327 Questions to Ask Before You Sign a Lease

83 Essential Topics Include:

  • Adjustments to Base Rent
  • Alterations
  • Assignment and Sublease
  • Attorneys’ Fees
  • Authority
  • Brokers’ Fees
  • Building Security
  • Building Signage
  • Co-Tenancy
  • Compliance with Laws
  • Condemnation
  • Consent and Duty of Parties to Act Reasonably
  • Damage and Destruction
  • Default
  • Disputes
  • Economic Representations
  • Entire Agreement
  • Estoppel Certificate
  • Exhibits
  • Force Majeure
  • Free Rent
  • General Issues
  • Governing Law
  • Gross Up of Base Year
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - HIPAA
  • Holdover
  • Indemnity and Hold Harmless
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Insurance Increase
  • Insurance
  • Landlord’s Default
  • Landlord’s Liability
  • Landlord’s Lien
  • Lease Cancellation Provision
  • Lease Not an Offer
  • Lease Renewal
  • Leasing of Capital Items
  • Lender Modification
  • Mechanic’s Liens
  • Notice to Mortgagee
  • Notices
  • Operating Expenses
  • Option to Renew
  • Parking
  • Parties
  • Payment of Taxes and Insurance
  • Percentage Rent
  • Premises
  • Quiet Enjoyment
  • Recapture of Premises
  • Recording
  • Reductions for Trade Discounts
  • Relocation
  • Rent
  • Repairs and Maintenance
  • Repairs Required by Government
  • Right of Entry
  • Right of First Refusal
  • Right to Cancel
  • Rules and Regulations
  • Security Deposit
  • Services & Utilities
  • Severability
  • Sharing of Profits from Assignment or Sublease
  • Signature Page
  • Signs
  • Sublease Recognition Agreement
  • Subordination
  • Subrogation
  • Surrender Condition
  • Surrender of Premises
  • Survival of Remedies
  • Sustainability – Green Building Issues
  • Taxes
  • Tenant Improvements
  • Tenant’s Personal Guarantee
  • Term
  • Timely Payments for Goods, Utilities, or Services
  • Use
  • Vacancy Credit
  • Waiver
  • Warranty Costs in Base Year