Know where you stand as a renter. Repairs, deposits, evictions, privacy, and fair housing rules explained in plain language.
Outparcels, the freestanding lots along the perimeter of a shopping center, are some of the most valuable pieces of retail real estate. Banks, restaurants, and coffee shops pay...
Anchor tenants are the department stores, grocers, and large format retailers whose presence draws the foot traffic that sustains an entire shopping center. Because they drive the center's...
Every commercial tenant uses far more space than its leased premises. Lobbies, hallways, restrooms, elevators, parking lots, loading areas, courtyards, and sidewalks all make the property function, and...
When tenants tour a commercial space, they look at the offices, the showroom, or the sales floor. What they often forget to evaluate is storage: the basement cage,...
In an industrial lease, the loading dock is where the business actually happens. Trucks back in, goods move in and out, and the rhythm of receiving and shipping...
Look up at almost any office building, apartment tower, or retail center in an American city and you will see more than a roof. Satellite dishes, cellular antennas,...
When the county assessor values your landlord's building too high, your rent goes up. That is the quiet math of property tax pass-throughs: inflated assessments become inflated operating...
Buried in nearly every lease is a clause with a gentle name and real teeth: the covenant of quiet enjoyment. It does not mean your apartment must be...
Your landlord has not fixed the broken HVAC for six weeks despite repeated notices. Summer temperatures inside your restaurant are driving customers away. You are current on rent,...
The roof leaks over your inventory every time it rains. You have sent four written repair requests over two months. The landlord promises to get to it, but...