It’s hard not to let emotions run high when negotiating top level commercial leases.

A lot is at stake for both landlords and tenants. Naturally, the property owner is compelled to get the best financial deal possible to gain the return on their investment they need.

Likewise the commercial tenant must be committed to ensuring the place they lease meets the needs of their culture, their brand, and has terms and conditions they can both afford and live with.

Sometimes what can look like a win-win situation can turn sour when (more…)

Now that sustainability has become front page news and a potential source of income, everyone is scrambling to go green.

So how do we tell whether someone is genuine, or simply doing a quick ‘greenwash’ to look good? How do we spot a building that is truly green? (more…)

We live in challenging times when it comes to predicting staff numbers and space needs.

Getting it wrong and leasing space that ends up vacant or under used can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. For instance, leasing 500 square metres that ends up unneeded can add upwards of $175,000 to the cost of a lease per year.

However, on the flip side, a business that (more…)

The credit crunch has observers of the commercial property lease market shining up their crystal balls to try and accurately predict what is going to happen next.

As is often the case, a lot of generalisations are bandied around about whether it is going to be a tenants’ or a landlords’ market. (more…)