dictate everything from customer traffic to your business to growth limitations if the company succeeds. As with any other kind of business contract, it is important to adequately protect yourself before you make some kind of legal or […]

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Making sense of a commercial lease isn’t easy, particularly if you haven’t signed one before. There are many new terms to learn and many differences from residential leases. For example, a commercial landlord can sometimes pass maintenance requirements on to their tenants. If your landlord does perform maintenance and provides certain amenities, they will likely […]

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Commercial leases sometimes include a build-to-suit provision that enables the business moving into the space to have it designed or remodeled in a specific manner. This gives them the option to have the building’s layout meet their needs in a very specific manner — without worrying about tying up their capital in any real estate […]

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When you make your living as a real estate developer, you soon learn to sniff out potential problems. Yet, if you are new to the game, there are plenty of pitfalls that could drain your finances and end your grand designs before you have started. Every industry has people willing to take advantage of others’ […]

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Three industrial warehouses were recently acquired in Colton, about an hour away from Los Angeles. The properties, which offer commercial leases, are adjacent and span more than 740,000 square feet. A real estate investment firm ended up buying the properties, which a large real estate investment trust owned. One of the three properties quickly ended up […]

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