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If you are trying to lease office space in Austin you have probably noticed that many landlords won’t agree to anything less than a 5 year lease. Don’t think that just because a space is vacant that a landlord will do a short term lease. Just because a space is vacant doesn’t mean they are Read More…

Health care practices have a variety of requirements when leasing medical office space. Whether the office space will provide clinical, diagnostic, laboratory, or other services, healthcare providers’ needs differ drastically from the needs of ordinary office tenants. Though finding an appropriate medical office space can be challenging, qualified medical office real-estate brokers can streamline the Read More…

Looking at the Building’s Features Many companies or office leases often take into consideration the economic value of a workspace before renting it. However, occupancy costs do not just include the rent rate. When considering a property as a potential office space, office tenants should also consider the building’s features and what’s included in the Read More…

When evaluating commercial lease options whether you are renting office space, warehouse space, or retail space, it’s very important to understand the difference between usable square feet (USF) and rentable square fee (RSF) when calculating your monthly and yearly rent.  This is often misunderstood by tenants as many landlords use different names for this such Read More…

When searching for office space it’s important to understand the building class types as it’s how you are able to compare them to each other. Office space buildings are typically classified as A, B, or C which represent a subjective quality rating based on each buildings ability to attract similar tenants.  The following factors are Read More…

A full service lease is a type of commercial office lease in which the quoted rental rate includes all costs associated with renting the office space such as the taxes, building insurance, electric, maintenance, janitorial and other operating expenses. The landlord (lessor) pays all the office building operating costs and bakes those into the rental Read More…

Some people prefer to buy an existing business rather than start a brand new company from scratch. In most cases the business you are buying has leased either office, retail, or warehouse space. Because of that you are not only negotiating to buy the business you also have to negotiate the remaining lease. One of Read More…

Now that you’ve signed your office lease it’s time to start getting it ready to occupy. During the construction of your tenant improvements (if needed) you want to plan the move, get the IT stuff (phone/data cabling & other IT equipment set up, get property and general liability insurance, and shop for office furniture.  Shopping Read More…

For most restaurant owners their success or failure is determined the moment they sign their lease. Why? Because most get in a rush to find retail space for lease in Austin Tx and overlook important clauses and/or make mistakes during the negotiations. Part of that is just knowing what to ask landlords. Having information about Read More…

The tenant representative is an advocate for the tenant in commercial leasing. This puts the tenant on an equal footing at the negotiating table with the landlord or the landlord’s agent.  The tenant representative acts either as the local real estate arm of the client or as a local consultant to a corporate real estate Read More…