When it comes to office space lease renewals many companies assume that landlords will just renew their lease with reasonable terms and do not even attempt to negotiate it or evaluate other alternatives.  Before the tenant knows it the landlord’s lease renewal proposal is on their desk and the economics of the deal are considerably […]

There is nothing more exciting when you think of expanding your business, which means considering to move it outside your home. Many new entreprenuers do not really make it to that point. However, there comes a time when you feel that your home office needs to grow outside your home. When do you need to move into

When starting a business, the trend usually goes to make it low risk, flexible, and low overhead.  However, one key note to consider when you expand or open a business is whether you really need a space, or you just need a phone number and an address.  Leasing an office space, whether big or small

The Austin office space market continues to be hot as more office space gets leased and vacancy rates decrease.  Because of this and the fact there is NOT a lot of new inventory coming to the market very soon office lease rates in Austin continue to climb. That being said there are still some available Austin

When working with Tenants a common question I get when reviewing/negotiating the commercial lease is:  Are we able to negotiate a cap on the operating expenses?  Well, that depends.  Before you read the answer below you might want to first review what operating expenses are. Why the Landlord Incorporates Operating Expense Recovery If all or any portion

So far in 2013 the Northwest Austin office space market has seen more office space get leased than any other area in Austin, Tx.  The lack of new office inventory and the high absorption rate (rate at which space is leased) has caused office lease rates to be the highest we have seen in 12 years.