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Navigating Operating Costs and Common Area Maintenance Fees in a Commercial Office Lease

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Before you sign a commercial property lease, it’s important to understand what type of lease you’re signing, where your money will be going each month, and what’s included or not included in your rental rate. Depending on the type of lease, the rental number you see may or may not include Operating Expense Pass Throughs…

Turning Away From Open Office Plans

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The right office space and layout for your business are key to maximizing productivity and minimizing employee turnover and stress. But what type of office plan is best? When Google converted their headquarters to an open office plan in 2005, they started a trend that’s still alive and growing today. If Google has an open…

Breaking Ground: Recycling Buildings for Adaptive Reuse

With all the materials we’re learning to recycle and reuse, why not buildings? Adaptive reuse has become a more and more popular way to preserve cultural memories while still enabling technological and business advancement. The accelerated growth of large tech and social media companies has increased the demand for large and “Creative Office Spaces”, which…

A Win For The San Fernando Valley Bar Association

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To start the new year with a bang, The San Fernando Valley Bar Association (SFVBA) relocated its main office to Woodland Hills after six years in Tarzana. The new headquarters is conveniently located on the first floor of the Carlton Plaza building on Ventura Boulevard. It features a beautiful open landscape environment, exposed ceilings, an…

5 Reasons Why Mazirow Commercial is the Right Tenant Advisor

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No one should ever rent office space or commercial real estate without the help of a tenant advocate. But how do you know how to choose the right one? We list the Top 5 reasons businesses owners choose us for the job: 1. New businesses need an office space mentor Starting a business is hard…

What Are Tenant Estoppels and Why Should Tenants Be Concerned?

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Prior to the transfer of ownership of an office building, tenants will be presented with an Estoppel Agreement for signature by their landlord. There is often a limited time frame to return the signed Estoppel Agreement and pressure to do so from the landlord. However, tenants will be wise to study the Estoppel Agreement in…