In the case of leasing business spaces, tenants and their brokers too often gauge the success of a transaction primarily by the difference between the current market rent and the negotiated lease rate. However, by focusing solely on rent, a corporate tenant could actually stand to lose much more than the negotiated savings, ultimately losing considerable money on total occupancy costs.
Most “form” leases provide that the tenant can’t make any alterations or improvements to the premises without the landlord’s consent. Those provisions are typically too restrictive and you should attempt to negotiate changes. For example, try to get the right to make non-structural changes or changes costing less than $2500 without the need to obtain the landlord’s consent.
