The final FASB (GAAP) Lease Accounting Standard was released today. It has been a long time (2006) since the IASB and FASB (IFRS) endeavored to increase transparency and consistency in accounting standards.  Ultimately the two bodies did not agree on everything and there are still two standards, but they are much more similar than before. Additionally,...Read More

Happy New Year!  The time has come again, the time for setting resolutions to get to the gym more often, eat healthier, and overall get in shape. But have you spent any time thinking about your business resolutions, and how to keep your business in shape?  Here is a list of real estate resolutions for...Read More

Tenant Guardian’s real estate representation for Woodland Hills based Viking Cruises has been featured in the San Fernando Valley Business Journal.  Click here to read the full article. Read More

Has the business cycle run its course, or does it have legs for a few more years? Has the stock market peaked again? What about commercial Real Estate?  Is it different this time?  What might derail the market this time?  Is it the shift of private debt to national debt?  Will it be the raising of interest rates...Read More

John Tablack has joined Tenant Guardian as a Principal to better serve his occupier clients.  John joins us from CRESA where he served as a Senior Vice President.  A tenacious negotiating style on behalf of his clients combined with John’s financial analysis background have assisted many business owners and CFO’s in their quest to control occupancy costs.  With a...Read More

Most every commercial lease contains a provision requiring both the tenant and the landlord to buy insurance.  Typically, several forms of insurance are required, including Commercial General Liability, Physical Damage, Workers Compensation, and Business Interruption (rental loss for landlords). The most often negotiated components of the insurance provision regards the actual limits of liability and the amount of the...Read More

John Sabourin of Tenant Guardian has been featured on the latest Lawpreneur Radio show hosted by Miranda McCroskey. John discusses the value of a Real Estate Broker on the tenant side of negotiation, how he has come to find his success, and even his biggest mistake! Listen as he explains how Tenant Guardian serves Lawpreneurs...Read More

Short answer… It might depend on your neighbor’s lease…   I was recently negotiating on behalf of a client to sublease space from another tenant in their existing building. We agreed to terms and the sublessor submitted the sublease for the landlord’s approval.  Even though there was no directly available space in the building, the landlord...Read More

As a tenant rep I have to take a pretty hard line on landlords to ensure my clients get a good deal and that the “benefit of the bargain” is properly documented in the lease.  But it is important to note that the relationship between the landlord and tenant is a long term one, and nurturing that...Read More

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places, as defined by Wikipedia. Why should an occupier of office space care about BIM? Reducing operating costs is paramount for any business, and the real estate piece of the pie is no small...Read More