Happy Labor Day!

Good morning, Here’s another Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s look at usable area. Usable area refers to space in a building that is available specifically to the tenant for use. Usable area is usually office or retail space that the tenant has sole control over.

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.

It’s Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s take a look at vacancy rate. Vacancy rate is a measurement expressed as a percentage of the vacant space in a rental property, such as a hotel, divided by the total amount of units of the property.

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.

Good morning, its Word of the Week Wednesday! Lets take a look at special warranty deed. Special warranty deed is a deed in which the seller, also known as grantor, of a property only warrants against problems or encumbrances in the property title that occurred during the grantor’s ownership.