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Between the lines.

Notes on the language that wins the lease — and the traps hiding in it. Commentary on commercial leasing, negotiation, and the cases that change the game.

Introducing LeasePlaybook™A commercial lease is one of the longest financial commitments most businesses ever sign, and one of the least read. The form arrives from the landlord, sixty pages deep, and the temptation is to negotiate the rent, skim the rest, and sign. The provisions that surface three years later in a dispute are almost never the rent. LeasePlaybook is a plain-English guide to those provisions…Read the post →

Negotiating a commercial lease?

Paul Barton has negotiated hundreds of commercial leases across the United States — for tenants, landlords, and the brokers who bring them together. Get experienced counsel before you sign.