A commercial lease is one of the most complicated contracts a small business owner is likely to face. It is a daunting document filled with language that is difficult to understand and hard to find what it is you are most interested in knowing. By the end...
This is the fourth in an occasional series of posts examine Commercial Lease Agreements. Previous posts examined percentage rent provisions, term length and stuffed definitions, and relocation clauses. This post will examine audit rights for the tenant. Many, if not most, commercial leases are "triple net"...
This is the third in an occasional series of posts examining terms in Commercial Lease Agreements. While other posts have examined terms more commonly found in lease agreements, this post is going to look at a non-standard provision, a relocation clause. If a commercial lease agreement...
This is the second in an occasional series of posts relating to commercial lease agreements. This post will examine two of the most important provisions in a commercial lease: Term Length Term and Rent. The two examined provision also allow a look into a common...
For small business owners, particularly those involved in retail activities, the single most important document the owner may ever sign is their commercial lease agreement. But many commercial lease agreements, being assembled over time by the landlord's lawyers, are replete with ambiguities, drafting errors, and...