From a landlord’s perspective, the retail anchor tenant lease (the primary tenant/largest tenant in a shopping center) is the catalyst for a successful or unsuccessful shopping center. With a great anchor, the surrounding spaces are more valuable as the adjacent tenants will have more foot traffic to draw from; thus, leading to more sales for […]
A Partnership Agreement outlines and describes the relationship between partnership entities (i.e. general partner and limited partners) in a joint real estate investment. It is a critical document that defines a mutual understanding of financial terms, describes the roles each party plays, decision making for the project and how actual distributions are made after deducting […]
A Tenant Estoppel Letter confirms the existence and status of a commercial lease. This is a unique legal document that contractually binds the Tenants of a building with the new Purchaser. The Letter of Intent (LOI) sets the parameters of the negotiation process and its tone is important as it indicates the perceived level of […]
The Purchase and Sale Agreement (“PSA”) is the game plan and overarching playbook to the transfer of a commercial real estate asset. The PSA is the critical contract between a Purchaser and Seller and is legally binding. Some Purchasers draft a PSA without a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) if they are confident they are aligned […]
If you are investing in real estate, it’s only a question of when and not if you will need a lawyer. However, many clients do not always have significant experience in the past. As a commercial real estate attorney, I’m going to walk through basic questions and insight into what the lawyer is thinking as […]
Today I will be sharing a template for a common legal tool for quickly and efficiently evaluating commercial leases: the Commercial Lease Abstract / Summary. This template applies to triple net office, triple net retail leases, and any type of commercial real estate lease. Essentially, this is a 2-3 page abstract which summarizes key terms […]
Today we’re going to be diving into what is typically the very first legal document presented to a Landlord who is renting commercial office space: the letter of intent for leasing. At the end of this post, find a link to download a template office leasing LOI as well as a video walk through of […]