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Commercial Lease Red Flags
Commercial leases often look stable until the file is tested by assignment, default, build-out issues, or a disagreement over responsibility.
Red flags that deserve review
- Base rent and additional-rent definitions that do not match actual operations
- Maintenance and repair provisions that shift large surprise costs
- Default and cure language that is too vague or too one-sided
- Assignment, sublease, guaranty, and use restrictions that limit options later
The strongest lease review asks how the document behaves when the business needs flexibility, not just how it reads on a calm day.
Why this resource exists
This resource highlights the lease provisions that most often need attorney attention before the relationship becomes expensive.
Resource content is informational only and does not create an attorney-client relationship.
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