It’s Word of the Week Wednesday again! Let’s introduce the phrase market rent. Market rent is the rent a typical tenant would pay for a comparable unit or suite in the same or comparable market. On a good note to remember, A landlord may compare the contract rental rates near their property to understand if…

Good Morning! It’s Word of the Week Wednesday. Let’s look at hard corner. A hard corner refers to a property located at a major intersection with traffic lights, where the commercial property can be considered more popular for retail.

It’s Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s take a look at clear height. Clear height is the height of a building starting from the ground floor to the bottom of the lowest hanging item on the ceiling. Hanging items include sprinklers, lights, structural beams, etc. 

Good morning and welcome back to Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s look at Offering Memorandum; a presentation that provides the most prospective buyers with detailed information about a property on the market. This presentation would include building description,  demographics, summary of property’s history and more.

Good morning! It’s Word of the Week Wednesday. Lets take a look at Cold Shell. A cold shell refers to Any building that has no interior finishes, plumbing, lighting etc. The property is essentially bare, which provides greater opportunities for improvements and customization.

It’s Word of the Week Wednesday again! Let’s introduce the phrase common area maintenance, or CAM. CAM refers to additional expenses paid by tenants meant to cover costs of daily operations of the property. The percentage of this fee is calculated by dividing tenant’s square footage by total square footage of the building.

Welcome back to Word of the Week Wednesday! Last week we discussed Common area maintenance expenses, to follow up, let’s look at Occupancy cost. This charge is the total expense any property user pays for occupying a property or space. This includes tenants that are leasing and property owners. Please note, occupancy cost does not…

Good morning! It’s Word of the Week Wednesday! Today let’s look at Real Estate Investment Trust, or “ REIT ” for short. REIT is a type of investment portfolio company that allows individual investors to own fractional shares of income producing and commercial real estate. For investors, using REIT’s may help generate a steady income…

Welcome to the first Commercial Real Estate Word of the Week. With these new weekly posts, we want to explain terms, concepts and definitions to provide transparency of the real estate transaction process to our clients, partners and colleagues. We hope you enjoy and find our future posts valuable.

Here is our new Word of the Week! Take a look at Absorption; measured by a property’s square footage, absorption explains the rate of leased up or vacated properties.

It’s Word of the week Wednesday! Let’s look at letter of intent or LOI. This letter helps property owners/landlords and buyers/tenants negotiate important information for a property of interest before completing a final binding contract.