Making sure that all customers can access an Orange County brick and mortar location is often a priority for small business owners. This means making sure that the rental space is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If not, upgrades may need to be made...
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Looking for the right commercial tenant? These tips may help
Every investor, owner and developer's desire is to fill a building and have it become profitable. For this reason, the hunt for commercial tenants often begins before a particular Orange County building is even completed, if it is a new development. The problem...
Franchisees are a special kind of commercial tenant
When some Orange County entrepreneurs consider starting a business, they look to franchises. Since much of the business is already established, it allows for certain guarantees when it comes to the success of the business. In some ways, this also makes a franchisee a...
New Warning Requirements for Tenants and Landlords Beginning August 30, 2108
You might not know what where it comes from, but you certainly recognize the ubiquitous sign: Detectable amount of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm may be found in and around this facility....
A landlord may be willing to provide perks for signing a lease
A commercial tenant may spend a significant amount of time locating the perfect place to do business. The way the market here in Orange County and elsewhere in the country appears to be at this time, a prospective tenant may be able to negotiate more favorable terms...
Advice every commercial tenant may need for renting space
Securing the right rental space here in Orange County can be a challenge. After what may be an exhaustive search, a commercial tenant must then begin the arduous and often unfamiliar process of negotiating the terms of a lease. More than likely, the landlord has done...
Liability insurance is essential for a commercial tenant
No matter how much planning you do, something could go wrong. For this reason, part of your business planning involves purchasing insurance policies to cover different eventualities that could occur during the course of your business. As a commercial tenant, your...
That’s a fancy remodel, landlord
We've written about common area maintenance in the past. And for good reason. Vague line items like "administrative fees" can be thousands of dollars, sometimes hundreds of thousands or more. That's one reason you audit past CAM charges, especially where you've taken...
3 things for a commercial tenant to watch for in a lease
Unless you intend to purchase property for your new business here in Orange County, you will need to sign a lease for the space you need. Like any other commercial tenant, your lease will more than likely be about much more than just the rent and term of the lease....
Starbucks finds out that a commercial tenant can’t just walk away
Landlords here in Orange County enter into lease agreements expecting each party to fulfill the terms of those contracts. When a commercial tenant attempts to walk away from the lease without paying, the landlord may need to take that tenant to court. This is what...