Commercial Leasing
Experienced Commercial Real Estate Leasing Attorneys
Our commercial real estate leasing attorneys have extensive experience in all aspects of commercial leasing. We represent both landlords and tenants in connection with office, retail, mixed-use, and industrial properties located locally in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area and throughout the United States. We work to negotiate and draft leasing documents that describe each party’s rights and obligations accurately and thoroughly to ensure a successful tenancy.
Our lawyers draft letters of intent, leases, management agreements, and broker agreements tailored to your business’s needs and goals. Our attorneys have negotiated all types of retail leases, including anchor store leases, junior anchor store leases, in-line mall store leases, restaurant leases, pad leases, and ground leases, most of which are with national retailers.
Our attorneys understand that a commercial lease is a not a single transaction document but a living document that will govern the landlord-tenant relationship for years to come. Accordingly, we focus on identifying and resolving any potential issues during the initial transaction to avoid costly disputes in the future.
Landlord Representation
Our commercial leasing attorneys work diligently to protect the rights of property owners and management companies in leasehold arrangements. Our breadth of full-service leasing representation includes counseling various types of landlord owners and agents, including pension funds/pension fund advisors, REITs, private investment funds, overseas investors, broker/managers, private owners, banks, insurance companies, for office, mixed-use, retail, and industrial complexes located throughout the United States. We often represent clients on a portfolio-wide basis, which allows us to assist clients with establishing uniform leasing practices and procedures, enabling us to be more economical and efficient in our representation
In addition to the negotiation of individual leases and ancillary leasing documents, we help coordinate the overall development, leasing, and management plans for the property, including the negotiation of commissions, listing agreements and management agreements, work letters, and construction and architect contracts.
Our legal team regularly works with landlords that lease to federal government agencies in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and we have in-depth knowledge of the regulatory requirements and bidding process associated with government leases. Drawing upon our substantial experience in GSA-related leases and property management, we help our commercial clients secure these lucrative contracts.
Tenant Representation
We represent a wide range of retail tenants, commercial and office space users, and industrial and warehouse space occupants in leases of all sizes, from a small boutique retail space to an entire industrial park.
Our commercial leasing attorneys work closely with our tenant clients to understand their day-to-day operations so that we may proactively represent their particular business needs. We understand that real estate may not be the primary business of every client, and our lawyers take great care to explain the potential ramifications of complex lease terms in clear, understandable language to produce documents that properly address both present concerns and future possibilities.
