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Many owners will put a rent acceleration clause into their form leases. This clause—considered by tenants to be a harsh measure—lets the owner “accelerate” the rent due if a tenant defaults. Essentially, a rent acceleration clause in that situation will make the tenant...

If you sign a lease that requires you to pay a share of real estate taxes, operating expenses, or other costs, you could be in for a big shock if the numbers turn out to be much higher than the owner led you to expect. Higher than anticipated costs can hurt tenants’ businesses, especially...

Your office building or retail space’s owner, like many others, could try to collect its management costs by charging a management fee—that is, a fee that reimburses the owner for the costs it incurs from managing the property. The owner could’ve chosen to charge an...

The opportunity to sublet or assign all or part of the office building or retail space you rent is crucial. It’ll give you the option of moving out of the space if you need to and halt paying rent during the length of the sublease or assignment—without breaching the lease. While you...

An exclusive use clause is a highly valuable clause in your lease because it will grant you the sole right to sell certain products or operate a certain type of business in the shopping center where you rent space. Because the right to an exclusive may be so beneficial for tenants, its scope is...