To lease or buy. This tagline — so prevalent in the housing and automobile industries — holds true for business owners regarding commercial real estate. Historically low interest rates have kept ...

The lease agreement is one of the most commonly utilized contracts in commercial transactions. Even in today’s mobile and technology-driven commercial landscape, a huge number of businesses and ...

Commercial real estate contracts set the stage for every property transaction, defining who is responsible for what and how each step unfolds. Every clause, deadline, and condition matters because ...

Aviva is the Managing Broker of Sonenreich & Co, a third-generation commercial real estate broker, owner and investor in Denver, Colorado. Commercial leases are intimidating. What's an NNN? How about ...

Leasing commercial real estate is a critical step for many business owners, providing the space necessary to operate and grow their businesses. However, commercial leases are more complex than ...

Entrepreneurs in need of office, retail or industrial space for their business must sign a commercial lease. Business leases differ greatly from residential leases and, once signed, bind the business ...

A commercial lease serves as the agreement between a landlord and a tenant who is renting the landlord's property for a business purpose. If you are a commercial tenant, you should understand your ...

Many businesses have suffered greatly in the wake of the measures taken to slow the spread of COVID-19. One immediate impact is the flood of requests from commercial tenants to their landlords for ...

Jonathan Keyser is the founder of Keyser, one of the largest occupier services commercial real estate brokerage firms in the nation. If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that business leaders ...

Trade fixtures must be removed by tenants at the end of a lease. Commercial leases should clearly define items as trade fixtures to avoid disputes. Failure to remove trade fixtures converts them to ...

On April 9, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that a commercial landlord was entitled to recover certain portions of unpaid additional rent under a lease agreement but limited the landlord's ...