Compare lease proposals
A step-by-step comparison method for proposals with different areas, terms, escalations, inducements and capital requirements.
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Field-ready guidance for the decisions between receiving a proposal and signing a lease — connected to tools that let you do the work.
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The complete guide to commercial lease costs in Canada
A practical framework for finding the full occupancy commitment behind base rent, additional rent, incentives, tax and tenant capital.
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Built around actual lease decisions.
Clear frameworks, Canadian source links and explicit boundaries. No invented market averages, fake listings or generic “sign here” advice.
Net vs. gross rent
Understand what rent labels can — and cannot — tell you about recoveries, controllable costs and the real all-in occupancy number.
Tenant improvement allowance
A Canadian tenant's guide to allowance value, project shortfall, timing risk, landlord work and comparable lease economics.
Lease renewal timeline
A staged renewal workflow that protects optionality, tests relocation economics and keeps contractual notice dates separate from planning targets.
Industrial due diligence
A practical control framework for property fit, use, loading, power, environmental questions, lease economics and execution evidence.
Additional rent reconciliation
A source-controlled annual review method for rebuilding a landlord operating-cost statement, testing allocation, gross-up, caps, fees and capital, and documenting every follow-up.
Lease exit and sublease
A practical Canadian framework for quantifying remaining lease liability, sublease recovery, downtime, transaction costs and a negotiated surrender without assuming consent or release.
Commercial lease review
A disciplined document-review workflow for recovering the operative lease file, separating business and legal questions, abstracting source-referenced terms and controlling adviser follow-up.
TI budget and allowance draws
A project-control guide for turning a Canadian commercial lease work letter into an itemized buildout budget, commitment forecast, allowance draw package and closeout record.
Renew or relocate
A common-horizon framework for comparing a commercial lease renewal with relocation after capital, overlap, moving, restoration, disruption, operational fit and execution risk.
Commercial space requirements
A practical Canadian framework for translating people, inventory, customer flow, support functions, growth, physical criteria and occupancy budget into a controlled office, industrial or retail tenant requirement.
Lease affordability
A practical Canadian framework for defining the occupancy-cost stack, setting a business-approved revenue limit, modelling percentage rent, solving break-even sales and carrying an all-in budget into the property search.
Property shortlist & tourbook
A source-controlled method for moving from a tenant requirement to a Canadian commercial property market survey, tour evidence, diligence queue and proposal comparison without manufacturing availability.
Critical dates & notices
A source-controlled Canadian framework for renewal-option windows, lease expiry planning, notice mechanics, delivery evidence, responsibility and calendar reminders without treating a software date as legal advice.
Commercial lease portfolio management
A Canadian framework for controlling a multi-location commercial lease portfolio across source records, current annual occupancy exposure, WALE, expiry concentration, renewal strategy, energy information and governance.
Lease obligations and compliance
A Canadian control framework for turning commercial lease obligations into an accountable register across source authority, due dates, insurance, maintenance, permits, evidence, exceptions and professional review.
FROM READING TO DOING
The library is attached to the workflow.
Lease AnalyzerBuild monthly cash flow and total economics.01Lease AbstractCapture terms, source locations and verification state.02Recovery ReconciliationRebuild the annual statement and evidence queue.03Lease Exit StrategyCompare carry, sublease and a negotiated surrender.04TI Budget & DrawsControl buildout capital, evidence and allowance recovery.05Renew or RelocateCompare continuity, transition costs and break-even thresholds.06Space RequirementsProgram office, industrial or retail demand before touring.07Lease AffordabilitySet revenue-based occupancy capacity and stress the proposal.08Property TourbookControl candidate sources, availability states, tours and proposal handoff.09Critical Dates & NoticesControl source dates, notice windows, delivery mechanics and evidence.10Lease PortfolioControl multi-location exposure, WALE, expiry concentration and strategy.11Lease ObligationsControl requirements, owners, evidence, exceptions and recurring work.12